Instagram stories 2
Findings of a first (quick) usability check
Advantages:
- tailored content selection
- visual clue about how many stories one user has posted
- infographics for business accounts
- swipe up function
- list of close friends (privacy)
- mute function for selected accounts
- allows creativity on the developer’s end (making new filters)
- allows creativity at the user’s end (crafting creative stories)
- highlighting function to keep stories
Disadvantages:
- Features are introduced at different times for different systems
- Problems with copyrighted music for business accoutns
- aribtrary censorship
- advertisements between the stories
- swipe up function limited for profiles with 10k+ followers
- activity notifications for sporadic users
- missing pause function (need for pressing the screen)
- problematic and rapid algorithm change which jeopardizes the user possibility to reach audience (especially for creative accounts)
