PARIS, April 27 (Benin News / EP) –
instagram is working on a new feature that will allow users to do this pin specific messages on your profile on social networks, in the “feed” grid and not just the stories, as is currently possible.
This option has already been noticed by reverse technology developers Alessandro Paluzzi At the end of January when he shared a screenshot with this alternative included in Instagram featureslike “Share” or “Edit”.
Today, a meta spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that the company is testing this new feature, the . highlight posts older posts due to the chronological order of the social network feed.
The pin post button is in testing phase and is currently available to some platform users who are able to do so Pin to profile. in the menu each of these “positions”, represented by three dots.
Currently users can highlight « Stories in your profile, placed below the personal account information. However, this is not possible for publications.
This functionality would be very similar to that present in Twitterwhich allows users post a tweet at the top of your profile, also under your personal account information.
Also, Facebook which, like Instagram, is owned by Meta, offers users this opportunity. That way, posts that users want to keep pinned don’t move, regardless of new content they share with their contacts.
In both cases, this option is manual, Users must therefore disable it to remove text, images or videos above from their personal or business profile.
Also, both social networks only allow users to post in this area of their interface. So if users already have a post pinned and decide to post another one, the previously pinned post will return to its original place and be replaced with the new one.