You likely remember the CD, your first screenname, your carefully curated away messages, and how you organized your buddy lists. When it’s all said and done, though, and while I haven’t yet posted any Notes of my own, I think this is a cute feature that gives (another) interesting glimpse into people’s personalities.“If you were a 90s kid, chances are there was a point in time when AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) was a huge part of your life. Why not throw a green circle around someone’s Note in the same way we see with Stories? Why should anyone have to navigate (should they choose to investigate) to a person’s profile to be sure? “That’s suspicious… that’s weird.” Secondly, I really don’t understand the lack of transparency with Close Friends. I can post as many Notes as I’d like throughout the day, and I can respond to the ones my friends are posting. What I don’t love about Notes, though, is two-fold.įirstly, I don’t love that this is another engagement tool that will, inevitably, keep people online and within Instagram for even longer – at least for me it will, because frankly I lack self-control when it comes to social media. All of a sudden, it’s 1997, I’m 11 years old, and I’m trying to think of a clever yet covert way to grab my crush’s attention via an Away Message (the original subtweet). Unfortunately, I love this silly little Notes feature, even though I know it is one more way in which Instagram is sucking me into its platform.Īs someone who spent formative years in the AOL Instant Message (AIM) era – not unlike Mark Zuckerberg and Adam Mosseri – seeing my friends post Notes ranging from “~brb call my cell~” to “can’t wait for senior year!” to song lyrics, this feature has transported me directly back to my parent’s living room as a kid. That said, if you want to double-check their Close Friends to see if you are a part of their inner circle, you can go to the person’s profile and will see a green “Following,” as shown below: A green “Following,” indicating you are on someone’s Close Friends list 9to5Mac’s Take This means that whether someone has one person or 20 people on their Close Friends, there is no immediate way in Notes to discern who is and isn’t a part of that group. There is no green circle around a Note, no matter if the person sent the Note to all of their followers versus their preselected close friends. When you are someone’s close friend, and they post a Close Friends story, you will see a green circle surrounding their profile picture on your home feed, indicating that you are, in fact, on their Close Friends list in Instagram Notes, however, no such indication appears. Your Close Friends list is the same group of followers for both Stories and Notes. “Close Friends” is exactly what it sounds like – a group of people whom you have chosen to be allowed access to your content that you are choosing not to share with the rest of your followers. On both Instagram Stories and Instagram Notes, users have the option to share content with their Close Friends list. Similar to a Story, Notes can last for upwards of 24 hours, and they can be deleted and/or updated as frequently as you’d like – users can also respond directly to Notes in the same manner that they can respond directly to someone’s Story. From asking for recommendations to sharing what they’re up to, Notes give people a casual and spontaneous way to express themselves and connect with each other.Īdding a Note to your profile can be done in the same manner you would add a Story simply click the “plus” icon on your profile picture when in your DMs. Notes are short posts of up to 60 characters using just text and emojis.ĭuring testing, we learned that people liked having a lightweight, easy way to share what’s on their mind and start conversations. We’re beginning to roll out Notes, a new way to share your thoughts and see what your friends are up to. When you open your Instagram DMs, you’ll now see a linear line of Notes that you can scroll through from your followers or anyone who has put you in their Close Friends list.
Find old aim away messages update#
Instagram this week rolled out a new feature to users they are calling “Notes,” a way for users to leave a sort of status update – or Away Message – to their followers or to their Close Friends.
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