While enjoying a delicious meal today at Xian Famous foods, I decided to take a boomerang to post on my Instagram story. A boomerang is a very short video that loops back and forth. Boomerang started out as its own, Instagram compatible app (run by Facebook), but now Instagram itself has the ability to record boomerangs.
I added the geotag “Xian Famous Foods” so that my followers could see where I was eating. Normally this is just a fun piece of information to add. Today, however, I got a notification from Instagram that my story had been added to two local stories. Although I knew that Instagram Local Stories had been announced, I did not know much more about it, so I checked Wikipedia. Here is what I found:
In August 2016, Instagram launched Instagram Stories, a feature which allows users to take photos, add effects and layers, and add them to their Instagram story. Images uploaded to a user's story expire after 24 hours. The media noted the feature's similarities to Snapchat.[125][126] In November, Instagram added live video functionality to Instagram Stories, allowing users to broadcast themselves live, with the video disappearing immediately after ending.[127][90] In January 2017, Instagram launched skippable ads, where five-second photo and 15-second video ads appear in-between different stories.[128][129] In April 2017, Instagram Stories incorporated augmented reality stickers, a "clone" of Snapchat's functionality.[130][131][132] In May 2017, Instagram expanded the augmented reality sticker feature to support face filters, letting users add specific visual features onto their faces.[133][134] Later in May, TechCrunch reported about tests of a Location Stories feature in Instagram Stories, where public Stories content at a certain location are compiled and displayed on a business, landmark or place's Instagram page.[135] A few days later, Instagram announced "Story Search", in which users can search for geographic locations or hashtags and the app displays relevant public Stories content featuring the search term.[91][136] In June 2017, Instagram revised its live-video functionality to allow users to add their live broadcast to their story for availability in the next 24 hours, or discard the broadcast immediately.[137]
Immediately, I noticed that there was no mention of the boomerang tool. Additionally, the article never mentioned that these features went live: only that they were announced.
I decided to submit an edited version of the Instagram article, so that it now reads:
“In November 2016, Instagram announced and made a handful of new tools accessible for Instagram Stories, including Boomerang and Mentions. This allowed users to create boomerangs from within the Instagram app, and tag friends or other users in their story.”
And at the end of this portion, it now reads:
“A few days later, Instagram announced "Story Search", in which users can search for geographic locations or hashtags and the app displays relevant public Stories content featuring the search term.[91][136] In June 2017, Instagram revised its live-video functionality to allow users to add their live broadcast to their story for availability in the next 24 hours, or discard the broadcast immediately.[137] Instagram also began curating geotagged stories for local stories in June 2017. Any story that is geotagged within range of the local story is considered to be a part of the public local story for that day.”
Instagram is constantly evolving, so I hope that with my edit to the Wikipedia page, people will be able to stay on top of all the latest features.
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