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Don’t deny it – whether it’s an ex, or a crush or simply that travel blogger whose life you’re jealous of, we all love to indulge in a good Instagram stalk.
And while you can still get away with screenshotting snaps that appear in your home feed, you might want to take note of a new feature on the app.
Instagram now notifies if someone takes a screenshot. Be careful @silverbtf pic.twitter.com/n4olOvKg0L
— Travis (@travlim) November 24, 2016
The new update allows users to send private disappearing photos and videos directly to a group or individual friends.
But beware, it also comes with a function which means that whoever has sent you this photo will know if you screenshot it.
People were really freaked out by this new screenshot notification function.
if this whole "instagram now gives screenshot notifications" thing is true, my life is about to become significantly more difficult
— SarahAshley Bryant (@sarahashlev) November 26, 2016
I just took a screenshot of someone's 38 week old Instagram and now they're gonna get a notification sendhelp pic.twitter.com/8gzHbsu7mP
— David (@WrittenByDavid) November 25, 2016
DOES INSTAGRAM NOW TELL WHEN U SCREEN SHOT SOMEONE OH MY GARDDDDDDDDD IM GONNA BE SICK
— ellis (@elklien) November 28, 2016
INSTAGRAM GOT SCREENSHOT NOTIFICATIONS NOW pic.twitter.com/Hlng1F4uKH
— anna (@nutellaANDpizza) November 24, 2016
Instagram is now telling on us for screenshotting? Is nothing sacred anymore?!
— Dana Ulwick (@dana_ulwick) November 25, 2016
But when people realised it was only for the private disappearing photos, they calmed down a tad. As did all of us… Phew.
PSA: Instagram does not send notifications when you screenshot someone's photo!!! Continue to lurk in peace everyone
— Gabriella Cano (@bellacano_) November 26, 2016
Instagram does not actually tell you when someone takes a screenshot calm down
— alyssa (@alygoldfish) November 27, 2016
Look, just to make sure you’re not having a meltdown about screenshotting that photo yesterday, which awkwardly the person took like three months ago, this handy little video explains the update when it comes to Instagram Direct rather nicely.
“Unlike other messages in Direct, these photos and videos disappear from your friends’ inboxes after they have seen them. And you’ll see if they replayed it or took a screenshot,” Instagram pointed out in its announcement.
So, back to creeping Instagram feeds you go…
