Instagram takes on Twitter with new private messages feature

Instagram has moved closer to their completion/rivals Twitter by introducing and creating private messages that allow user to send a photo and a video to a group of 15 people on instagram. The creator of instagram Kevin Systrom said that the new feature on the instagram is ‘ a simple way to send photos and videos to your friends’. As it’s a easy way to share moments with friends, instead of disrespecting people, as this is why its limit to certain people, only up to 15 people. Kevin Systrom said the future of instagram is that they want to allow their user to create groups for their follower around different communities. This is instagram major and big important news from when they introduce the 15 –seconds video feature to the app. Now instagram has 150 million users and half of them use the app daily. Private messages can be accessed at any time of the day.

I think that the Instagram’s new feature is very creative and incredible for the users, being a user myself, it allow millions of people to send videos and photos to such a niche amount of people and not to all the followers you have on the account. Instagram are finding many way in order to be at the top of the consumers most used apps. I think that it’s a fast way to communicate with others in our social groups by using this app with the new direct messages feature.