Instagram team is quite active on adding new features to keep the platform interesting. Soon after adding ability to add sound tracks on Stories, now the company has started testing the ability to ask questions in its Stories.
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Instagram already had the yes/no polls and emoji sliders that can be used to take responses of a question. But the new way will give users an option to start open-ended questions. Followers can write long answers.
See the screenshot where a user asked followers to Roast. Followers can write something in the text box.
As the feature is not yet live, we are not sure if there is any word count limit in the responses.
This new option will boost the interaction and engagement between Instagram users and their followers. As Instagram has already launched IGTV, this feature makes sense and will give creators an option to interact with followers.
Instagram has copied the Stories feature from Snapchat but managed to use it even in better way than the original. Now Instagram Stories has over 400 million active users and the company is actively adding new features every week to keep users engaging.
