I used instagram a lot this week so I decided to do my observe on it.
I find it very annoying to have the stories at the top. Instagram really pushes the use of stories (probably to compete with snapchat) and I find it annoying that I’m trying to escape from that on Snapchat only to find it on instagram. The interface is very simple and clean but when you have notifications it really lights up. You have colorful rings on the stories to get you to start there. You get a subtle animation that shows you that you have likes, or when you have people in your DMs that is also lit up. Instagram is also smart enough to recommend to you that theirs people you may know and want to follow, when you most definitely don’t want to follow those people. But it is a constant notifications. Another thing that instagram tries to do is show you what you might like in the search category. Most of the time its endless memes and just funny stuff but i don;t think it’s necessary. It is always interesting to see how much Instagram thinks it knows you to recommend you people and videos/posts.
