It’s not going down well
Over the last few months, Instagram have made a number of changes to the app. Most of them have been very welcome; others…well, not so much.
Eagle-eyed social media users have now noticed a new feature introduced to the photo-sharing app. Although it’s early days, the change appears to be an unpopular one for many Instagram users…
It turns out that a new icon on your profile will display your Facebook notifications.
It was first flagged by a Reddit user, who explained that they had been using the “pre-release beta of Instagram”.
Based off Twitter, though, it appears to have become more wide-spread.
The newest icon, a box with the Facebook ‘F’ inside, appears to only function to alert users of new notifications.
When you tap on it, it launches the Facebook app – or prompts you to link your accounts, if they aren’t already.
It’s not immediately clear if the icon is showing up on all Instagram accounts.
However, those that do have it are really, really not happy.
https://twitter.com/BookishFurMom/status/1005285985070927873
Instagram pushing me to check my Facebook notifications. 🤨 pic.twitter.com/lnvpqujeBy
— Harry Raymond (@harryraymond) June 8, 2018
Facebook Notifications now show in Instagram!
Clicking the icon brings you to Facebook notifications (as you would expect!)
h/t @Graytamb pic.twitter.com/dMCPxLUcxa
— Matt Navarra (I quit X. Follow me on Threads) (@MattNavarra) June 8, 2018
Who told Facebook and Instagram they can integrate our notifications with one another?
Like we needed another reason to flock to Twitter…
— R (@__raemae) June 8, 2018
It’s not all bad, however. Some seem to think the addition may not be so bad.
One Twitter user pointed out:
“At first I was annoyed that Facebook have added their notifications to my Instagram account.
“But now it means I don’t have to check Facebook at all unless I get a notification on Instagram!
“I don’t think that was their plan…”
