Instagram Celebrates 10th Birthday With Stories Map, New Icons, and More

[MacRumors]

Instagram is ten years old today, and the photo-based social platform is celebrating by introducing an easier way to find old Stories, custom icons, and new tools to prevent online harassment.

As reported by TechCrunch, a new private Stories Map and calendar offers users a retrospective of the Stories and photos they've shared over the last three years so they can look back at their favorite moments and re-share them if desired.

Users can access the new Stories Map and monthly calendar view from the "archive" menu under their profile.

Instagram has also announced new anti-bullying features that aim to automatically hide potentially abusive comments. Hidden comments aren't completely deleted, however, and can still be viewed by tapping a "View Hidden Comments" button.

Instagram is also expanding its comment warnings when people repeatedly attempt to post potentially offensive comments.

The platform already has a feature that notifies users when their comment may be considered offensive by giving them a chance to reflect and make changes before posting it. Now this feature will target repeat offenders and suggest that they take a moment to step back and reflect on their words and the potential consequences of posting them.

Lastly, to celebrate 10 years, Instagram is allowing users to switch up the app's icon on their Home Screen. Users can choose between a range of new and classic icons in shades of orange, yellow, green, purple, black, white and more.

To access the new icons, open the settings section within the app and do a long swipe down on the screen. A column of emojis should appear at the top of the menu, after which the icons will be revealed.

To get the new features, make sure you've updated to the latest version. Instagram is a free download for iPhone on the App Store. [Direct Link]

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[Aluminum213]

I pray every morning I get more likes 🙏

 

[gmarm]

Am I the only one that the app icon switching is not working for?

I was so looking forward to using the skeuomorphic one again! 😞

 

[RadioHedgeFund]

“Instagram celebrates 10 years of copying Twitter and not getting sued”

 

[rmoliv]

Nothing to celebrate. Facebook ruined Instagram.

 

[otternonsense]

I wouldn't have thought I missed skeuomorphism so much until I put on their old icon. That whole flat trend where every icon has to be a plain rectangle with 3-5 blobs and a gradient has become painfully mundane to look at.

 

[Oohara]

Ooh neat, that means I celebrate 10 years not being on Instagram today

 

[Veinticinco]

Ah the days when it was just a photo filter app.

 

[SigEp265]

Am I the only one that the app icon switching is not working for?

I was so looking forward to using the skeuomorphic one again! 😞

Does not work for me either.

 

[emulajavi]

I hope enough people select ‘Classic2’ so Instagram thinks of giving this option forever or even change it‘s icon back to that one.

It’s great how much craftsmanship had the icons before this flat nonsense.

 

[DinkThifferent]

From a nice photo sharing app to a data collecting snapchat imitating dumb influencer creating memory hog

 

[yurc]

“Instagram celebrates 10 years of copying Twitter and not getting sued”

Blame Facebook which bought and transform Instagram, because they sort of scared by Twitter existence.

 

[kmccown]

Am I the only one that the app icon switching is not working for?

I was so looking forward to using the skeuomorphic one again! 😞

Change back to the current icon, do a hard reset, and then change the app icon again worked for me.

 

[Oz.]

What about some privacy options improvements?

I can't make the accounts I follow private (only me)... this is totally dumb!

 

[itsmilo]

Am I the only one that the app icon switching is not working for?

I was so looking forward to using the skeuomorphic one again! 😞

i think you may need to restart your phone. That’s how I got it to change on Twitterrific

 

[Oblivious.Robot]

Hopefully they keep this one around again, ‘cause I love it!

 

[MisterSavage]

How about celebrating with an iPad app?

 

[alexandr]

omg i love the 2011 icon. sitting right next to my rune master which never had its icon updated))

i wonder if they will let us keep this in the future updates?..

 

[otternonsense]

omg i love the 2011 icon. sitting right next to my rune master which never had its icon updated))

i wonder if they will let us keep this in the future updates?..

Same here! It also made me realise how poorly the iOS flat icons have aged, and they've been around since 2013 iOS 7. We're now on iOS 14, I think it's high time for a full-on UI refresh.

 

[alexandr]

Same here! It also made me realise how poorly the iOS flat icons have aged, and they've been around since 2013 iOS 7. We're now on iOS 14, I think it's high time for a full-on UI refresh.

yes, apple should reach out to google to help with app icon redesign ))

 

[otternonsense]

yes, apple should reach out to google to help with app icon redesign ))

Oh god no, Google's are everything that's wrong with flat design nowadays. Then again, is the Photos app icon any different than the formulaic blobs-on-white-background that's on every other Google icon?

Apple has top notch designers making high-res illustrations out of (ani)emojis, why not pour some of that talent into the app icons we look at daily? Heck, they can get a kid from Dribbble to whip up something better for them.

 

[mollyc]

it would be a really great birthday present if they'd let us go back to the chronological feed instead of the stupid algorithms.

 

[incoherent_1]

Instagram has turned into a hot mess. Glad I ditched it when the took away the timeline.

 

[mariusignorello]

That old icon is uglier than sin

 

[firestarter]

> an easier way to find old Stories

Yeah HOW ABOUT GOING BACK TO DISPLAYING IN TIME ORDER?