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Instagram Now Battling Pinterest to Manage Your Bucket List
A new bookmarking feature is perfect for travelers ... even if it’s not Instagram’s most original idea.
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Debuting Wednesday, Instagram’s latest feature lets you “save” photos that show up in your feed for future reference, giving travel enthusiasts an easy new way to keep tabs on their (constantly growing) bucket lists. For those who are keeping tabs on the social media company instead, it means something else entirely: a direct jab at Pinterest, on par with the stab Instagram took at Snapchat earlier this year with the launch of Stories, in addition to a version of live video like parent company Facebook.
Here’s how it works: Simply tap the new bookmark icon below a photo in your feed to save that post; then access your saved posts by clicking the bookmark icon on your profile page.