Instagram is Reels Complicated Now

Hey everyone, it’s Sarah Frier. On Friday, my mother texted, asking me to call her. While she was trying to post a photo, Facebook asked if she meant for it to go on her “Stories,” or on her “Feed.” Both terms meant nothing to her, and she didn’t want to mess up.

“The ‘Feed’ is the main thing you think of when you think of Facebook, so that’s what you want,” I told her. When I explained what “Stories” was, my mom said she thought that was an Instagram thing -- the disappearing posts thing they copied from Snapchat. True, I said, but Facebook did it too a few months later.