Instagram New Stories UI & Impact on Content Strategy

This will irritate marketers who have made Instagram Stories a priority. Instagram has been testing a new Stories presentation UI that essentially hides Stories posts after a certain frame count for the past few weeks. As shown in this screenshot from Content Strategist Claudia Flannery, some Stories are now only displaying the first three frames, with a tiny 'Show all' prompt in the top left corner of the screen. Instagram Stories Frame Restriction That would be easy to overlook, which could mean that if you post more than three frames to your Story, the later ones are much less likely to be seen. According to Flannery: "Obviously, this will result in a significant decrease in views and reach, as most people are unlikely to actively go and click to show all." That, I believe, is correct; however, why would Instagram do so, and will this be made available to all users? When we asked IG for clarification, it responded as follows: "This feature is in its early stag...