The Instagram platform announced today, Friday, the launch of the DMs (private messaging) feature via the web to all its users around the world. Last January, Instagram – owned by Facebook – announced the start of supporting the feature in a long-awaited step by service users who send a lot of messages and find it difficult to do so via phones and tablets.
It is noteworthy that testing the (private messaging) feature on the web was monitored more than a year ago, and last January it began testing with a small percentage of users around the world.
Instagram said at the time: The feature will allow users to see when they receive new messages, view the entire inbox, start a new chat, whether individual or group, send photos (not take them), double-click to like, and share posts via messages. By making the Direct messaging feature available on the web, Instagram users will be able to message each other on personal computers running Windows and Mac OS, in addition to web browsers on mobile devices.
It is noteworthy that Instagram, and behind it Facebook, attach special importance to messaging, as messaging increases users’ interaction with each other, and it also increases the time they spend on it, through private conversations and discussions related to the photos and videos that they exchange or see on the service.
Unlike Facebook, Instagram, which started as an application on mobile devices only, is slowly making its services available on the web, including messages, as it is still not possible for service users to upload any photos or stories from the web.
