Rejoice, Instagram users!

If you were down in the dumps before, because you weren’t able to re-share your best buddy’s posts without the use of third-party apps, now you have a reason to smile.

Instagram has added one of its most-requested features to Stories – that being the ability to re-share a post from friends. It’s available now in the latest version of Instagram’s iOS and Android app.

Yay for days.

A report via Mashable explains how this new feature works:

When a friend tags you in their Story, you’ll get the same notification you’ve gotten in the past, which lets you view the image or video in your Direct inbox.

Interestingly, Stories you re-share this way will look a little different than the original post. Choosing to re-share generates a sticker version of the Story, meaning you can remix it with your own stickers, GIFs, and other additions.

Re-shared Stories posts will link back to the original account that posted them, and the feature will only be available to public-facing accounts in order to respect users’ existing privacy settings.

Although it’s a good sign that Instagram is listening to their fans, the only kak thing about the new feature is that it’s limited to posts you’ve been tagged in, meaning you won’t be able to just re-share any Stories posts to your own account.

Cheer up, it’s not the end of the world.

[source:mashable]