Instagram Temporarily Rolls Out New Functionality, Angers the Internet

Company calls it 'a bug'

It was a quiet day, the last Thursday of 2018. Or so it seemed.

Then Instagram rolled out a transformational update to its app, causing the internet to collectively lose its mind. What was this change to its core product that caused the online denizens to grab their digital pitchforks? Say goodbye to the infinite scroll capability and hello to swiping hell.

Well, maybe not so fast.

In an email, Instagram said this was all a big boo-boo: “Due to a bug, some users saw a change to the way their feed appears today.

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