Being able to be in contact with the people you love, and keeping up with them is extremely important. It is the way we have to be able to connect with others and thus create bonds of friendship that end up being long-lived. And this is where the social networks of the moment come in.
Many can be detractors of social networks, or of one in particular. But, whatever your preference with social networks, it is undeniable how easy it is to share our vision of the world with others and also interact with the world of others.
The fact of being able to upload multimedia content about what happens to us every day and having the latest updates on the lives of others makes us feel closer to the people we love and even to be able to immortalize special moments with them. It is for the latter that Instagram has become such an important social network.
It allows us to talk with others through private messages, upload photos of our last trip and see what others think about it, and even upload quick “stories” of moments of our day, either from your mobile or using your pc. And believe it or not, we can let the person posting these stories know how we feel about it through quick reactions.
See below how you can give quick reactions to others’ stories and how to like them too, through a simple step-by-step.
Interacting with the stories of others
First, you should know that there is no way to “like” it. Actually, the “like” button does not exist for stories, but it is precisely for this that there are quick reactions: it is a simple and fun way to interact with the stories of others and show them how much we liked them.
Keep in mind that the process for quick reactions is the same on an iPhone as it is on an Android device, so don’t worry. And, for this you must do the following:
- Start by entering the Instagram application and see the stories of your friends. You will likely end up finding one that you like or want to react to.
- When you find that story you want to react to, below you will see the “Send Message” box, which you will select.
- As soon as you select it, you will see that your keyboard will open and 8 different emojis will appear on the screen. These emojis are the reactions. For now, there are only 8 quick reactions you can use. Select one, as soon as you select it you will see that your screen will have visual effects related to the reaction.
- Here, the reaction will have been sent, but you can always attach a written message if you want to leave it to the person who uploaded it. And ready.
What will happen to the reaction?
You might be wondering what happens to the quick reaction I have sent? Well, you should not despair, because this will go directly to the author of the story to which you reacted. But, it will only reach that person; Quick Reactions are not public interactions and cannot be seen by other people.
These quick interactions will go directly to the author of the story in their private message box, and the same will happen to you if someone decides to send you a quick reaction, so you can take your time having fun with these reactions between your friends and you.
This, until Instagram, can let you use more reactions or ways to interact with the stories of your friends since it is an application that is always evolving and changing the way you interact with it. Finally, remember that you can also share any publication you want in your Instagram stories so that you also receive many positive reactions.