Instagram’s newest ‘middle ground’ feature, Notes, explained by an engineer

Users won’t get a notification when friends leave the 24-hour Notes and will have the capability to respond to Notes they see in their inbox through direct messages. Responses will not be public. — Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash

It seems Instagram frequently rolls out a new feature that has users wondering about its purpose.

The social media platform’s newest experiment is now Instagram Notes.