Sharing Instagram stories isn’t a new concept, but if you want to reshare a popular post, it should be via Instagram Stories or a direct message. Instagram is now testing the ability to repost publicly in the feed without having to post a screenshot of the image you want to share. For now, Instagram has confirmed that the beta feature is only available to a small number of users, a Meta spokesperson confirmed to The Verge. Instagram has had the feature in development for some time, with some users noticing it back in May. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in new tab) “We’re exploring the ability to repost posts to Feed — similar to how you can repost to Stories — so people can share what resonates with them and so the original creators get credit for their work,” he said. a Meta representative told The Verge. an email statement. SEE ALSO: Instagram’s pivot to video is leaving disabled users behind Instagram has hosted a lot of back and forth with the app’s user experience. The platform recently began testing a “Candid Challenges” feature that’s incredibly popular on wildly popular social media photo app BeReal. There have also been more changes to IG Reels as Meta continues to push to become more like its biggest competitor, TikTok. And perhaps the biggest change was testing the implementation of a more video-focused, full-screen UI/UX. This change caused so much backlash that the company quickly withdrew it — at least for now.