Instagram has said it’s design update that required users to swipe horizontally instead of the normal vertical scroll to see their feed was accidental.
The new update into a landscape oriented scroll prompted immediate outage on social media, so much so that the hashtag, #InstagramUpdate became a trending topic. Quickly realizing their mistake, Instagram reverted back to the vertical scroll and then said the update was a accidental and the result of a bug.
In a post on Twitter, the Facebook owned company said: “Due to a bug, some users saw a change to the way their feed appears today. We quickly fixed the issue and feed is back to normal. We apologize for any confusion.”
Due to a bug, some users saw a change to the way their feed appears today. We quickly fixed the issue and feed is back to normal. We apologize for any confusion.
— Instagram (@instagram) December 27, 2018
Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, also tolled the same line. He said: “Just a test that went to a few orders of magnitude more people than intended… sorry about that,”
The update seemed to have affected iPhone users more than those on Android devices.
Instagram, that has over 1 billion users was acquired by Facebook in 2012.