Why some people aren’t happy about Instagram’s new home screen

Michael J. Fordham
UX Collective
Published in
4 min readNov 15, 2020

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An iPhone showing the Instagram home screen redesign, with an overlay showing thumb accessibility and angry emojis behind.

People use Instagram for a few different things.

Creators use it to share photos, videos, Reels, and Stories. Businesses use it to reach out to customers, show the inner workings of their company, and sell their latest product. Some people just browse photos and accidentally like pictures of their ex at 3 am.

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Software engineer interested in the future of innovative UX. I mainly write about design, development, data and AI. www.michaeljfordham.com