For a short period of time, Instagram โaccidentallyโ changed its layout for a short period of time.
According to the Facebook-owned platform, it was a bug which caused the design to be rolled out.
The redesign required users to swipe horizontally instead of the normal vertical scroll to see their feed, befuddling many members of the photo- and video-sharing application, which has over one billion users worldwide.
The move ignited complaints on Twitter where the hashtag #InstagramUpdate became a top trending issue.
Worst Instagram update
โ Hania Aamir (@realhaniahehe) December 27, 2018
The new version is so messed up๐
โ SehrishM (@peaceandpiece) December 27, 2018
#instagramupdate I donโt use #instagram
I AM NOT SORRY.
โ Azeem Ul Haq (@Djenngo) December 27, 2018
.@Instagram has added a new update that changes the way users scroll through their feed: going side-to-side, the same way as Instagram stories. #InstagramUpdate
Are you here for this update? pic.twitter.com/CP5bM8hvxE
โ Pop Crave (@PopCrave) December 27, 2018
Instagram went back to the old update even before my app got updated. I feel so left outโฆ
โ Sinnan N. Fazwani (@SinnanFazwani) December 27, 2018
I went onto Instagram and just saw everyone hating on it yesterday
โ โุฎุงูุฏ โ (@kahmad92) December 28, 2018
Twitter user Jeffree Star lamented โthis #instagramupdate almost ruined my morning!!โ while journalist Alex Heath of the online service Cheddar remarked that it โseems maybe intended to reduce mindless vertical scrolling?โ
Adam Mosseri, who heads Instagram for Facebook, tweeted that the new design was โa test that went to a few orders of magnitude more people than intended.โ
Sorry about that
Instagram said a short time later that it had rolled back the redesign to the normal vertical scroll.
โDue to a bug, some users saw a change to the way their feed appears today,โ said an Instagram message posted on Twitter.
โWe quickly fixed the issue and feed is back to normal. We apologize for any confusion.โ
Some Instagram users remained upset over the glitch. โNever do it again plsโ: tweeted one enraged user.
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.
โ Instagram (@instagram) December 27, 2018