Over the overgramming on Insta stories

I run into the same thing on Facebook. I have a single older cousin on Facebook (she actually is a sweet person) who works 3rd shift and she is constantly posting about trying to get some sleep or will post when she is taking a nap. I had to laugh the other day because she posted asking people to name her favorite thing and the first person responded SLEEPING.

Is that what the things are at the top? I don't look at them, but it's always the same people.

I lied! I looked it up to be sure -- they disappear in 24 hours, which is even better!

Yeah I think I've only watched about 2. SaveSave

Even better? Press and hold the overgrammer's little circle and you'll get the option to mute their stories. Posts will come up in your regular feed, but you won't have to watch inane stories.

Good to know. Some people have way too much time on their hands.

See, I use the Story feature to post stuff that isn't really important - when I see a street sign that's funny or silly or annoying, to complain about something, or maybe show a video of my dog being dumb... I don't need everyone to see that stuff, and I don't need to preserve it forever in my feed or on my phone either. Sometimes I'll post a proper Instagram of the best part of an adventure and add a few extra not-so-good pics to the Story rather than flood everyone's feed with too many pictures of the same thing. I figure that if people like my content they'll watch and if they find it annoying they won't. 

In terms of watching other people's Stories - I sometimes do and I sometimes don't. There are certain people I always watch right away and others I can't be bothered with at all. You can skip to the next image (tap the picture) if you're impatient with what they're showing, or skip over the person (swipe) if they're sharing too many pics/stuff you don't care about. It's not my fav feature, but it's OK.