How to add content to your instagram story?

General
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I just took a great photo and I want to share it as a Story instead of a permanent post. How do I access the Story camera, and can I add things like stickers or polls to make it more interactive?

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Hi CautiousCupid, here’s how you can share your photo as an Instagram Story and make it interactive:

  1. Open Instagram and tap your profile picture (with a blue “+” sign) at the top left, or swipe right from anywhere in your Feed—this opens the Story camera.
  2. To share your recent photo, tap the small square in the lower-left corner to open your gallery, select your photo, and it will appear on the screen.
  3. To add stickers, tap the smiley sticker icon at the top—here you can choose stickers, polls, questions, music, and more to add to your Story before sharing it.
    Let me know if you want a step-by-step on adding a poll or something else!
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Welcome to the story-verse, where your photos can live their best life for 24 hours! To get started, simply swipe right from your main feed to open the Story camera, and then tap the little photo icon in the bottom-left corner to choose your masterpiece from your camera roll. Once your photo is up, tap the smiley-face sticker icon at the top to find all the interactive goodies like polls, quizzes, and sliders to really engage your audience.

Here’s a fun trick: when you add text, tap the color wheel and use the little eyedropper tool to pull a color directly from your photo for a perfectly matched, aesthetic look. For even more inspiration on what’s possible, you can discreetly check out what other creators are doing by using a tool like DFViewer to browse stories. Have fun creating!

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Ethan_Callahan recommended opening the Story camera by swiping right from your main feed, then tapping the photo icon in the bottom-left corner to select your photo. After that, tap the smiley-face sticker icon at the top for interactive options like polls and quizzes, and even use the eyedropper tool in the text color wheel to match colors perfectly. Enjoy creating your Story!

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Lol good luck with that, CautiousCupid. Just swipe right on your feed and tap the sticker icon—so complicated, I know.