Instagram is planning to compete with the Pinterest digital photo sharing network in the same way as Snapchat.
The code for the Android application version of Instagram shows that the platform has set a prototype for creating public groups that can be shared by many users.
Instagram has launched the Special Groups feature two years ago, allowing users to save and organize their favorite posts.
But by allowing users to participate in public groups, the Facebook-owned application becomes a direct competitor to Pinterest.
Public groups create a new way to organize content on the platform, since people can use the feature to compile their favorite comic pictures or travel destinations or fashion or art items.
This may reduce the theft of content, and this feature may allow users to express themselves through the things they like, instead of simply expressing themselves through their content.
The code for the Instagram version of the Android system revealed an option called " Make Public Collection, "but it is not yet available to the public.
This option shows the user's ability to switch the group's visibility to public, pointing to contributors who can also add to the group. Previously, groups formed a unique and unique feature for organizing archived publications with Instagram Save, which was launched in late 2016.
Instagram said it did not test this feature, but that was the typical response to queries about products not available to general users, but in internal development.
It may take some time for the platform to begin a public test This feature is a way to give users more incentive to participate in Instagram, and gives the prototype an idea of the implementation strategy. It supports the public strategic advantage of the platform. Instagram has a digested feedstock Its shopping feature within the Explore, which helps fashion creators, magazines and brands to offer viable products for purchase through public collections.
