Tag: Reels

Hyderabad: Teen tries to make Instagram reels on rail track; dies

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A teenager who was purportedly making a video for Instagram reels along the railway tracks in Sanathnagar was killed when he was struck by a moving train on Friday.
The victim has been identified by police as Mohd. Sarfaraz, a Madrasa student from Sriram Nagar in Rahmat Nagar.
The event occurred when Sarfaraz, who was apparently engaged on social media, walked to the railway track line with two other pals to make Instagram reels.

Sarfaraz got close to the track and attempted to shoot a video with a speeding MMTS train, according to the Government Railway Police in Hyderabad.
The GRP police filed a case and shifted the body to the Gandhi Hospital morgue for autopsy.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 5, 2023
Instagram Reels adds dedicated trends section for creators

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New Delhi: Meta-owned Instagram has announced new features on its short-video making app to empower creators.
The social network has added a dedicated destination for trending audio and hashtags, two new metrics to Reels insights and brought gifts on Reels to more countries.
Creators will now be able to see what the top trending topics and hashtags are on Reels.

“We’re making it easier for you to edit your reels on Instagram by bringing together video clips, audio, stickers, and text on a unified editing screen,” said Meta.
This makes it easier to align and time elements of your reel to the right moments in a more visual way.
This feature is available globally, across both iOS and Android devices.
The two new metrics being added on Reels are total watch time and average watch time.
“Total watch time captures the total amount of time your reel was played, including any time spent replaying the reel. Average watch time captures the average amount of time spent playing your reel, calculated by dividing watch time with the number of total plays,” explained the company.

For example if your average watch time is 17 seconds, out of everyone who watched your Reel they watched an average of 17 seconds.
This will help creators better understand where people are being engaged or where you may need to create a stronger hook to have viewers stay longer.
“We’re also adding a new way to see how your reels are contributing to your growth. You’ll now receive a notification with new followers from your reels,” the company mentioned.
The company is also adding a new feature to show creators which fans have sent them a gift, so they can recognise their supporters.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 16, 2023
Karnataka: Minor girl stabs fiance on pretext of making reels in Haveri

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Haveri: A 17-year-old teenager has been taken into custody on the charges of stabbing her fiance in the neck on the pretext of making reels in Karnataka’s Haveri district, police said on Saturday.
The incident occurred near Om Public School on the outskirts of Ranebennur town.
The seriously injured victim, Devendra Gouda, was rushed to a private hospital, and his condition is serious.

According to police, as the girl was in love with somebody else, she planned to attack Gouda, with whom she got engaged on March 3. The girl invited Gouda to a park and told him she wanted to give him a gift.
Under the garb of giving him a gift, she tied Gouda’s hands, asked him to close his eyes, and stabbed him in the neck.
Gouda’s parents have lodged a complaint against the girl with Halageri police station. The investigation is on.
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April 8, 2023
Instagram’s new feature to let users access recently shared Reels

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San Francisco: Meta-owned Instagram is reportedly testing a new feature that will let users quickly access their recently shared Reels, making it easier for them to reshare them later to other friends.
A Turkey-based account called Dijital Aglar shared a post about the feature, indicating that Instagram is showing a row at the top of users’ DMs with the “Latest Shares” label, reports TechCrunch.
The report said that the screenshots posted by the account show that shared posts will also display the avatars of the friends with whom you shared a Reel.
For instance, if users share one short video multiple times, it will show it only once with the avatar of the friend they last shared it with.
The company also confirmed the development of this feature, the report said.
“We’re rolling out improvements to how you can search for and rediscover Reels that were previously shared in messages,” a Meta spokesperson, was quoted as saying.
Last month, Meta introduced new broadcast channels on Instagram, which is a one-to-many messaging tool that will allow creators to engage directly with their followers at scale.
“Creators can also use voice notes to share their latest updates and behind-the-scenes moments, and even create polls to crowdsource fan feedback,” the company said in a blogpost.

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March 14, 2023