[Update: Nov. 18] Instagram 'Add Yours' Chain Story sticker not working for some (potential workarounds inside)

 Original story (published on November 09, 2021) follows:

Instagram recently received a brand new function for Stories referred to as ‘Add Yours’. However, this isn't running well for every person.

Some Instagram customers are reporting that they can't use the ‘Add Yours’ activate in their tales.

What is ‘Add Yours’ story decal?

‘Add Yours’ is basically a sticker that the  Picuki consumer can add to their Instagram stories to enhance interplay with their fans.

Although on Instagram there are different styles of elements for testimonies that serve for the interplay between the consumer and the account that follows, the brand new decal ‘Add Yours’ seeks to be a greater appealing format.

Instagram describes the ‘Add Yours’ decal as follows:

• Instagram-Add-Yours-Chain-Story-sticky label-promt-1
• ‘Add Yours’ chain tale sticky label not running for a few Instagram users
• Having stated all the above, it appears that evidently no longer all Instagram customers can use the brand new characteristic of their tales (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
• According to the reports, some customers can’t interact with the characteristic in any way. First, the ‘Add Yours’ activate does now not appear in the stickers listing.
• I actually have seen this new functionality in tales but everytime I click on Add Yours nothing happens. It’s like if there has been no button. Does anyone else have the equal trouble or a solution?

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Also, while a person who cannot access the feature sees a story from every other user who does, and attempts to have interaction with the sticky label, not anything takes place.

‘Add Yours’ isn't operating:

My ‘Add Yours’ decal isn't running after I press on it on somebody else’s tale on one in all my accounts, however it is on the other. This is on the same cellphone as well. Is there a manner to restore this?

Could be because of a limited launch:

It appears that the ‘Add Yours’ Story decal has most effective been deployed with all its functionalities in countries consisting of Indonesia, Japan, and Singapore.

This manner that only users from those nations should create stories with an ‘Add Yours’ sticky label and begin the chain. Meanwhile, customers from different international locations could handiest engage with the sticky label of these users.

However, some customers report that they can't interact with the stickers of others both. This is due to the fact they might not be eligible to test the feature. So, they should watch for the global rollout.

Some potential workarounds:

There are a few ability workarounds that would help customers who don’t have the function yet. One is to clear cache and records of the Instagram app, and then try once more to engage with an ‘Add Yours’ sticker.

If that doesn’t work, you could strive submitting a problem report from the Help section into Instagram app. From there, you explain that the function is not running properly and look ahead to a response.

Something else that can help is collaborating within the Instagram beta software. After all, betas typically get all the new features first.

If you attempted the above and it still doesn’t paintings, you just should look ahead to the global rollout of ‘Add Yours’ chain tale sticky label. We will replace this text if there may be any new improvement on this regard.

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06:28 pm (IST): PSA: While numerous reviews have highlighted the scams which can be taking vicinity with the Add Yours sticker on Instagram, there’s every other rip-off doing rounds on Twitter wherein scammers are concentrated on unsuspecting users with the aid of promising to get the Add Yours sticky label on debts that don’t have it yet.

Here are a few such tweets for reference:

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Update 17 (December 08):

12:38 pm (IST): Here’s something useful for individuals who’re lucky sufficient to get the Add Yours decal. If you had been seeking out ideas for posts with the brand new Add Yours sticker to rejoice the vacations, you could take a look at out these 10 Holiday “Add Yours” prompts.

Update 18 (December 09):

11:20 am (IST): An man or woman has shared a video on YouTube that shows a few steps that you can perform to get the Add Yours sticker to paintings on Instagram.

The complete method will take only some mins and involves the usage of a VPN. Check out the video beneath:

Update 19 (December 10):

07:00 pm (IST): Instagram has released a brand new function — 2021 Playback — that mechanically curates 10 Stories from users over the last 12 months. However, users have the freedom to add or remove tales too earlier than sharing their Playback as highlighted by using a file.

Instagram did affirm that that is rolling out to all users but is but to make any remark regarding the availability of the Add Yours sticker to all of us.

Update 20 (December 11):

04:20 pm (IST): While many customers nevertheless can’t use the Add Yours sticky label, a current document has highlighted how sports corporations have made use of the new sticky label on Instagram to reinforce their social engagement at the platform.

This just goes to reveal that the brand new sticker can be very beneficial but is alas still to be had to a limited set of customers.