It opens up the potential to some real long-form storytelling or vlogging on Instagram. I realize that I'm in the extreme minority where 100 clips isn't enough (I don't share anywhere near this much on a daily basis), but I would like to see the cap increased. I lost who knows how many memories - the rawest, most genuine first thoughts on Japan and the city's many pachinkos and arcades - but it's OK.
People even joked on Twitter about my Instagram Stories problem: Instagram has confirmed to Mashable that 100 clips (photos or videos) is indeed the maximum number of Instagram Stories that can be posted at one time. I literally had to manually tap on my screen and count the number of clips Instagram Stories allowed to figure this out. Post more and it deletes the ones from earlier. It had to be!īut no, it turns out that 100 clips is the maximum number of clips that can be posted to Instagram Stories within 24 hours. I discovered all of my clips from the first 2-3 hours in Shinjuku were gone. I didn't want these "vlogs" or memories to disappear, so I decided to save them at the end of every day so that I could watch them again later.īut when I went back to my Airbnb after an incredible first day out, my heart sank. Credit: screenshot: raymond wong/mashable Here's what a typical Instagram Story looks like with about a dozen or fewer stories:ĭots. You know how there are little lines on the top of a person's story that tells you how many clips are in their IG Story? Mine weren't lines. And share, share, and share some more.īy the end of my first real day exploring the city, I had posted over 100 video clips to Instagram Stories. I felt compelled to share, share, and share. To the point where I couldn't resist documenting it all. I've been to other Asian megacities before, but Tokyo was so different. I created an account on the very first day it went live in 2010 and I hope I'm there on the last day if it ever closes down.Īlmost as soon as I landed in Tokyo, my Instagram Story became a torrent - and I mean that - of video clips. If I could only pick one social media platform to use forever, it'd be Instagram. And I rarely post anything to Snapchat anymore I mostly use it to message friends.īut I couldn't delete Instagram. I've long stopped checking Facebook (are you still on Facebook?). I deleted (opens in a new tab) Slack once I was seated.
I was on track to commit to no social media as I boarded my flight. I wanted to visit the Land of the Rising Sun with fresh eyes, free of the pressure to post anything and really disconnect from this perverse "pics or it didn't happen" culture we now live in. I had this crazy idea of my very first trip to Japan being free of social media. Why the iPhone 8 Plus is a better camera than a real camera
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