Why Are My Instagram Messages Black? – Entrepreneur

Following Instagram’s latest update, social media users worldwide are facing a couple of frustrating developments: an inability to use filters on their Instagram story, encountering an “unable to use effect” error message, and, as of early Thursday morning, blacked out Instagram direct messages. Both iPhone and Android users are up against the social media issue, and some shared screenshots of it on Twitter, revealing messages that were both entirely and partially blacked out on the Instagram app. My Instagram messages were all showing up with a black box around them or being completely blacked out – came on here and it’s kinda of a relief I’m not alone in this tbh – lmk if any of y’all find a solution pleaseWhy are Instagram messages black? Although Instagram has yet to address the worldwide message blackout, it appears the social media platform itself is experiencing the glitch, as reports of the irritating error aren’t limited to certain mobile devices or carriers. The most likely cause is that recent update, and the frequently large number of users on the app might also be a contributing factor — it’s why some of the biggest social media sites, including Facebook and Twitter, have also gone down in the…
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