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Guide To Make Instagram Polls

As you all know that Instagram has come up with a new polling feature in it’s recent update launched on both ios and Android.

We held a poll on our Instagram account @thetechshow_official about whether you guys needed a guide to Instagram polls and 75% voted yes.

Adding polls is similar to any other sticker on Instagram: just drag and drop it onto your image in your story, and you’ll automatically be presented with the option to customize the question and choices. People viewing your story will be able to tap on a choice to vote, which will then show the overall results so far. To see the results for yourself, simply open up the viewers list for that image or video on your story, and it will show you total vote numbers, who voted, and what they chose.

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Along with the new polling stickers, Instagram is also adding an eyedropper tool that allows you to take colors from your pictures to use on text and brushes, and an alignment tool (which is limited to iOS for now) that should help make sure text and stickers are properly centered on your pictures.

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Revealed:Why Facebook And Instagram Were Down Today

Social media sites Facebook and Instagram appear to be down for some users this morning with some unable to post and others unable to access the sites entirely.

Facebook users have reported issues accessing page mailboxes, uploading images, and posting updates, on both the mobile and web versions. Some users received messages saying that there was a “temporary problem with this post,” or an issue with a URL, and to try again in a few minutes. Other users were greeted with a message that Facebook is down for “required maintenance.”

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Instagram users also found some issues when trying to access the site this morning:

The outage doesn’t appear to be affecting all users, and the cause for issues aren’t immediately clear. A Facebook spokesperson told The Verge in an email that “a technical issue,” was the cause of the issue, and that the company is “currently restoring service for everyone.”