{"id":73751,"date":"2019-08-20T16:25:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T13:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.digital\/?p=73751"},"modified":"2019-08-20T16:25:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T13:25:40","slug":"instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram\u2019s new Stories sticker lets you ask your followers to join a group chat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The new feature, called the chat sticker, joins a bunch of other stickers Instagram has introduced to Stories, including polls, question boxes, mentions, locations, hashtags, and countdowns, among others. The chat sticker is relatively straightforward, and Instagram is positioning it as a solution for people who want to have a big group conversation about something or for making plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s how they work: Users add the \u201cChat\u201d sticker to their Story, which essentially invites followers to request to join a new group chat in Direct based on that Story. When users click, they can request to join said group, and the account holder can approve these requests as they see fit \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Let us know what you this about this\u00a0tweet us\u00a0@BFDigitalAfrica<\/a>
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new feature, called the chat sticker, joins a bunch of other stickers Instagram has introduced to Stories, including polls, question boxes, mentions, locations, hashtags, and countdowns, among others. The chat sticker is relatively straightforward, and Instagram is positioning it as a solution for people who want to have a big group conversation about something […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"\nInstagram\u2019s new Stories sticker lets you ask your followers to join a group chat | General | BLU Flamingo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The new feature, called the chat sticker, joins a bunch of other stickers Instagram has introduced to Stories, including polls, question boxes, mentions, Learn from BLU Flamingo \u2014 Africa's leading tech-enabled digital marketing agency.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Instagram\u2019s new Stories sticker lets you ask your followers to join a group chat | General | BLU Flamingo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The new feature, called the chat sticker, joins a bunch of other stickers Instagram has introduced to Stories, including polls, question boxes, mentions, Learn from BLU Flamingo \u2014 Africa's leading tech-enabled digital marketing agency.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blu Flamingo Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BluFlamingoAfrica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-20T13:25:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bluflamingo.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Placide Ishimwe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BFDigitalAfrica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BFDigitalAfrica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Placide Ishimwe\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Placide Ishimwe\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/253f4c614766ddec2723ced4114dbfda\"},\"headline\":\"Instagram\u2019s new Stories sticker lets you ask your followers to join a group chat\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-20T13:25:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":138,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.digital\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/image.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"General\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\\\/\",\"name\":\"Instagram\u2019s new Stories sticker lets you ask your followers to join a group chat | General | BLU Flamingo\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.digital\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/image.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-20T13:25:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"The new feature, called the chat sticker, joins a bunch of other stickers Instagram has introduced to Stories, including polls, question boxes, mentions, Learn from BLU Flamingo \u2014 Africa's leading tech-enabled digital marketing agency.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.digital\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/image.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.digital\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/image.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Instagram\u2019s new Stories sticker lets you ask your followers to join a group chat\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"BLU Flamingo\",\"description\":\"Marketing with Data, Creative and Tech\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"BLU Flamingo Digital Africa\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"BLU Flamingo\",\"alternateName\":\"BLU Flamingo Digital Africa\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/logo-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/logo-1.png\",\"width\":1770,\"height\":1768,\"caption\":\"BLU Flamingo\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/BluFlamingoAfrica\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/BFDigitalAfrica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/blu-flamingo-africa\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/bluflamingoafrica\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC3a9EVoPfNh-B9Qb0r_tXpQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/253f4c614766ddec2723ced4114dbfda\",\"name\":\"Placide Ishimwe\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Placide Ishimwe\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluflamingo.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/placide-ishimwe\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Instagram\u2019s new Stories sticker lets you ask your followers to join a group chat | General | BLU Flamingo","description":"The new feature, called the chat sticker, joins a bunch of other stickers Instagram has introduced to Stories, including polls, question boxes, mentions, Learn from BLU Flamingo \u2014 Africa's leading tech-enabled digital marketing agency.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Instagram\u2019s new Stories sticker lets you ask your followers to join a group chat | General | BLU Flamingo","og_description":"The new feature, called the chat sticker, joins a bunch of other stickers Instagram has introduced to Stories, including polls, question boxes, mentions, Learn from BLU Flamingo \u2014 Africa's leading tech-enabled digital marketing agency.","og_url":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/","og_site_name":"Blu Flamingo Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BluFlamingoAfrica\/","article_published_time":"2019-08-20T13:25:40+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Placide Ishimwe","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BFDigitalAfrica","twitter_site":"@BFDigitalAfrica","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Placide Ishimwe","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/"},"author":{"name":"Placide Ishimwe","@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/253f4c614766ddec2723ced4114dbfda"},"headline":"Instagram\u2019s new Stories sticker lets you ask your followers to join a group chat","datePublished":"2019-08-20T13:25:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/"},"wordCount":138,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image.png","articleSection":["General"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/","url":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/","name":"Instagram\u2019s new Stories sticker lets you ask your followers to join a group chat | General | BLU Flamingo","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image.png","datePublished":"2019-08-20T13:25:40+00:00","description":"The new feature, called the chat sticker, joins a bunch of other stickers Instagram has introduced to Stories, including polls, question boxes, mentions, Learn from BLU Flamingo \u2014 Africa's leading tech-enabled digital marketing agency.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/instagrams-new-stories-sticker-lets-you-ask-your-followers-to-join-a-group-chat\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Instagram\u2019s new Stories sticker lets you ask your followers to join a group chat"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/","name":"BLU Flamingo","description":"Marketing with Data, Creative and Tech","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/#organization"},"alternateName":"BLU Flamingo Digital Africa","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/#organization","name":"BLU Flamingo","alternateName":"BLU Flamingo Digital Africa","url":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/logo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/logo-1.png","width":1770,"height":1768,"caption":"BLU Flamingo"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BluFlamingoAfrica\/","https:\/\/x.com\/BFDigitalAfrica","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/blu-flamingo-africa\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bluflamingoafrica\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC3a9EVoPfNh-B9Qb0r_tXpQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/253f4c614766ddec2723ced4114dbfda","name":"Placide Ishimwe","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Placide Ishimwe"},"url":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/author\/placide-ishimwe\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}