Instagram stories

[Creek2025]

In the world of Instagram if someone purposely stops looks at your stories what does this mean in a situation status they do text me back and also have messaged me when I haven’t contacted them but what does it mean when someone purposely doesn’t look avoiding?

I'm sorry, what now?

So you're in a situationship and are messaging with someone and you are now asking what it means if they look at your stories? It means they are interested in your stories - I wouldn't read anything more into it.

Is that what you're saying/asking? As it's really hard to tell from your original post I'm sorry.

It means you spend to much time on social media and need to get out more.

Sorrry they aren’t watching stories why would someone not watch stories purposely they have gone from liking every story to once a week to nothing but they do message me and always text me back but I don’t understand why they would suddenly stop watching stories

I don't even know what an Instagram story is.

When I was in Primary School we used to have Story Time every day. When i hear someone talking about Instagram Stories that's what immediately springs to mind.

I'm totalky perplexed by how people actually live their life if they are making up stories on Social Media. It all sounds like a fantasy world for children.

Right I understand now. Lots of reasons:

• they don't want to be perpetually on socmed and have cut down on the time they spend in insta
• they are messaging you IRL so see no need to randomly view stories when they have direct contact
• the stories aren't that interesting! (sorry but could be a reason)

If you have an IRL connection I would focus on that and not whether or not they are interacting with your online posts. Don't blur the two worlds, that way trouble lies...

Maybe they're not active on Instagram? I rarely watch anyone's stories on there.

If they’ve stopped looking at your stories but are on IG still, it may mean that they are cooling. If that’s what you mean.

Yes that’s it it’s a complicated situation but he replied back to me straight away if I message and contacts me I just didn’t understand the logic behind avoiding someone stories is this modern world dating sorry I’m new to this

Rely on the real world experiences that you have with him - social media is so fake and no way of 'telling' anything about how the other person feels. The logic could just be he doesn't want to be on social media so often. I'm not sure why it's all that complicated at all. I've dated people where I have never wanted them to follow me on social media until I've got to know them very well, because they are still effectively a stranger until at least six months into the relationship. I do think social media makes people overanxious and sometimes a bit self-centred - either checking all the time to see who has looked at their post, or else asking why someone hasn't... and the simple answer is that they don't have to and it doesn't mean anything!

Dating. So you have met them.

There is no way that you can know that he's purposefully avoiding your stories. Maybe he's just taking a break from social media.

@Creek2025 Unless you are teenagers - give your head a shake.
Post your stories, if you must and you you so need affirmation and attention.
But if you are developing a relationship with a grown up - do it like adults do... by actually interacting directly. Not by looking into and assigning meaning to meaningless social media interactions...

It's so obvious, again and again. Guy meets girl - and for a whole there is this nauseous liking of every sneeze on SM - all the stories are liked, gushing messages and emojis.... Men know it's the game they need to play as women seem to consider these meaningless gestures as real interest and signalling to the world...
Get out of SM mindset - and see what happens on real life when you meet.

Most of the stories women post - are boring (at best) and attention seeking (at worst)..... So - instead of asking why he stopped liking them - ask yourself, why you feel the need to keep posting them

Why do yo say it’s on purpose? Has the other person said that?

Maybe he’s just not on instagram much?

Your stories are either boring or they don’t live on their phone like you expect. Weird thing to be bothered by.

i just wanted to know the logic behind why someone would suddenly stop

Presumably because they aren't interested in watching them, it's no deeper than that, surely.

Thank you it’s someone I met but lives in another country but right by my friend so I’ll be back so yes we have meet in person and we messaged but I just wanted to know the logic behind why people purposely just stop when they literally liked every single one in the beginning people generally mindlessly scroll

But none of us can possibly know what is going through his head. You're better placed than us to do that. Either you don't let it bother you because it's really very inconsequential (most sensible option) or you ask him (less sensible option).

YABU for the lack of punctuation.

@Creek2025
There is nothing "purposeful". He "liked" your stories for a bit, then got bored with it. It's not a relationship, you are being naïve to believe that liking stories means anything,

So - grow up, maybe?

It means whoever it is doesn't find your stories interesting.

I skip over loads of Instagram stories I once watched because I now find them dull.

The bigger question is how do you know who looks at your stories? And why do you care? Seriously, it doesn't matter, don't get bogged down in this kind of crap, it's so unimportant.