Instagram Now Automatically Translates Twitter Mentions

People absolutely love sharing their Instagram photos on Twitter, but streamlining the sharing experience between the two has been difficult for users that have different @usernames for both services.

Yesterday, Instagram published a blog update explaining that sharing Instagram photos on Twitter would be more seamless now that the service can translate @usernames.

From the Instagram blog:

If the @mentioned user has integrated Instagram with Twitter:

• The user's Instagram username will show in the photo caption
• The user's Twitter username will show in the tweet

If the @mentioned user hasn't integrated Instagram with Twitter:

• The user's Instagram username will show in the photo caption
• The @ sign will be take away from the username when shared on Twitter

For @mentions that can't be matched to any Instagram usernames, the @ sign will stay there when shared to Twitter.

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