The scrollers of the world are outraged.

Instagram surprised their billion active users two days ago by rolling out an update that brings a major change to the interface.

The comfortable, familiar activity of scrolling through your feed with an upward flick of your thumb has been killed off.

Users must now tap the screen to browse new posts or swipe left to flip through posts with multiple images.

THE NEW INSTAGRAM UPDATE IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE! @INSTAGRAM WHAT WERE YOU THINKING, OH MY GOSH! By far the worst update in Instagram history! #instagram #instagramupdate #insta pic.twitter.com/KMuFDXRkQv

— Elise Michelle (@elisemichellex) December 27, 2018

Instagrammers took to Twitter, the platform embraced by complainers, to express their outrage.

me when i logged onto instagram and saw the new update #instagramupdate pic.twitter.com/J0TYXsoLSI

— dylan fraser (@DylanFraser) December 27, 2018

Me finding out about the new instagram update #instagramupdate pic.twitter.com/gem3a76sq4

— 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧 👩🏼‍🦰🖖🏼 (@LaurenMcKenna92) December 27, 2018

Welp. If Instagram was trying to find a way to make me stop using it, they figured it out. Nope nope and nope. It’s not intuitive, and looks messy. #InstagramUpdate

— Jes (@yesmissjes) December 27, 2018

not to be dramatic but this new instagram update is the worst thing that’s ever happened in 2018 #Instagram #instagramupdate pic.twitter.com/CUUN4GUSrC

— fяα (@dirtyjthirlwall) December 27, 2018

https://twitter.com/loversonly333/status/1078311235026907136

Thank you, Next@instagram #InstagramUpdate pic.twitter.com/dej5GYwLWg

— Keyan (@KuritaKian) December 27, 2018

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