# 'You replied to their story' DM's?

**URL:** <https://mpsocial.com/t/you-replied-to-their-story-dms/151752>\
**Category:** Instagram Marketing\
**Created:** [October 3, 2023, 7:01am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/you-replied-to-their-story-dms/151752 "2023-10-03T07:01:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://mpsocial.com/u/Isabelle)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 7:01am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/you-replied-to-their-story-dms/151752/1 "2023-10-03T07:01:26Z")

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I keep getting message requests on Instagram with a message that looks like you replied to their story, however the message is on the left and it’s mostly spam accounts. Is this a new growth method people are trying out? Does anyone have any information on this?

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**Author:** ![darius7](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/darius7/32/74907_2.png) [@darius7](https://mpsocial.com/u/darius7)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/you-replied-to-their-story-dms/151752/2 "2026-09-28T21:51:00Z")

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The left-side bubble means the message is incoming; it does not establish that anyone replied to a story. The sender may simply be using “you replied to their story” wording as a cold-DM opener because it looks more personal than a generic request. From that message alone, there is no basis to call it a new Instagram feature or a confirmed growth method. The useful distinction is between what the interface shows about message direction and what the sender’s text claims happened.