Privacy and awareness in the world of stories
Stories are archived 24 hours after publication. When a story is archived, Instagram only shows the number of views—users cannot see who viewed it.
Therefore, you can open the story 5–10 minutes before it is deleted — there is a chance that the user will not have time to see who viewed it. But to do this, you need to know the exact time the story was published. Considering that you can only find out the time by opening the story or following the user’s posts, this is difficult to do.
Create a new account under a fictitious name—then the user won’t know who viewed their stories. To make the account look authentic, you can set it up like a real one: add photos, post a few times, and write a profile description. Fake accounts can be used to view stories on private profiles. Most specialized […]
If you do this and keep the user on your blacklist until the story is archived, they will not see that you viewed it. A similar method is to delete your account immediately after viewing; then it will not be visible in the story viewing list either. An easier way is to view stories anonymously […]