Instagram seems to be exploring a brand new characteristic that shares some similarities with Twitter’s Super Follows, according to TechCrunch. Called “Exclusive Stories,” the potential future characteristic, noticed by developer Alessandro Paluzzi, permits creators to put up unique content material to their Instagram story that’s presumably solely accessible to subscribers.

Based on the screenshots Paluzzi shared, unique tales are differentiated in your feed with a purple tag (much like how Close Friends posts have a inexperienced one). When you attempt to watch an unique story with out being a fan of the particular person sharing, you’re prompted with a pop-up that claims solely followers can watch.

It’s a really early take a look at what Instagram could possibly be contemplating — a lot in order that the corporate says it’s unable to share extra, aside from affirm that the screenshots are from an inside prototype and that it is not presently testing something. It does make sense that Instagram would think about and even implement a characteristic like this in some unspecified time in the future. CEO Adam Mosseri has been open about exploring subscriptions for the platform.

There’s been intense focus within the final yr on permitting creators to monetize their work throughout a large swath of platforms. Following the explosive progress of Substack, Instagram’s dad or mum firm Facebook made a current addition with the launch of its publication platform Bulletin. Twitter opened up purposes for Super Follows and Ticketed Spaces earlier this month, which, whereas considerably unknown portions proper now, share some similarities with this hypothetical Instagram characteristic: Super Follows permit Twitter customers to share unique tweets with subscribers.