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What are Empty States / Screens

A “Good empty” state turns a moment of nothing into something.
Empty states:
* Encourage users to engage with our product
* Help them get comfortable by setting expectations for what’ll happen.
* Provide an obvious way to move forward.

For example, the first page that users see after signing up for Instagram is empty. Other profiles have photos, likes, and comments, but a first-time user’s account doesn’t have any information— 0 posts, 0 followers, 0 following. 

To make the activation easier, Instagram has turned this “empty state” into a learning 
& encouraging opportunity: where you would normally see your photos, it says “No Posts Yet — Tap on the camera to share your first photo or video” with an arrow pointing to the camera option.

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