Today I tried posting a Reel. This wasn't intuitive as the flow for doing this is similar to creating a Story. When selecting an existing video as a reel I do n

Today I tried posting a Reel. This wasn't intuitive as the flow for doing this is similar to creating a Story. When selecting an existing video as a reel I do not have a way to edit it or add overlays and the total reel duration is 15 seconds vs 60 on TikTok. Discovering reels is tricky also. I have to go to search and click on the word reels within the random suggested reel at the top. What is more - I want reels to be separate from whom I follow on Instagram. I want to follow certain content creators for their reels, but do not want to see their stories or photo stream. I also don't want them to show up as people I follow on my main Instagram profile. The TikTok features for creating content, discovering it, replying to it (remix / duet etc) and just the responsiveness of the UI make it much more fun and pleasant to use. Reels does not meaningfully compete with TikTok. It will only appeal to some of the existing user base, but not attract TikTok users. FYI I'm 34. I post music, running, travel and random adventure clips to Instagram, TikTok and other places.