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| Instagram offers silent mode and other features |
Today, Thursday, Instagram announced a new feature that gives users time to receive notifications, along with other features that improve their ability to control content, as well as features targeting teens.
"Today we're launching Quite Mode on Instagram to help people focus and encourage them to set boundaries with their friends and followers," Instagram, which is owned by Meta, said in a statement posted on its blog.
The company added that once you turn on silent mode, you will not receive notifications and your profile activity status will change to say that you are in silent mode, and Instagram will automatically respond to anyone who sends you a message. Let them know that you didn't receive any message notifications because you were in silent mode.
According to Instagram, to help teens be alone with themselves at night, while studying or at school and dedicate energy, they can easily set the most suitable time to activate the automatic silent mode, which will give them all the notifications sent when this period expires. Quick summary so you can see what you've been missing.
Quiet mode is available to everyone, but Instagram specifically encourages teens to use it when spending time on the platform late at night.
This feature, along with the new quiet mode, is available today to all users in the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The company hopes to launch it in other countries soon.
In terms of features designed to improve its ability to control content, Instagram says this will help users decide which content they don't want to be recommended.
The company claims that the first feature gives you the ability to hide multiple posts that don't interest you in the Explore section. Additionally, if the user selects the (not interested) option, Instagram will avoid showing that content elsewhere in the future. Recommend: scrolling, searching, etc.
In addition to the existing feature that allows you to hide comments and direct messages (DMs) with specific words, the company has expanded the feature to apply to featured posts you may see on the platform.
It also said, "Now just add a word or combination of words, emojis, or hashtags you want to avoid," and Instagram will no longer recommend it. You can access new features in the hidden words section of your privacy settings.
In terms of new features aimed at teens, Instagram wants to help parents be more aware of their teen's choices and make it easier for them to communicate with them by setting up through monitoring tools and the Family Hub.
Recently, Instagram has allowed parents to review their teen's settings including: privacy and account settings, and if a teen updates any of these settings, the parents will be notified so they can chat with the teen. Parents can now see which teen accounts are blocked.
"These updates are part of our ongoing work to ensure people have the right experience for them and more control over the amount of time they spend online and the type of content they see," Instagram said.