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Welcome to "The Outwrite Podcast". This article is published on www.theoutwrite.com by Varun Singh Rajput.
Instagram marks the 10th anniversary by introducing new anti-bullying features to reduce the negative interactions along with bullying and harassment, in comments. 6th of October, 2010, Instagram was launched as a photo-sharing app.
The new anti-bullying feature includes comment warning which advises people to reconsider their comments which don’t fall under Community Guidelines. It doesn’t end here, the new warning clearly states that “If your comments go against our Community Guidelines, your account may be deleted”. It also hides inappropriate comments automatically.
Instagram calls it “National Bullying Prevention Month” that’s why such anti-bullying features are getting enhanced. The company said in the announcement, “As we kick off National Bullying Prevention Month, we’re announcing two new features to reduce negative interactions, including bullying and harassment, in comments. Bullying is a challenge many face, especially young people who are already dealing with additional pressures brought on by COVID-19. While the world has certainly changed this year, our commitment to leading the industry in the fight against online bullying remains a priority.”
Instagram has seen the noticeable decrease in the negative interactions since the warning feature in comments and captions was introduced. Now, expanding the warning with the possibility of deletion the account of defaulters could be a strong addition.
The company also shared the usage and impact of the restrict feature: “More than 35 million Instagram accounts are using or have used Restrict since it launched last October, ensuring they can safely control their Instagram experience; a majority of the negative interactions they were receiving from a bully are now hidden.
According to The Verge, ” As part of the celebrations, Instagram has added an easter egg that lets you revisit its old app icons on iOS and Android. It can be accessed by doing a long swipe down on the settings menu, after which the old app icons can be brought back into active duty. As part of the celebrations, Instagram has added an easter egg that lets you revisit its old app icons on iOS and Android. It can be accessed by doing a long swipe down on the settings menu, after which the old app icons can be brought back into active duty.“
The social media platform also launches the photo map feature and a new monthly calendar view of stories. It allows you to track all the locations of stories posted. The new map and calendar feature for the archived stories is a much better way to view the timeline and search for old archived stories. It’ll be visible to you only due to the nature of this feature introduced as private view. You can access this new photo map and calendar view feature under ‘archive’ in your user profile.
Thanks for your time, please share your valuable feedback & comments - our email address is: [email protected].
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Welcome to "The Outwrite Podcast". This article is published on www.theoutwrite.com by Varun Singh Rajput.
Instagram marks the 10th anniversary by introducing new anti-bullying features to reduce the negative interactions along with bullying and harassment, in comments. 6th of October, 2010, Instagram was launched as a photo-sharing app.
The new anti-bullying feature includes comment warning which advises people to reconsider their comments which don’t fall under Community Guidelines. It doesn’t end here, the new warning clearly states that “If your comments go against our Community Guidelines, your account may be deleted”. It also hides inappropriate comments automatically.
Instagram calls it “National Bullying Prevention Month” that’s why such anti-bullying features are getting enhanced. The company said in the announcement, “As we kick off National Bullying Prevention Month, we’re announcing two new features to reduce negative interactions, including bullying and harassment, in comments. Bullying is a challenge many face, especially young people who are already dealing with additional pressures brought on by COVID-19. While the world has certainly changed this year, our commitment to leading the industry in the fight against online bullying remains a priority.”
Instagram has seen the noticeable decrease in the negative interactions since the warning feature in comments and captions was introduced. Now, expanding the warning with the possibility of deletion the account of defaulters could be a strong addition.
The company also shared the usage and impact of the restrict feature: “More than 35 million Instagram accounts are using or have used Restrict since it launched last October, ensuring they can safely control their Instagram experience; a majority of the negative interactions they were receiving from a bully are now hidden.
According to The Verge, ” As part of the celebrations, Instagram has added an easter egg that lets you revisit its old app icons on iOS and Android. It can be accessed by doing a long swipe down on the settings menu, after which the old app icons can be brought back into active duty. As part of the celebrations, Instagram has added an easter egg that lets you revisit its old app icons on iOS and Android. It can be accessed by doing a long swipe down on the settings menu, after which the old app icons can be brought back into active duty.“
The social media platform also launches the photo map feature and a new monthly calendar view of stories. It allows you to track all the locations of stories posted. The new map and calendar feature for the archived stories is a much better way to view the timeline and search for old archived stories. It’ll be visible to you only due to the nature of this feature introduced as private view. You can access this new photo map and calendar view feature under ‘archive’ in your user profile.
Thanks for your time, please share your valuable feedback & comments - our email address is: [email protected].