Because nobody wants to see offensive comments on their Instagram posts, nor do we want bots who post soulless, generic compliments.
While social media platforms have helped the world connect, relative anonymity that they provide have led to some alarming behavior online. Studies confirm that social media websites often encourage cyberbullying and general toxic behavior: for instance, The Washington Post claims that nine out of ten teen Facebook users witness bullying on Facebook. Well, Instagram is no exception.
That's why the Facebook-owned image-sharing platform is taking steps to prevent hateful comments and hurtful behavior from the get-go. With the latest update, offensive comments will be blocked by default – or at least in theory. You can still report individual comments and profiles, of course, and if for whatever odd reason you want to disable this feature, you can do so in the app's settings. The hope is that the automatic blocking will create a safer and a more inclusive space for all Instagram users.
The new update will also address spam, another huge issue in the Instagram community. I can't count how many times I've had to deal with clearly robot-generated spam comments like "wow so rad, check out my profile" or some soulless thumbs-up emoji. The filter will reportedly work in many different languages and will use machine learning to improve over time. That applies to offensive comments as well: essentially, the more toxic comments the filter sees and identifies, the more it learns and the smarter it gets.
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Recent updates
Instagram lets you share replays of Instagram Stories live videos
June 20, 2017: The update adds a "Share" selection at the bottom of the screen after your live video has ended, so you can add the replay to Instagram Stories for 24 hours. Alternatively, you can delete the live video by tapping the toggle, and then choosing "Discard". When you watch your own video replay back, you will see the number of users who watched it live, and afterwards via replay.
Instagram adds Archive feature
June 13, 2017: Instagram has rolled out its new Archive addition worldwide. It's been designed to help users keep any posts they have shared in a space that's only meant to be seen by that person. If you want to start archiving your shared posts, all you have to do is tap "…" at the top of the post you want to save and then and choose "Archive." Users will be able to see that saved post when they tap on the Archive icon, which is located in the top right corner of the Instagram profile. You will also be able to see any previous likes and comments on that post.
Instagram Direct adds support for links, along with landscape and portrait orentation
May 25, 2017: The Instagram Direct feature now allows users to share images in both landscape and portrait orientation along with the ability to share links.
Instagram Stories can now be searched by location, hashtag search coming soon
May 23, 2017: Instagram is adding yet another way to search for content on the social network. The latest update to the app allows users to search inside Instagram Stories via location, and soon will also add searching in Stories via hashtags.
Face filters
May 17, 2017: Instagram has added another Snapchat-like feature, as users can now put in a number of animated images over their photos and videos. In addition, users can now put videos in reverse. There's also a new eraser brush in the drawing tools.
Web uploads
May 8, 2017: Instagram has beefed up its mobile website with the ability to upload photos, and a lightweight version of the Explore tab. Previously, users were only able to like posts, follow users, search, and see notifications from the mobile site. Now users can not only upload media to the social network, they can also access a stripped down version of the Explore tab.
Instagram says the web experience is optimized for phones, and designed to help users on slower data connections access the social network. Think of this as a "lite" version of Instagram. Video uploading via the mobile web still isn't supported, however, nor is posting photos or videos from the desktop site.
Offline mode coming soon
April 19: Instagram announced that it is launching an offline mode to help improve the experience for those with limited internet access. Offline users will be able to "Like" posts, leave comments, save media and unfollow people, all of which will be processed once the user reconnects to the internet. They will also be able to view content previously loaded in their Instagram feed, profiles they've previously visited, older versions of their own profile and the Explore tab.
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