Highlights:-
● Instagram added last seen feature in Direct Messaging (DM) Service
● Instagram testing text-only stories and screenshot alerts for stories
Everyone’s favorite photo and video sharing app has just added an “Activity Status” that lets all your friends and followers “see when you were last active” on the app, just like on Facebook Messenger.
When you open up Instagram Direct, the messaging section of the app, you’ll now see it shows whether your friends are “active” on the app or when they were last active on it.
Interestingly, the feature works even if the person is not following your account. The Activity Status will be shown to accounts you and anyone you message.
For Instagram stalkers — don’t pretend like you don’t do it — this is change that’ll let you keep even closer tabs on who is and isn’t ignoring you on the app.
Did your crush just read your DM (you’ll know because it says “seen” underneath the message) and not respond? Well, by default, you can now see if they’re really ghosting you or not. The new Activity Status is enough to give Instagram addicts even more anxiety .
So Instagram got its own version of “last seen” called “activity status”
Fortunately, there’s a way to stop this creepy activity broadcasting: Go Instagram’s app settings (the gear icon) inside of your profile, and then toggle off the “Show Activity Status.”
“When this is turned off, you won’t be able to see the activity status of other accounts.”
Apart from that, Facebook owned – Instagram is testing a new ‘Type’ feature that enables text-only, written stories on the mobile app. While Instagram Stories have always been based on images and video, Instagram has been testing the new Type feature that apparently shows up next to other choices such as Boomerang, Rewind, and Superzoom. Users can choose from different fonts, different backgrounds, and even apply filters on Type. Screenshots of some of the Fonts and Colors that I was able to use are attached here.👇
Another report from WABetaInfo suggests Instagram is testing out a security feature on its app. The feature will send notifications to users if someone takes a screenshot of their stories. Instagram currently notifies users of a screenshot only if the image or video is sent on Instagram Direct. Now, like Snapchat, the feature will be expanded to public stories as well.
As Instagram becomes ever more popular, it’s also becoming more and more like Facebook, and that’s, to be honest, kind of scary. The reason why Instagram was great was because it wasn’t Facebook. It didn’t have creepy activity status trackers.
But now that it does, it might be time to consider deleting Instagram off your phone, just like people are doing with the Facebook app.
Deleting Instagram is the new deleting Facebook!!!
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