Meta, the company responsible for applications such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is always launching new functions on its platforms to improve the user experience. Recently, it launched, all at once, several new features for registered users of the photo app.
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What’s New on Instagram
The objective of the new functions of Instagram is to improve the experience of the users of the application. One of the novelties is the so-called “Silent Mode”, which emerged to help the productivity of users who cannot ignore the app’s notifications.
In this way, the new tool gives the user the chance to establish times when the application will not send message notifications, tags, gain of followers, likes or mentions. Thus, it is possible for users to focus better on studies or work, for example, without the anxiety of seeing notifications that have arrived.
Another available tool shows the status of the user’s profile. In this sense, when trying to send a message to someone who has Silent Mode activated, the user who is trying to contact him will receive an automatic message informing that, at that moment, the function is disabled.
At first, Silent Mode will only be available to users in the United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and Ireland. Any user will be able to access the novelty, and teenagers will receive a message reminding them to activate the mode after reaching a certain time of use in the app.
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New app mode
At the same time, a new content recommendation model was also designed, making it possible to hide different types of publications through the Explore tab. To do this, the user must click on the content and, after that, the “Choose more” function will be displayed, so that the user can determine what he or she intends to see on the platform.
Other than that, another novelty for customizing publications was made available: that of choosing terms that the user wants to hide so as not to have access during his navigation. At this time, it will also be possible to hide certain hashtags or captions. To activate the function, simply access the privacy settings and select the terms in the “Hidden words” section.
The option allows app users to select what they want to consume, as many contents appear as suggestions in the app, bothering some people who are not interested in certain topics. Although these settings have not yet arrived in Brazil, they should be available later this year, both for Android users: https://bityli.com/OPOes how much of iOS: https://bityli.com/TAVZh.
The purpose of all changes is to make the use of the application more enjoyable for users, as the algorithms do not always agree on what is or is not interesting for each individual.
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