Social networks are becoming more disturbing every day.
Last year, Snapchat launched a feature called take maps which was basically a map showing you where you are currently or when you were last seen for all your friends looking at the map.
How to disable Snapchat’s Snap Map Stalkerish feature
then we had The Snapchat Copy-Paste Fiasco on Facebook where they copied the main function, the one in which users take missing photos 24 hours a day, and used it for all their services: WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram.
If that’s not justified by how creepy it is, now Instagram has added a new feature (without, of course, asking you for permission to turn it on) and that’s the Activity Status feature.
the activity status it’s a feature you’re familiar with (it’s quite similar to the one you have on Facebook Messenger). In a nutshell, it’s an indicator that lets your friends (and pretty much anyone who follows you) see when you’re currently active and when you were last on Instagram.
For some this represents an opportunity to show your followers when you are active, but for others it is something that unnecessarily invades their privacy.
In this quick and easy guide, I’ll show you how to turn off activity status on Instagram and help you protect your privacy. 🙂
How to Disable Activity Status on Instagram: 2 Steps
Paso 1: Jump to your profile and then tap Settings. (if you’re on iPhone it looks like a gear right next to Edit Profile, if you’re on Android it’s the one with the three vertical dots in the top right corner)
Paso 2: Finally, all you have to do is scroll down and below the header Settings and you will see Shows the status of the activity. right at the bottom. Deactivate Shows the status of the activity..
That’s it!
Now your friends will no longer see when you are online or when you were last online.
Please share this guide with your friends and family and help them learn how they can protect their privacy by hiding their Instagram activity by turning off this little feature in their settings. 🙂
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