Instagram introduces new features for teens: Quiet mode, hidden words, and more – Times of India
Meta-owned Instagram has announced new features for its teen users and others, giving them more control over the time spent on the app and what they see. These include a Quiet mode that silences notifications, the “not interested” button now expands to more users, allowing users to hide a specific word from their feed, and updated parental controls.
‘Quiet mode’ to help users focus on real world
Instagram is introducing ‘Quiet mode’ to help users focus and set boundaries with friends and followers on the app. Once users enable the Quiet mode, they will not receive any notifications until the mode is turned off. Further, the activity status will change to ‘In quiet mode’, and an auto-reply will be sent if someone sends a message.
Users can set their Quiet mode hours per their schedule, and once the time frame ends, the app will show a quick summary of missed notifications.
The quiet mode will be open to all the users, but teens will be prompted to use it if they are found spending too much time on the app late at night. Instagram says that teens have requested a feature that helps them take some time off from the app and focus on other things.
‘Quiet mode’ will be first made available to users in the US, United UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand today and will soon be rolled out in other regions.
Giving users more control over what they see
Instagram is introducing new options for users, especially teens, to tell the algorithm what they do not like for better recommendations.
There has been no option to dislike a post, but now with the “Not interested”, users can tell Instagram that they are not interested in the post shown on the Explore page. Further, users can select multiple posts and mark them “Not interested” to hide them. When a user marks a post as not interested, Instagram will try to show fewer of those posts in Explore.
Earlier, Instagram had introduced the ability to hide comments and DMs having a specific word. Now, users can also hide recommended posts, including reels that might include words, emojis or hashtags the users want to avoid. To hide the recommended posts, all a user needs to do is head to the “Hidden Words” section within the Privacy settings and just put the word, emoji or hashtag they do not want on their feed.
More control to parents
In addition to enhancing the experience for teens, Instagram has also introduced a few features to help parents keep a check on their kid’s Instagram.
Parents can now see their kid’s privacy and account settings and will receive a notification whenever the kid changes the settings. Further, parents will be able to view the accounts their kid has blocked.
‘Quiet mode’ to help users focus on real world
Instagram is introducing ‘Quiet mode’ to help users focus and set boundaries with friends and followers on the app. Once users enable the Quiet mode, they will not receive any notifications until the mode is turned off. Further, the activity status will change to ‘In quiet mode’, and an auto-reply will be sent if someone sends a message.
Users can set their Quiet mode hours per their schedule, and once the time frame ends, the app will show a quick summary of missed notifications.
The quiet mode will be open to all the users, but teens will be prompted to use it if they are found spending too much time on the app late at night. Instagram says that teens have requested a feature that helps them take some time off from the app and focus on other things.
‘Quiet mode’ will be first made available to users in the US, United UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand today and will soon be rolled out in other regions.
Giving users more control over what they see
Instagram is introducing new options for users, especially teens, to tell the algorithm what they do not like for better recommendations.
There has been no option to dislike a post, but now with the “Not interested”, users can tell Instagram that they are not interested in the post shown on the Explore page. Further, users can select multiple posts and mark them “Not interested” to hide them. When a user marks a post as not interested, Instagram will try to show fewer of those posts in Explore.
Earlier, Instagram had introduced the ability to hide comments and DMs having a specific word. Now, users can also hide recommended posts, including reels that might include words, emojis or hashtags the users want to avoid. To hide the recommended posts, all a user needs to do is head to the “Hidden Words” section within the Privacy settings and just put the word, emoji or hashtag they do not want on their feed.
More control to parents
In addition to enhancing the experience for teens, Instagram has also introduced a few features to help parents keep a check on their kid’s Instagram.
Parents can now see their kid’s privacy and account settings and will receive a notification whenever the kid changes the settings. Further, parents will be able to view the accounts their kid has blocked.
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