Instagram has had enough – gives users a big stick to beat comment trolls
Sep 27, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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Lately, Instagram has been making an effort to combat comment trolls on their platform. They are focusing on making Instagram a “safe and positive place,” and they have just unrolled new features to help you manage comments on your profile.
If your profile is public, from now on you’ll be able to control who can comment on your post. It could be everyone, or just groups of people, such as your followers or the people you follow. You’ll also be able to block other accounts from commenting on your posts, regardless of whether your account is private or public.
Instagram launched a filter that blocks offensive comments a few months back. So far it has been available in English, but from now on it will be expanded to Arabic, French, German and Portuguese. They’ll also continue improving the filter over time, in order for “the community’s experience of sharing to improve as well.”
As stated on Instagram Blog, they are continuing to provide mental health resources to their users. From now on, you’ll be able to anonymously report someone during a live broadcast if they seem like they’re going through a difficult time. The person you report will see the message offering help: the options are to talk to a helpline, to a friend, or get other tips and support. Instagram has a team working on this 24/7, all around the world. Personally, this got me the most intrigued; I’d like to see how this works and if it helps anyone.
With the new commenting features, Instagram resembles Facebook and Flickr, allowing you more control over who can comment your content. Since it’s one of the largest online communities out there, features like this are certainly necessary. I have a private account so I am not exposed to trolls on Instagram, but this might come in handy for everyone else who want to display their work publicly and don’t want to deal with hateful or annoying comments.
[via PDN Pulse, Instagram Blog]
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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9 responses to “Instagram has had enough – gives users a big stick to beat comment trolls”
1st words i’m adding to the filter “dreaming elegance”
What about #blessed
haha that too, but my Fav F1 driver uses that so i’d miss out on those posts.
so your fav f1 driver is commenting on your photos? congrats!
#beyourownboss #selfemployedmummy
chapeau! Frankly, I was getting sick of instagram with every update, but with these features, I have to be fair. This is something to talk about indeed.
first they need better support. my account was hacked and they didn’t do a damn thing about it.
Preferiria darle un gran palo a la publicidad no deseada. Molesta infinitamente mas que los trolls
That’s really cool Intagram, now if you could do something about all that advertising, that would be great! ?