Instagram Users Can Now Turn Off Comments, Dismiss Private Followers
06 Diciembre 2016 - 9:40AM
Noticias Dow Jones
As Instagram goes toe-to-toe with Snapchat, the Facebook
Inc.-owned social network also continues to fight harassment. On
Tuesday, Kevin Systrom, Instagram's co-founder and CEO, announced
two new safety features that will reach users in the next few
weeks: The ability to turn off comments for individual posts and to
remove followers from private accounts.
Soon, users will see an option to "turn off commenting" while
uploading each new post. For existing posts, you'll be able to turn
off comments with a menu button. If you turn comments back on, the
earlier comments will reappear, and people will be able to leave
new comments.
Comments have been an area of focus for Instagram since
September, when the social network introduced a comment moderation
tool that automatically hid offensive comments from showing up on
their posts if they contained any words specified on a user-created
block list.
Turning off comments is a more drastic measure, but one already
used by many media websites when discussions get out of hand. In a
statement, Mr. Systrom gave the anti-harassment measure a positive
spin: "Sometimes there may be moments when you want to let your
post stand on its own."
Instagram users will also now be able to show support by liking
comments. Throwing the heart icons into discussions "encourages
positivity throughout the community," said Mr. Systrom.
If your Instagram account is set to public, other users can see
the photos and videos you share. If it's private, they have to send
you a request before being able to check out your posts. But once a
follower was accepted, the only way to boot that person off your
feed was to block them, which would let them know they've been
removed and could no longer follow you.
In the next few weeks, private account holders will be able to
remove followers without having to confront the evicted parties.
The new option, which will show up in a menu button next to each
follower's name, is more subtle, and is intended to reduce the risk
of retaliation.
The new safety features follow the addition of anonymous
self-harm reporting, which exists partly as a suicide prevention
tool, announced in October. Instagram hasn't offered any data on
how rampant abuse is on its network, but Twitte r and its
subsidiary Periscope, as well as Instagram-parent Facebook,
continue to roll out incremental improvements to combat harassment
in an increasingly volatile time across social media.
With Tuesday's introduction, Mr. Systrom noted, "These updates
still mark the beginning."
Write to Nathan Olivarez-Giles at
Nathan.Olivarez-giles@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 06, 2016 10:25 ET (15:25 GMT)
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