You can go out! Instagram announces ban on accounts that use DM for harassment and threats

Considered one of the main social networks today, Instagram has officially confirmed in an update on its blog an update on how the network deals with abusive direct messages, including acts of racism, threat, and other types of harassment. In the post, the origin of this important change is revealed: the attacks directed at football players … Read more

Instagram starts testing redesign of Stories with vertical layout in the TikTok style

It is not news that Instagram has been the focus of news recently due to the various tests it has been carrying out, both in changes to classic functions and in the addition of new ones. The platform experimented with new reactions tried to change its interface on the main screen, and today the social network has started … Read more

Instagram may again show the number of likes in publications

Instagram may be planning to go back with a very controversial decision is made in 2019: the removal of the number of likes in publications made on the social network. Before, below each photo or video, the user could see the exact number of likes that post had. However, the application removed this view and implanted an “approximate” display … Read more

Instagram should test three interface options to prioritize purchases and Reels

Instagram continues to implement a series of changes to its interface to prioritize Reels content. This time, the head of the social network, Adam Mosseri, announced a test on a global scale. According to the executive, users should receive three new interface options in the Instagram application over the next few weeks. The intention of the social network is to verify … Read more

Invasion! Tests will show Instagram Stories on Facebook to some users

You must have read here several times the tests that the Instagram team does on its interface, and they are not always well accepted by the community. And the impression that remains is that the main investment in the social network is in increasing the visibility of Stories, always privileged in these endeavors. Another trend is the integration … Read more

Instagram launches update with QR Code to facilitate sharing of profiles

Following the example of WhatsApp and other applications, Instagram this week started releasing a new feature that promises to facilitate the search for profiles. We are talking about the use of the QR Code. The novelty was in tests with Japanese users and achieved high approval rates in the country. So it is now being distributed globally and replacing … Read more

Stories down your throats! Instagram tests second row display with feature

We can’t deny that Stories ended up becoming a very important part of Instagram – and who knew that a stolen resource inspired by Snapchat would end up being so successful? Knowing the passion of the users of the network for the endless small balls that bring photos, phrases, gifs, music, and short videos, the social network even ported … Read more

Instagram may leave in the user’s hands the possibility of posts being incorporated by websites

Instagram may soon restrict an interesting feature of the platform to anyone who takes publications there to external sites. The incorporation feature has been the subject of discussions by Facebook, due to a recent lawsuit. Photographer Elliot McGucken did not allow Newsweek magazine to use a photograph of himself in a publication, so the vehicle would have … Read more

#BlackLivesMatter: protest with blackout of posts makes Instagram trigger spam mechanism

Over the past week and since, social networks have been taken over by virtual demonstrations in support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, which began as a result of protests taking over the United States after George Floyd, a black American, was murdered by a white police officer. Even without offering resistance, Floyd was suffocated for more than eight minutes, … Read more