Instagram calls for kindness with four new features
Social media platform Instagram today launched four new tools to in an attempt to formulate a kinder, more supportive and positive community.
The new Instagram Together support page
Instagram implemented a new sensitive content screen, a safety centre, wellness InstaMeets and the two-factor authentication tool this morning.
Wellness InstaMeets have been a feature of the American Instagram community where individual users can gather together to share their mutual passions, with Instagram now announcing it will be bringing the initiative to Canberra and Melbourne.
The Canberra InstaMeet will see @theembassyofkindness team up with @igerscanberra, talking about how to start conversations on kindness. While the Melbourne InstaMeet will see @theembassyofkindess co-founder and street photographer Armal Bleed show the community how to capture kindness through a lens.
The sensitive content screen will appear over images or videos which may be graphic or explicit as users scroll through their feed. Although these posts won’t have officially violated Instagram’s guidelines, someone in the community will have flagged or reported the content with an Instagram official confirming the content as ‘sensitive’.
Users may still see the sensitive content by tapping the post.
Instagram Together also launched today, a safety hub where users can access all of Instagram’s safety features and connect with affiliated programs and resources. The safety features include your account settings, home feed filtering, stories and live controls and explore settings.
Logging in has also been made more secure with Instagram requiring a code every time users log in.
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That’s wonderful except that Instagram has locked it’s users out of their accounts. Way to go Instagram! grrrrrr
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If they truly want a safer more positive community they could look to modifying or setting restrictions on the search page. To have no control over the content that gets served there seems more problematic to me than content or ads within your feed. Especially if you consider the volume of <18 users. Both Facebook and Instagram really are playing catch-up when it comes to user safety and they're still very far behind the 8-ball.
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