Instagram Launches New Quite Mode and Recommendation Control

Instagram introduced several Quiet Mode features. (photo: dock. instagram)

JAKARTA -Instagram introduced several features designed to give users more control over the application. One of them with Silent Mode or Quite Mode.

Quite Mode helps users focus and have boundaries with their friends or followers. Once activated, the user will not receive any notifications, including the profile will display a record of where the user is in Quite Mode.

"(Quite Mode exists because) Teens tell us that sometimes they want to take some time for themselves and maybe find more ways to focus at night, at school, and during school," Instagram said on its official blog, quoted Friday. , January 20.

The app will also automatically send an auto reply when someone sends a DM. Users can also easily adapt Quite Mode hours to their schedule and after the feature is turned off.

Instagram will also display a short notification summary so users can see what they missed. Anyone can use Quiet Mode, but Instagram will prompt teens to do so when they spend long hours on the app late at night.

Quite Mode is coming first to the United States (US), United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand starting today, with more countries to be added soon.

Alongside the new mode, Instagram is introducing several features designed to give users more control over the photos and videos they view on the platform.

In particular, users can now tell apps what type of content they don't want to be recommended. It starts with the Explore tab, where users can select multiple posts and tap "Not Interested" to shape Instagram's content algorithm. Doing so will also affect what users see when searching for posts.

Furthermore, while users have been able to hide comments and DMs containing certain words, Instagram is now extending that feature to apply to recommended posts.

Users can add words, lists of words, emoji or hashtags they want to avoid, such as fitness or tips and Instagram will no longer recommend content with those words in the captions or hashtags. Users can access it in the Hidden Words section of the Privacy settings.

Finally, the company also added the ability for parents to view their teen's Instagram settings, including privacy and account settings. If their teen updates a setting, parents will receive a notification.

"We want to help parents be more aware of the choices their teens are making, and make it easier for them to have discussions with their teens," Instagram said.

In addition, parents can now also see which accounts their child has blocked. Visit Family Center to strike up a conversation and learn more about available parental control tools, including how to set time limits, schedule breaks and more.

"These updates are part of our ongoing effort to ensure people have experiences that work for them, and that they have more control over the time they spend online and the type of content they view," Instagram said.