20 one. 2023 – 07:30 hrs.
Instagram announced a new update whose main objective is guard the mental health of its users and the time they spend in the app. One of the main novelties is the incorporation of the new “Silent mode”.
These types of measures seek reduce over-dependence that users have with the platform, since in some cases it has a very negative impact due to the “attachment that means constantly being up to date and not stopping uploading content to stand out,” he explains. The country.
In addition, this modality proposes to regulate everything that notifications and direct messages entail.
How does “silent mode” work?
This tool will have soundless periods of timewhere notices or notifications will not be received, whether by direct message or other type of news.
In order not to remain disconnected, “it will be possible to establish automatic responses which indicates that you are in a rest period if you wish”, indicates the aforementioned medium.
And if that was not enough, the application will be proactive; that is, in the case of detecting that the use of Instagram is being done at night, the application “will issue a notification warning to turn on the new ‘Silent Mode’”.
Other new features
The social network that accumulates more than 11 million users in Chile has incorporated an improvement in the tool that allows parents to control their children’s accountssince this time they will be able to review even the accounts blocked by adolescents.
Likewise, “better controls were added to see the page in a much more complete and personalized way ‘To explore’which avoids that from time to time something is seen that does not correspond to the age of the user or to the tastes of the person in particular”.
