Instagram has improved significantly in terms of features and functionalities since it has been undertaken by Facebook. The platform currently has over a billion active monthly users and has successfully come out of its traditional image of being a photo-sharing app. It has now shifted to entertainment with all exciting and appealing features and functionalities offered for users.
The service has now introduced powerful new features to protect its users from abusive content/hate speech on the platform. This feature is called “Limits” and will shield content creators from abusive communications by strangers.Instagram is a platform that allows people who are public figures, creators, influencers and others who rely on the service to connect with their followers. However, abuse on the platform is a very common phenomenon observed on accounts of celebrities or public figures. The company says that the new Limits feature has been created to protect these users from a “rush of abusive comments” on the platform.
When the Limits feature is turned on, the service will automatically hide comments from any people who the celebrity or public figure doesn’t follow. As an added protective measure, the feature will also hide comments from any user accounts that have recently started following the creator or public figure, presumably to prevent abuse from accounts created just for the purpose of targeting or harassing the user. Meanwhile, the Limits feature will also protect these users by hiding DM requests from people who they don’t follow.