For many, privacy on networks remains a workhorse difficult to control. Sometimes it is extremely difficult to know what happens to our own original content after it is thrown into that raging sea of data and algorithm. A personal photograph, a visual pill that we have recorded and to which we have added a song that warms our hearts, a fast-paced montage with our most cherished images. Yes, it is 'our' material, and we imagine it restricted and controlled on our own terms…. in theory.
Some of The changes that Instagram has implemented In recent months, the followers of the platform have not liked photos of avocados and lives packaged in a filter. Among the novelties was the possibility of remix other people's reels to build new ones, something that has been harshly criticized by a part of the community.
This open bar of content It is just one more example of the platform's loss of influence in favor of its competitor (or predator): Tik Tok. A desperate attempt to regain its cake.
The question is a bit complicated: Why should we allow an outside account to take a photo or a piece of one of our videos to build and reassemble a new piece?Anything goes to 'go viral' and generate a healthy share of advertising revenue and juicy data for the algorithm? Who can think that Instagram is, at this point, a little sister of charity and not a giant aesthetic shredder?
If you are one of those who often think about clipping the platform's wings a little, pay attention to these steps. We're going to explain how to protect your reels and photos. No one will be able to remix them.
The move will not surprise anyone. A new tab on Instagram, which arrives without warning and is activated without our knowledge? Give me two cups. Like that ruthless businessman who sneaks a tiny clause into a contract so that it goes unnoticed, this function, someone can do remix With our material, it is enabled by defaultWe'll have to dig around in the settings to find the tab that disables it.
Obviously, we recommend that you disable them all and not give the algorithm another bite of your privacy.
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