With the new "silent mode", Instagram aims to give its users a more comfortable experience.
Instagram updates improve the app day by day.
Instagram is introducing several features designed to give users more control over the app, starting with a new “silent mode.”
The feature works very similarly to your phone's "Do Not Disturb" setting. When enabled, Instagram doesn't send notifications to your device.. Your profile will also display a note notifying you that you are “in silent mode,” and anyone who tries to send you a message will receive an automatic response that you are unavailable.
You can set Silent Mode to automatically activate at certain times of the day. Once you're out of those hours, Instagram will send you a summary of your notifications. Anyone can use silent mode, but the company says it will ask teens to use the feature if you find yourself spending a lot of time scrolling through your feed late at night.
Silent mode is available in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
New features
Along with the new mode, Instagram is introducing several features designed to give people more control over the photos and videos they see on the platform.
Specifically, you can now tell the app what types of content you don't want recommended. Starting with the Explore tab, you can select multiple tiles and tap "Not Interested" to shape Instagram's content algorithm. If you do, it will also affect what you see when you search for posts. Additionally, in an expansion of a feature already available for comments and direct messages, You can list specific words, hashtags, and emoji that you want Instagram to filter when recommending content.
You can access this tool through the "Hidden Words" section of the app's privacy settings. One limitation is that the filters will only work when the app detects the words you listed in hashtags and captions.
Finally, Instagram notes that it recently added a feature that allows parents to view their teens' app settings. The issue of inappropriate recommendations arose during Adam Mosseri's 2021 Congressional Hearing. Members of the Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security Subcommittee Senate members questioned the Instagram CEO about the content they saw the app directing them to after creating new Instagram accounts designed to pose as teenagers.
Specifically, Utah Senator Mike Lee said he saw his finsta account's Explore page change drastically after following a single account recommended by Instagram. According to Lee, the app began recommending posts that promoted body dysmorphia, sexualization of women, and other content inappropriate for teenage girls.
English 
Spanish