Instagram introduces ‘Quit Mode’; Apps get more parental control tools

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has rolled out a new feature called Quiet Mode to help encourage users to fix boundaries with friends and followers. According to the company, the feature aims to reduce users’ anxiety about spending time away from the app by silencing incoming notifications, auto-replying to direct messages (DMs) and setting account status to ‘in quiet mode’. Have to do Followers that users are not active on the forum. It is believed that this feature is for teenage users.

Instagram reported via Instagram Parent Meta that the teen had informed the company that she sometimes wanted to take time to herself and that she might find more ways to highlight at night, while studying, and during school. You are searching The new feature is designed to encourage people to reduce screen time and the company says it will urge teenage users to enable quiet mode during the night via prompts on the platform.

According to the company, Meta developed the feature “to help people stay focused and encourage people to set boundaries with their friends and followers”. They are in quiet mode. Instagram will also send an auto-reply when someone sends a DM to the user.

“Teens tell us that they sometimes want to take time for themselves and may be looking for more ways to focus at night, during study hours, and after school. You can easily customize your Quiet Mode hours to be on and once the feature is turned off, we’ll show you a quick summary of notifications so you can catch up on anything you missed,” on the blog post. wrote Instagram.

Instagram said, “Anyone can use quiet mode, but we encourage teens to do so after they spend a certain amount of time on Instagram late at night. Quiet Mode is available to everyone in the US, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand starting today, and we expect to bring it to more countries soon.

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