Instagram update - New tools to control what you want on see on Feed

Instagram update: In good news for Instagram users around the world, the popular Meta-owned photo and video sharing social networking service has announced that they are testing two new features to help users control what they see on Instagram Feed. .

1- Multi-select ‘Not Interested’ in Explore allows you to select multiple posts in the Explore tab to tell Instagram, in a single tap, that you’re not interested.

2-  The ability to hide content containing certain words in suggested posts that lets you hide suggested posts containing certain words, phrases, or emojis in the captions or hashtags. This will be amplified in India too.

"We’re testing the ability to mark multiple posts in Explore as Not Interested. We’ll immediately hide those posts and refrain from showing you similar content in the future," Instagram wrote in a blog post. 

"We’ll also soon start testing the ability to tell Instagram you don’t want to see suggested posts with certain words, phrases or emojis in the caption or hashtags. Whether you’re seeing something that’s not relevant, or have moved on from something you used to like, you can use this feature to stop seeing content that’s not interesting to you," the Meta-owned app added.  You can hide suggested posts on Instagram by adding words, phrases or emojis you don't want to see.

The Instagram user interface will be showing the Not Interested control.

By tapping Not Interested, it removes the post from your feed immediately, and we’ll suggest fewer posts like it in the future. When you see a post that is not interesting to you, tap the X at the top right of the post. Alternatively, you can tap the three-dot menu and then tap Not Interested.

The Instagram user interface is showing snoozed suggested posts.

If you want to take a break from suggested posts, you can easily snooze them for 30 days. To snooze suggested posts, tap the X on the top right corner, and then tap Snooze all suggested posts for 30 days.

The Instagram user interface is showing the Sensitive content control.

"We’ve always had rules about what kind of content can be on Instagram, and we call these Community Guidelines. For example, we don’t allow hate speech, bullying and other content that might present a risk of harm to people. However, you may see content that doesn’t break the rules, but could be upsetting to some," the company said.

You can adjust the Sensitive Content Control to see more or less of some types of sensitive content. To view your Sensitive Content Control go to your profile, tap the Settings menu, tap Account and tap Sensitive Content control.