Instagram has become one of the most powerful social networks. The power of images, videos and “stories” are putting other “tools” like Snapchat between a rock and a hard place .
As I have already mentioned on some occasions, networks tend to copy each other to try to take the “successes” of their neighbours, and implement them in their own way. It happened with hashtags, with “lives” , “interfaces” , etc., and of course, with stories. Precisely in the stories there are new features, since Instagram will alert us of when and who, in case we take a screenshot while viewing them .
Other tools such as Telegram or Snapchat already have this functionality, allowing the user to receive a notification of when the capture has been made and from which account. As you can see, they continue to “copy” functionalities from each other…
Until now, Instagram israel telegram mobile phone number list notified us of screenshots of conversations or those that were carried out privately. From now on, public stories will be joined, something that was planned for mid-year but which, according to the network itself, has been brought forward in time.
But Instagram won't just "squeal" on you... If you take a screenshot for the first time, you will be the one to whom they will send a message alerting you that, if you do it again, the source's account will be notified.
But that’s not all… Instagram brings us a new “improvement” , reminiscent of the one WhatsApp made at the time and which generated so much controversy… Since its last update, you can see if a user is online or their last connection , as long as you have had an exchange of messages with them. That is, you just have to go to the messaging section of the application, and, below each user with whom you have had private conversations, it will say if they are “online” , or when their last connection time was.
According to "evil tongues" , in the not-so-distant future, Instagram wants to have its own separate messaging system, just as Facebook did with its Messenger , but to date, this latest update has not sat well with users.
But beware, just like WhatsApp did, it will be optional for each user to display their last connection time or whether they are online…
How to prevent them from seeing this information?
It's simple, you just have to click on your account settings, go down to the "Settings" section , and right at the bottom (above Help), you'll see a sentence that says: "Show activity status" . By default it is clicked (blue), you will have to deactivate it (it will be grey), and that's it. However, just like in WhatsApp, if we uncheck the box, we will no longer see the connection time of other users.