“Instagram will now filter out bullying comments”

[TurtleWA]

Originally Posted by newfan

I chose Twitter over Instagram for following celebs, not sure if they use Instagram more actually. A lot of people generally have shifted to Instagram for personal stuff.
Anyway, can't you just block people on there?

One of my sisters always said she would never have FB because there's trouble on there and that there's none of that on Instagram......yet I've seen abuse on there between fans so not sure what she means there??? and in 9/10 years I have not had trouble on FB, you don't add people you don't like.

Yes you can block people. And also choose a public or private profile setting. My account is public because I like to live dangerously.

According to one of the articles IG will “review accounts that have a large number of comments filtered out. If those accounts violate Instagram’s community guidelines, it will take action, which could include banning them. The new filter will also hide comments attacking a person’s appearance or character, and alert Instagram to repeat offenders.

It is the second step in an initiative announced last year to curb offensive comments and rid Instagram of its most malicious members.“

The filter will be the default and can be switched off.