One of the most awaited updates by users instagram, Already a favorite among many Meta app consumers, the app has finally made its way to Mark Zuckerberg’s social network.
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Instagram, which already has millions of active users, has been added to the operating scheme of its platform Option to disable your message’s read receipt, It meets the preferences of many people as they can read messages without the knowledge of the person on the other side of the screen.
The application has been working for years by adding the word ‘Seen’ under the last message shown independently on the mobile device, not within each message like WhatsApp, and confirming that the messages have been read. It’s a very similar method to the one used by Messenger.
Read receipts are already enabled by default when creating an account on the social network, and this new option is a good privacy measure. But it is still unknown whether it will be applied selectively rather than globally, leaving open the option to have the preference of who you want to apply this functionality to.
However, messages in temporary mode will continue to show read receipts without exception. Ad-hoc chats are a privacy option that is enabled by swiping up on the chat and conversations disappear when you exit the chat.
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If you do not want the other person to be notified that your messages have been read, you can do this by following the instructions below:
Another function that supports privacy when browsing the Instagram application is to enable an option that allows you to go online privately, without revealing your connection to other users. In the private form, you can review posts and send and receive messages.
If you want to appear ‘offline’ on Instagram, here’s how to do it:
Note that when you use this functionality, you also cannot verify whether a user remains active within the app.
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