Instagram started Testing feature that lets you remove read receipts from direct messages. The news was announced this Tuesday (7) by the president of the network, Adam Mosseri.
Just like WhatsApp, Instagram users You can disable reading confirmation in Messenger’s privacy menu. In this way, the person sending the message will not know whether the other person opened the conversation or not.
According to the manager, the new feature is a request from users. But Mosseri No details were given as to when the functionality will be released to everyone. — the manager said the function would be coming “soon.”
In a print sent to the channel itself, Mosseri cited the option in Instagram’s “Privacy and security” menu. The same capture also shows a conversation without confirmation enabled.
Phased distribution on Instagram
In general, Instagram experiments with rolling out features gradually. For this reason, current news should be announced to the public through updates, but it should not reach everyone immediately.
Source: Tec Mundo

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