Mysterious button appears on Instagram: What is Meta Only?

Instagram users who use the mobile app have recently encountered a strange new feature. On the screen to add a new photo to the feed, a mysterious button appeared among the configuration options publication.

This is an option called . [Meta-only] Internal LocationTThe website Digital Trends and some users on Reddit noted the existence of the button. It’s just above the ability to tag people in a photo and below the text area To add a post description

It looks like this button has appeared for iPhone users who have updated the app. Instagram version 349.0.0available from last Monday (16).

When you activate the option and try to share, there is no effect on the photo. In fact, the app displays an error message and the content is not published on your profile.

“You are creating media that will be limited to only Instagram or only Meta, but you are not considered an employee or tester “This flag may be set. Check your protection and try again,” says the notification after the attempt.

What is Just Meta?

The button’s appearance appears to be a one-time occurrence, as Android device users and users in some regions don’t even have access to this feature.

But the explanation may be much simpler than it seems: It turns out that the existence of the mysterious function was a simple internal error. This publish button was actually should be limited to a group of Instagram developers and employees onlybut it was eventually pushed out to the entire community via an update.

Practically, available for publication in some of the company’s own experimental publicationsperhaps to test functions under development on Instagram. So far, Meta, which also owns WhatsApp and Facebook, has not yet commented on the subject.