Instagram hits 800 million monthly active users, 500 million daily active users


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Instagram is inching closer to the 1 billion user mark. The Facebook owned photo and video sharing site has announced that it now has 800 million monthly active users, up from 700 million in April. It also has over 500 million daily active users.

Instagram already offers several comment moderation tool. You can block and disable comments and now the app is rolling out another feature that will allow users to further control comments on their photos and videos. If your account is public, you will see a new way to choose who can comment on your posts — from everyone to just groups of people, like people you follow or your followers. Also, whether your account is public or private, you will be able to block other accounts from commenting on your posts.

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Earlier in June, Instagram launched a filter to block certain offensive comments in English. Now this feature is expanding to Arabic, French, German and Portuguese. The filter will improve over time, enabling the community’s experience of sharing to improve as well.

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Author: Sneha Bokil

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