Instagram testing new feature to let public accounts manage who follows them
6 years, 7 months ago

Instagram testing new feature to let public accounts manage who follows them

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This means, more power over who follows you, without needing to switch your account to private. For the public account users, however, there has been no way to keep a check on that, except to block someone you don’t want looking at your Instagram profile, or to just switch your account to private. Fortunately, according to famous leakster Matt Navarra, Instagram is now working on a new ‘remove follower’ feature, which would basically be less aggressive than blocking someone and more flexible than just switching your account to private. h/t @blueasyraff pic.twitter.com/McIXETlR7I — Matt Navarra - Exiting X… Follow me on Threads July 17, 2018 The new feature basically lets you remove a user you don’t want stalking you, without needing to block them. Instagram is reportedly testing the feature with select Android users since last few months.

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