It’s rare that Instagram introduces a new feature that feels like it’ll actually improve users’ time on the app. However, a new teen content setting that would only show them content “similar to what they’d see in a PG-13 rated movie” is on its way, according to the company. As senior technology correspondent Adam Clark Estes writes, the feature would help parents who want their kids to have an age-appropriate experience online, presumably resulting in better privacy protections. It could even be useful for those of us who don’t want to come across gruesome videos on our timelines.
Still, this new setting seems to be just one of several ways — including the potential launch of a complementary TV app — that Instagram is using to try to retain our attention by any means necessary and to create the ultimate TV experience. While this sounds like a return to a simpler time, Clark Estes argues that more images and videos will inevitably just bring more isolation and confusion. —Kyndall Cunningham, staff reporter, Culture |
