Instagram is testing the option to remove followers on public accounts

In any social network the issue of privacy should be decisive. Just as we must take responsibility for everything we pour into it (if we are not capable of expressing certain opinions on the street, why do we not mind doing so on a social network, even though thousands of people are reading us on occasions?) , we must also have some control over who can access our publications. In the case of small private accounts, it is simple.Some people choose to make their account private, something too drastic to be, after all, a social network; others are inclined to block, although this usually happens when there is real discomfort. Why isn't there a middle ground, something other than blocking or making our account private?

Decide who follows you and who doesn't on Instagram

Instagram is moving precisely in that direction now. As we have been able to read in the technological information medium The Verge, Instagram would be testing a new modality in which, in public accounts, the user would be able to delete the account of their followers, without having to block them or make their account private. , something that does not favor business accounts, popular characters... in short, those who, precisely, live off their followers.

With a few touches, the Instagram user will be able to remove from his list of followers those who do not want to occupy a space among them. An option that could already enjoy, of course, the owners of private accounts If you allow who can see your photos you can also decide if you want them to continue seeing them. They just have to deny them access, period. Now, this option will be implemented to all those accounts that are popular on Instagram.

Mute annoying Instagram accounts

Removing certain followers from your list may be the best method to avoid having conflicts with them. They may take time to realize they have been removed and the situation is not as tense as if they had been blocked. According to the Instagram capture that they have published from The Verge, it can be read that the user will not find out, at any time, about the action taken.If the user wasn't too aware of the affected account either, they may not even realize they've been removed.

At the end of May, Instagram began rolling out a new feature called 'Mute'. This new feature was that we could follow a person on the social network but avoiding having to see their photos or the comments that they make on ours. And why would we want to have such a feature? Imagine that, out of commitment, you have to follow that relative who, let's put it that way, has somewhat 'politically incorrect' opinions and you don't need your timeline to be clouded with them. Nothing easier than to start following it, activate the 'Mute' option and that's it. He will think that you are following him but, in reality, it is nothing more than a social strategy so that people continue to treat each other well and do not find a confrontation for this or that post or comment.

Several people in the aforementioned media are already beginning to receive the update to be able to remove followers. All you have to do is enter your home page, click on the followers section and if, in the contact list, a menu of three vertical dots appears to the right of the user's nameIf so, you have activated the new function. This will be where we must click so that the option to remove followers appears.