Earlier this week, Instagram Threads started what the company said was its most required feature to date: Direct Message (DMS). However, the company now faces a piece of a user reaction to the addition, as users, mainly women, argue that there should be a way to leave DMS entirely, citing harassment concerns.
Although DMS is part of other social networks similar to topics, including X, Bluesky, Mastodon and others, some yarn users estimated that it was not a choice before.
“I don’t want to receive DM. How can I close this thing? I ask for everyone posted on the platform.
“Great. More ways for women to be harassed online, “she said other.
“Congratulations on adding a feature only stalkers were interested,” irritated in a third.
Many others responded to the announcement of the DMS, which was shared by Instagram leader Adam Mosseri. In dozens of positions, some of these users wrote that they did not want DMS or claimed that “no one asked for that”. A person sharp In a poll with thousands of votes where yarn users said they would prefer not to have a characteristic DM. Many asked if there was a way to turn off the feature. (No.)
While bother It’s a concern, others worry about the inbox is flooded pebble; undesirablenessand others unwanted transcend.
The way the system is designed to follow a user to have the option to DM you. If this person bothered you, non -follow -up will recall their access to your inbox. (For a more nuclear choice, you may choose to prevent the user who also prevents them on Instagram.)
Undoubtedly, upset by adding the feature are more likely to share their thoughts on the internet – similar to the way consumers tend to publish bad business reviews in places such as Google maps and Yelp, but not their positive experiences.
Still, those who complain may have a point. As a platform for social media develops, the addition of new features after completing the culture can cause disorder. Creating a non -public way for users to interact with changes in how some people want to use issues. In the meantime, the lack of control of users in experience, such as an exception, lets them feel helpless.
Meta may have felt that by committing DMS to fans, it gives users a way to decide who could get them more privately. But what the company has failed to understand is that in a public social network such as issues, users can find themselves following people whose positions and opinions they want to read, but who, as foreigners, prefer to keep their distance.
