Instagram just made the life of bullies far less satisfying because they just added an
AI that blocks negative comments and then sends them to a team of people for review.
People are calling them the niceness cops and I feel like that’s an appropriate name.
So remember a couple weeks ago when I was complaining about how instagram’s ceo’s
stepped down and facebook might be bringing a lot of negative changes to the app?
Ok well if you didn’t see that video, its up at the top of the screen right now so definitely
check it out.
So yeah, I had a few concerns, but it seems that the new head of instagram, adam mosseri,
has done something that is one hundred percent charlotte approved.
I mean some people might say that this new update is taking away free speech or whatever
but honestly, anything that makes the world a more positive place is okay by me.
Instagram, like other social media apps, is not free of toxic negative comments.
I feel like if theres a comment section, negative comments will come.
Wel mosseri is making it his mission to crack down on toxic content on instagram as part
of his effort to make instagram the nicest place on the web.
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So before I get into this video, tell me in the comments, do you think people should be
able to say absolutely anything they want on the internet?
Or do you think that there should be some regulation of that?
Alright lets get into it.
So instagram now has a niceness cop algorhytm, that automatically filters out offensive content
in photos and captions.
This is different from the algorithm that hides comments that violate its community
guidelines.
That’s a feature that’s been in place for a few months now.
Now there’s more serious rules, where instagram uses a tool to find offensive comments, which
are then sent to the community operations team where a group of literal people, not
robots, will review them and remove them.
Im not sure how far instagram is going to take this niceness cop thing…maybe they
will start banning users who are repeated offenders?
Im not sure.
A large majority of US teenagers say they have been victims of online bullying or harassment.
59 percent of us teens report this online abuse, and 63 percent of them say that it’s
a major problem for people their age.
And many victims of harassment also feel that not enough is done by teachers, schools, politicians
and social media firms are not doing enough to deal with cyberbullying.
So what constitutes bullying according to instagram?
The algorithm flags both photos and captions that include attacks on a persons appearance
or character as well as threats to a persons well being or health.
Damn there are gonna be no instagram comments left amirite.
Obviously not everyone is going to be happy about this.
Yes it does take away free speech to some extent, but over 1 billion people use instagram.
Sometimes I’ll read a negative comment from a random person and it will totally ruin my
whole day.
And lots of people feel the same way.
Icant even imagine how people with more followers feel, or celebrities who get trolled for dumb
reasons.
At the end of the day, instagram is trying to make its app safe.
And did I also say that turning on the niceness cops Alright so to enable these new fancy
bully blocking features, go to your profile, and click the three bars at the top of the
page, then click settings and then scroll down to comment controls.
In the filters section, make sure hide offensive comments is enabled, and you can also enable
the manual filter.
SO you can input the words that you don’t want to see on your instagram.
I have mine on, I put a few words already.
Words like fat, ugly, slut, and a few different swear words but you get the idea.
I just honestly don’t want to see that stuff, and by enabling this feature, I will never
see any comment that features words like that.
And the last thing you need to turn on is filter most reported words, which allows you
to hide comments that contain words or phrases that are most commonly reported on your posts.
Instagram plans to do more to make their app the nicest place on the internet, but this
is definitely a step in the right direction.
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Isaac M Spencer - Why does charlotte get so offended every time someone says she talks
fast.
I don’t get offended when people say that.
I talk fast on purpose.
Michael McCrudden – just happy this wasn’t about me.
Hey Michael.
Thanks for checking in.
you guys remember Michael McCrudden?
He used to host IO but then I ate him.
Gary P – charlotte, I thought you only wore black this time of year.
Well Toronto just had a bit of an indian summer as in it was pretty hot for a few days but
honestly most of my black clothes are in the wash right now.
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