DMs

Instagram direct messages (DMs) are getting a bunch of new features. First up, editing - this can be done up to 15 minutes after a message is sent. To edit a message, simply press and hold on it and then choose "edit" from the dropdown menu. Speaking of DMs, read receipts can now be turned on or off, either for all chats, or specific ones. You can do this in account settings. This setting can be changed at any time, but note that read receipts aren't available for end-to-end encrypted chats. You can also pin your…

Additionally, Instagram users can reply to messages with stickers, GIFs, videos, photos, and voice messages, as well as save their favorite stickers. Users can also pin up to three chats to the top of their inbox for quick access by long-pressing the chat and tapping "Pin."Also: I tried replacing Twitter with Bluesky, Threads, and Mastodon: What I foundFinally, Instagram has incorporated Themes into DMs, letting users change the entire theme for a chat. This will change the background, the colors of the message…

There’s nothing like sending someone an embarrassing DM on Instagram. You type, send, and then realize you mistyped something, and boy does that message not look great. Well, Instagram itself is rushing in like a knight in shining armor to save the day. In a blog post, the company announced that it is now rolling out the ability to edit direct messages to everyone on Instagram. According to the announcement, users will have 15 minutes to edit a message that they have sent on the platform. Whether it’s a typo…

Instagram launched direct messaging tools way back in 2013, but there hasn’t been a way to edit them after the fact. That changes today. Meta just rolled out a software update for the Instagram app that with one major caveat. You only have 15 minutes to make any changes.Here’s how it works. Once you send a direct message and realize you made a huge blunder, like “accidentally” professing your love to an old college buddy, just press and hold on the sent message. This will create a dropdown menu. Look for “edit” and make…

Kanye West is facing accusations of ‘cheating’ on wife Bianca Censori following explosive claims made by an influencer. The Vultures rapper was called out by Bryce Hall, a well-known social media personality and boxer, who shared screenshots of him reaching out to his girlfriend, Mikaela Lafuente. Meanwhile, Kim Kardashian seemed to brush off the latest ex drama as she was spotted in Paris with a stoic demeanor. Kanye West, Kim Kardashian(Getty Images) Kanye West under fire for allegedly messaging another…

Meta is clamping down further on who sends messages to teen users on Facebook and Instagram.The social media company, on Thursday, announced new tools and features to limit teens’ abilities to see content on the two platforms that could be sensitive. Foremost among those is a new restriction on who can send them direct messages.Effective immediately, users under the age of 16 (or 18 in certain unnamed countries) will no longer be able to receive messages from people they’re not friends with on either platform—even if the…

Photo: Michaela Handrek-Rehle/Bloomberg (Getty Images)Meta no longer allows teenagers to receive direct messages from anyone they’re not following on Instagram, or friends with on Facebook, according to a company blog post on Thursday. The policy update aims to create a safer environment for minors on the platform, one week after Meta’s internal documents revealed that roughly 100,000 children are sexually harassed on Facebook and Instagram every single day.Nobody’s Really Watching ReelsNew Mexico’s attorney general sued…

In 2021, Meta restricted adults on Instagram from being able to message under-18 users who don't follow them. Now, it's expanding that rule to help protect younger teens from potentially unwanted contact. Users under 16 — or 18, depending on their country — can no longer receive DMs from anybody they don't follow by default, even if they're sent by fellow teens.This new safety measure applies to both Instagram and Messenger. For Messenger, in particular, young users will only be able to receive messages from their…

Threads has a lot going for it, but it’s been missing one of the most core features of any social media app, and that’s the ability to DM people. Well, for a while, we’ve known that the company has been wanting to bring DM’s to Threads, but it’s been struggling. Thanks to a few lines of code found in the app, it appears that Threads might be implementing DMs through Instagram. Threads has been a proper competitor to X (that’s especially true, as it just landed in Europe), but it’s been really short on features compared…

During Threads’ peak, you had 100 million potential friends that you could possibly message, but the platform never debuted that functionality. That’s a bummer, as people were making new acquaintances on the app. Being able to directly contact them would have been a plus. Well, Adam Mosseri, the CEO of Instagram, stated that DMs might come to Threads, but it might be through Instagram. As you may know, Threads and Instagram are EXTREMELY close; Threads was basically built off of Instagram’s code, and this is why you…