The photo-sharing social media giant, Instagram has introduced several new features last week to curb cyberbullying on the platform. It has launched two important features: bulk delete comments and multi blocking — to help people with followers maintain a ‘positive environment’. 

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Instagram in its blog post said, “We’re launching a new feature to help people manage multiple unwanted interactions at once. We know it can feel overwhelming to manage a rush of negative comments, so we’ve been testing the ability to delete comments in bulk, as well as block or restrict multiple accounts that post negative comments.” The application offers the ability to delete up to 25 comments at once. 

Here is how you can delete multiple comments at once on Instagram. 

  • Open the Instagram app 
  • Tap on the post with the comments you want to delete on your profile  
  • Tap on a comment under the post 
  • Tap on the three dots in the top right corner  
  • Select 'Manage comments' 
  • Select the comments you want to delete 
  • Tap on 'Delete' at the bottom of your screen 

Similarly, the users can now block as many people as they like on Instagram. Instagram mentions, if a user block someone, they won't be notified, but any comments they have posted prior to you blocking them won't be removed. And, users would need to do that manually.  

How to multi block people on Instagram 

  • Open the Instagram app 
  • Tap on the three lines in the top right corner of the app 
  • Tap on Settings 
  • Select Privacy from the list  
  • Tap on Comments 
  • Tap on 'Block comments from' 
  • Type in the people you want to block 
  • Tap on Block next to their name 

In addition to removing negative comments, the photo-sharing application aims to give users an easy way to amplify and encourage positive interactions. It states, “Soon, we’ll begin testing Pinned Comments.” This feature gives people a way to set the tone for their account and engage with their community by pinning a select number of comments to the top of their comments thread. 

Instagram allows netizens to pin comments to the top of a post. The top three comments can be pinned, with the idea to highlight positive reactions to your content. 

Follow the steps below to pin comments to the top of a post:  

  • Open the Instagram app 
  • Tap on the post on your profile with the comments you want to pin 
  • Tap on a comment under the post 
  • Swipe right to left on a comment you want to pin 
  • Tap on the pin icon 
  • Tap on 'Pin Comment' 

The person who made the comment will be notified that you've pinned their comment