Instagram user alert! Have you checked this new feature?

Instagram, the Facebook-owned photo, and the social video sharing platform released a new feature on July 19 that will highlight users who are currently online in the email inbox direct. The company will now display a green dot next to the name of the user that will indicate that he / she is currently online on the app and may therefore be available for text messaging. Earlier, Instagram posted an "active today" status under the name. However, the introduction of the green dot indicator will provide an update in real time.

The official Instagram blog stated: "When your friends are active on Instagram, you will see a green dot next to their profile picture in various spaces in the application, including the direct inbox and your list when you share a message from the stream.You will only see the status of friends following you or people with whom you spoke directly.You can easily hide your own status and disable the ability to see when your friends are active in your settings. "

WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger already have a similar feature. With the feature being incorporated into Instagram, the three popular social media platforms have become compatible with this particular feature. However, not everyone will be able to see if a user is online or not. Only subscribers with whom a user has exchanged direct messages will be able to see the status "active now" and vice versa.

For those who are reluctant to post their status to other people, Instagram offers an option to disable the feature by going into Settings. To do this, users must access the settings and scroll to the "Show Activity Status" option. By disabling this, subscribers will no longer be able to see the online status of a user. However, when the feature is turned off, the user also can not see the status of another user.

Meanwhile, according to a policy change, Instagram and Facebook have started cracking down on underage users. Social media giants will now suspend accounts of users suspected of being under the age of 13. The minimum of 13 years is imposed by the US law on the protection of children's privacy, which requires that digital businesses collect data on children.