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Instagram features interactive quizzes. Image: Instagram via AFP Relaxnews
The major social media platforms often add features to enhance the user experience or enhance security, and this week is no exception with Snapchat and Instagram adding to their fun , while WhatsApp and Facebook
The selfie fun more about Snapchat
The platform boosts one of its most popular features, the ability to wear animal ears or an instant glamor glow through Snapchat Lenses, introducing Lens Explore. On Tuesday, a blogpost announced the deployment of the tool that allows users to find and access community goals created by other Snapchat users. Community lenses are the results of Snapchat's Lens Studio, which launched late 2017 and has seen more than 100,000 submissions.
To discover new offers, iOS users can click on the new icon at the top right of the Stories screen, then unlock a goal by "swiping on Snaps in these stories." It's unclear when the function will arrive for Android.
Sharing questions and answers more easily on Instagram
Instagram stories get a new sticker for interactive questions. A new way to chat with friends and followers, now Instagrammers using iOS and Android versions can ask a question and get written answers rather than emoji reactions.
The answer to the questions can be read in the same window and if one of the private answers is catchy and is shared, it will not show the user name or the sender's picture .
Tags for tracking messages on WhatsApp
The Facebook messaging platform has just introduced a new cached label on messages that have been transmitted between users in order to 'make individual and group conversations easier to follow, "says the company, but also to help determine potential spam. "You can report spam or block a contact in one click," notes the ad, which also encourages users to contact WhatsApp directly because it "values your security a lot."
Testing a Feature to Identify Suspicious DMs Facebook
A Motherboard report details a "little test" Facebook is doing to help users identify suspicious direct messages. The feature could provide additional information about an unknown contact, such as whether the account was created recently and what type of phone number was used to connect. In addition, the report notes that it could also disclose "that the unsolicited user is different from one" We are testing a way to provide people with more context about people with whom they are not. 39 may have not yet been in touch, "said Dalya Browne of the Facebook Messenger team at Motherboard in an email.
It's unclear if this feature will be deployed. JB
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