Instagram Activates New Quiet Mode

<p>Are you getting too many notifications on Instagram&quest; Well now there is a quieter solution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The photo and video social network is launching Quiet mode on Instagram to help people focus and to encourage people to set boundaries with their friends and followers&period; Once it’s enabled&comma; you won’t receive any notifications&comma; your profile’s activity status will change to let people know and it will automatically send an auto-reply when someone sends you a DM &lpar;direct message&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Teens have told the company that they sometimes want to take time for themselves and might be looking for more ways to focus at night&comma; while studying and during school&period; You can easily customize your Quiet mode hours to fit your schedule and once the feature is turned off&comma; it will show you a quick summary of notifications so you can catch up on what you missed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Anyone can use Quiet mode&comma; but the company is specifically prompting teens to do so when they spend a specific amount of time on Instagram late at night&period; Quiet mode is available to everyone in the US&comma; United Kingdom&comma; Ireland&comma; Canada&comma; Australia&comma; and New Zealand starting now with more countries to come&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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