Instagram changes its icon and adds a story map

Instagram is one of the most popular applications in Spain And it is celebrating today since the social network turns 10, having been launched on October 6, 2010 to the market. In this time there have been many changes in it, and with this anniversary come more changes in it, such as the possibility of changing the icon.

A few days after announcing the merger of their chats with Facebook Messenger, the social network leaves us with more news. Instagram leaves us with the possibility of changing the icon of the application, they introduce a map in the story archive and introduce new automatic filters for offensive comments.

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Customizable icon on Instagram

Four years ago the social network changed its icon for the one we know today. Now, on the occasion of this tenth anniversary, the possibility to change this Instagram icon on Android and iOS. It is a somewhat hidden option, which the application has entered within the settings. The steps to follow are:

1. Open the app.
2. Enter your profile.
3. Click on the icon with the three horizontal stripes.
4. Go into Settings.
5. Slide the options section down, until the secret menu appears.
6. Wait for confetti to appear.
7. Choose the icon.

Story Map

The other news that they leave us on Instagram on the occasion of this anniversary is the story archive map. Another function that seeks to look back. This map comes hand in hand with a calendar view with which you can see the publications of your stories on a certain date. Within the section of the stories archive you can see a list with all of them.

The application introduces three tabs: one with the stories, a calendar view, and the other is the location on that story map. The location will only take into account those publications in which a corresponding sticker has been inserted, where the location of that story is indicated.

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Offensive comment filter

Instagram has been working on reduce offensive comments on the platform. In its settings we have various filters, with which to make comments that use certain words are not going to be shown in our account. Now, the social network will automatically hide comments similar to comments that have been reported in the past.

Also, more warnings will be displayed when a potentially offensive comment is to be posted. Since the notice will now tell you that posting a comment of this type can result in Instagram go delete your account. This change will be made official throughout today, just like the other two.

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