A few days ago, netizens started flocking to Twitter to complain about Facebook downtime, and the services of Instagram and WhatsApp.
Looking at the traffic from people protesting the outage, the company decided to notify you of outages themselves in the future. For that, he's testing a feature on Instagram that will show you information about each future technician problem or general service problems.
In addition, the company will notify you when the problem is resolved and everything returns to normal.
Instagram said it won't send you notice for each interruption:
We will not send a notice every time there is a break, but when we see that people are confused and looking for answers, we will see if this could help make things clearer.
The company is currently testing this feature in the US and is likely to expand it globally.
I think it's a smart little feature that quickly answers the question "Is it just me or is it Instagram?"
Along with the upcoming notifications, Instagram is also rolling out a new tool called Account Status. The new feature will notify you of posts and content that mention you. It will also inform you if you have violated the terms of the social network and if the account you risk having it removed. You can read more about this new tool from here.
