Cyber & IT Supervisory Forum - Additional Resources

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 Tap on it for the follower you would like to remove and select " Remove " on the pop-up screen. If you would like added screenshots, the following link is helpful.

17.13.1.3 Turning Off Your Activity Status In 2018, Instagram launched an activity status feature. It shows the last time you were active on Instagram and with whom they had direct conversation. In addition to your activity, Instagram also introduced the online status indicator. 453  When a person is online, you will see a green dot next to their username in Direct Messages (DM). Per Instagram, here are the steps to turn them off.  Go to your profile and tap the three-dot icon or the gear icon. Scroll down and tap on " Activity status " . On the next screen, disable " Show activity status " . This will turn off activity status and green dot both. 17.13.1.4 Blocking Comments Sometimes when people do not like a picture or video that you posted, they resort to trolling you in the comments. Instagram gives you the choice to turn off their comments.  You can do this for all posts from the general " Settings " and even for an individual post. Per Instagram, here is how you what you need to do to stop comments on all your Instagram posts.  On your profile, tap on the three-dot icon to go to " Settings " . Under " Settings " , tap on " Comment controls " .  Then you will get two options: " Allow Comments from " and " Block Comments from " . You can use the first choice to white filter the comments. Meaning, only the people that you add here will be able to comment on your posts.  On the other hand, when you block people from commenting, everyone else except these users will be able to comment.  To turn off comments for an individual post, open the post and tap the three-dot icon at the top-right corner.  Select " Turn off commenting " .  You can also enable the setting " Hide offensive comments " as well as the " Manual filter " option.  If you need to report offensive or abusive behavior, Instagram provides you with instructions on how to do so at the following link. 17.13.1.5 Stopping Direct Messages (DM) Everyone on Instagram can message you, whether they follow you or not. However, messages from people other than your followers are kept under a separate folder (Requests) in DM. While Instagram does not let you stop DMs for normal messages, you can restrict DMs for stories. 454  Instagram offers three settings for message replies in stories: " Everyone " , "People you follow" , and " Off " .  Here is how to set it. Open Instagram Settings by tapping the three-dot icon (Android) and gear icon (iPhone) on the profile screen.  Next, tap on " Story controls " and under " Allow message replies " , select the preferred option.

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