Your Instagram life is about to get a whole lot better.
On Monday, Instagram announced that its comment moderation tool is now available to all users.
CEO and co-founder Kevin Systrom released a statement on Instagram’s blog:
The first feature we’re introducing is a keyword moderation tool that anyone can use. Now, when you tap the gear icon on your profile, you’ll find a new Comments tool. This feature lets you list words you consider offensive or inappropriate. Comments with these words will be hidden from your posts. You can choose your own list of words or use default words we’ve provided. This is in addition to the tools we’ve already developed such as swiping to delete comments, reporting inappropriate comments and blocking accounts.
This feature was initially released only on high-volume accounts so Instagram could gather feedback in the shortest amount of time. Celebrities like Chrissy Teigen were particularly vocal about their enthusiasm for the change:
The new feature will allow users to create custom lists of words that will filter which comments appear below their photos. It also allows users to turn off comments altogether.
As Teigen’s tweet shows, the tool caters to each person’s feelings on specific words: what is offensive to one person, may not be offensive to another and vice versa.
Despite this effort from Instagram to make the platform a more friendly platform, there’s still no word on whether nipples will ever be a-OK to post.