{"id":269061,"date":"2018-07-20T08:57:53","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T06:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=269061"},"modified":"2018-07-20T08:59:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T06:59:15","slug":"instagrams-new-status-indicator-lets-you-see-when-friends-are-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/269061-instagrams-new-status-indicator-lets-you-see-when-friends-are-online.html","title":{"rendered":"Instagram&#8217;s new status indicator lets you see when friends are online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram has <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram-press.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/19\/new-see-when-your-friends-are-online-to-dm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>rolled out<\/strong><\/a> a new status indicator feature to its platform, allowing users to see when their friends are active on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>If a friend is active on the app, a green dot will appear next to their profile picture.<\/p>\n<p>The status indicator will appear in various spaces in the Instagram app, including the direct inbox and friends list.<\/p>\n<p>However, users will only be able to see the online status for friends who follow them, or people they have talked to in direct messaging.<\/p>\n<p>Users will also be able to hide their activity status and turn off the ability to see when friends are active on the app using the settings menu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;DMing friends and connecting over the content you love is more fun when you know your friends are there to see it,&#8221; said Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This update gives you the ability to have more of those real-time conversations while giving you the control to hide your status altogether.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Instagram-status-indicator.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-269063\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Instagram-status-indicator-640x373.jpg\" alt=\"Instagram status indicator\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Instagram-status-indicator-640x373.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Instagram-status-indicator-600x349.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Instagram-status-indicator-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Instagram-status-indicator.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/it-services\/268885-facebook-messenger-now-lets-users-sync-their-instagram-contacts.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Facebook Messenger now lets users sync their Instagram contacts<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram has rolled out a new status indicator feature to its platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":169151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[46137,161,10424,52565],"class_list":["post-269061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-application","tag-facebook","tag-instagram","tag-status-indicator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269061"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269091,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269061\/revisions\/269091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}