Photo: Instagram Instagram officially hit 800 million users this week, but the Facebook-owned company has no interest in resting on its laurels. In fact, alongside its "hey, we added another 100M users.

. . no big deal" announcement, the company continued its crusade against comment trolls by launching the most powerful commenting controls the app has seen yet.

The numbers bit was only mentioned briefly in Instagram's news release. "Our community has grown to 800 million, with 500 million using it every day," writes Instagram. "It’s more important than ever to strengthen our commitment to safety and kindness. "

And so the company has added some interesting new comment controls. Namely: filtering who can comment on your posts if you have a public account, and the ability to block individual accounts from commenting on your pictures. The controls look like this in your Settings:

In addition to the updated commenting controls—which is just the latest in a series of 'safety and kindness' updates the company has released—Instagram also added anonymous reporting of Live Video to their mental health resources. If you are viewing a live broadcast that has you worried about the poster, you can anonymously report the post, which will show the person "a message offering help with options to talk to a helpline, reach out to a friend or get other tips and support. "

To learn more about these updates or see them in action for yourself, head over to the Instagram blog or update your iOS and Android apps to the latest version.

2017-9-28 18:44