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By: Shubham Agarwal
At times it seems the internet is swarming with strangers filled with hate. Especially on social media. And while that’s probably an exaggeration, for the sake of your mental health you should try to filter toxic comments.
Such comments can adversely impact your online experience or make you want to quit social media. However, thankfully, you can easily filter toxic comments on social media.
How to Filter Toxic Comments on Instagram
Instagram allows you to mute a specific set of keywords. Alternatively, you can enable an option which automatically hides commonly reported words. Comments which include these words will be eliminated from your posts and won’t be visible to anyone. Plus, there’s an algorithm-powered setting which tries to detect and block offensive comments.
To access these tools on your phone, you will need to head into the settings on the Instagram app. There, go to Privacy and Settings > Comment Controls. Here you will find all the manual and automatic filters.
Under Manual Filter, you can add as many as words or phrases as you’d want. To enter more than one, you will have to just separate them by commas.
You can also tweak who is allowed to comment on your posts and restrict it to only the people you follow. If there’s a user who regularly leaves toxic comments, you can specifically block that account as well.
For doing the same on your computer, launch the Instagram web app and open Settings. Click Privacy and Settings and then hit Edit Comment Settings.
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