New Instagram rules may be putting a damper on the proliferation of shirtless selfies on your feed.
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Soon, the site will start classifying even slightly suggestive photos as “sensitive content,” blurring selected images and videos on your feed in much the same way Twitter does.
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According to a post on Instagram’s blog:
Soon you may notice a screen over sensitive photos and videos when you scroll through your feed or visit a profile. While these posts don’t violate our guidelines, someone in the community has reported them and our review team has confirmed they are sensitive. This change means you are less likely to have surprising or unwanted experiences in the app. If you’d like to see a post that is covered with a screen, simply tap to reveal the photo or video.
Right now, it remains unclear whether users will be able to opt out having some content blurred, and what exactly will and won’t be considered “sensitive content” in the first place.
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Troubling questions abound.
Will Instagram’s prude new rules turn Steve Grand’s account into one big blur?
Will 90% of Joe Jonas’ photographs be deemed “too sensitive” for the masses?
Will this footage of Pietro Boselli frolicking around with chickens be considered too risqué?
Will these draconian new rules singlehandedly destroy Alex Bowen’s career?
What do you think of the new rules? Will they make Instagram totally lame, or is it no big deal? Sound off in the comments below.
dwes09
Of course you will still be able to view them: “If you’d like to see a post that is covered with a screen, simply tap to reveal the photo or video.”
However if gay/lesbian couples in beachwear or embracing are blurred while straight couples doing the same are not, boycotts of sponsored content or letters from lawyers will quickly put a stop to that.
Dac
Agreed. Let’s see who gets censored and who doesn’t.
oz1967
perfect response
Harley
Instagram??? What is that. I’m still mad I can’t buy music on 8 tract tapes anymore.
Jack Meoff
Now this off the back of Facebook filtering gay content. Where is all this coming from and who is behind the complaints being made?
charlie_jackpot
So if you leave the Steve Grand images blurred, you won’t be objectifying him?
Chris
Only if you solicit sex with him. THEN, he’d be the object of a proposition.
Bob LaBlah
Hey, here’s a solution. Why not make a site where such content regarding gays IS allowed? What a perfect business opportunity. Or does one already exist that my old ass don’t know about?
crowebobby
I find Joe Jonas pretty sexy as a “man.” When he was competing with Nick in the “boy” arena I didn’t get him at all. I don’t want to do Joe (assuming that were remotely imaginable), but I find him visually hot.
iggy6666
Somethings not right when a man obviously out of his teens is fixated on ”boys”.
Jack Meoff
@iggy6666 I’m glad somebody said it.
ChrisK
Crowebobby likes em young.
crowebobby
I couldn’t decide whether you or Pat Robinson was the ultimate arbiter on what’s “right” so I didn’t consult either of you, but I find teenage boys beautiful and sexy. Always have and always will. My dick isn’t working at 80, but my eyes still are. And judging by my 65 years of reading gay literature, my taste isn’t all that unusual.
Dac
Bigots and prudes are going to have a field day with this, their chance to save the rest of the country/world from skin and sin. I wish there was an option where if THEY are offended THEY wouldn’t have to see the content they report. Leave the rest of us alone.
My2Cents
Of course this is going to make the experience that much more annoying. In a way it’s a marker to the interesting picks only to be disappointed when you click on it and discover it’s just a guy in a swimsuit.
jazz23
I am really disappointed with this Instagram hack here when you know the password.