Instagram can’t help but helping its users to make the best use of Instagram, Instagram has shared some new tips to help people make the best use of the DM control tools available to them, on the other hand, it’s also shared a quick overview of how business accounts can apply product tags in feed posts, Stories, Reels, and IGTV.

Talking about the DM control tools, first off, on DMs – in his second video looking at platform features, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri has provided some pointers on how to use the various DM tools available, which you may not be aware of.

It Goes Down in the DMs – this week I thought I’d talk about some of the lesser known, but still great, features in DMs. #thisweekoninstagram pic.twitter.com/yUMW02LsnC

— Adam Mosseri 😷 (@mosseri) May 10, 2021

Instagram’s DM Control Tools:

According to Mosseri, the key features which he highlighted are:

• Message requests: As Mosseri notes, musician T-Pain recently shared a post that showed a wide range of DM requests that he’d received which he didn’t know about, which has prompted Mosseri to highlight how this element works

 

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• Mark as Unread: Moreover, Mosseri notes that if you long-press on a message, you can mark it as ‘unread’. Note that this could be important, given that Instagram announced that it’s adding new read receipts to Instagram Direct just last week.
• Vanish Mode: Mosseri also highlights Vanish Mode, which, when activated, will make seen messages disappear when you close the chat. However, Facebook first announced Vanish Mode in September last year.
• Privacy controls: Finally, Mosseri also looks at the different DM control options you have available in Setting>Privacy>Messaging

It’s definitely a helpful overview of the range of DM control tools that you have available to you on the social platform, particularly, as noted, the option top ‘Mark as unread’, which could become more relevant as Instagram’s new read receipts notifiers roll out.

Over on the Instagram Creator account, it’s also shared a handy overview of how to tag products in your Instagram posts, including Stories, Reels, and IGTV.

Here’s how to do it:

 

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Besides Instagram’s DM control tools, it’s a basic overview of the options you have available, anyhow, it covers all the main elements of how product tags work in each. Overall, these are some helpful notes, which could highlight a few things you may not have been aware of, or help to guide you in maximizing your IG content.

Either way, both clips are completely worth checking out to ensure you’re aware of your various options.