Why Instagram Can't Erase the Most Embarrassing Notification, According to Its CEO
Adam Mosseri said Instagram can delete in-app alerts, but 1 push notification already sent to a phone cannot be recalled.
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Liked an Instagram Post by Mistake? CEO Adam Mosseri Explains Why Unliking Won't Stop Exposing You
Anyone who has frantically unliked an old Instagram post moments after accidentally tapping the heart icon may already have been caught. Instagram Chief Adam Mosseri has confirmed that removing the like cannot always stop the other person from finding out, explaining that a phone notification may still reveal the interaction even after it disappears from the app. Addressing the long-standing social media dilemma in a recent Instagram video, Moss…
Adam Mosseri explains that each "like" generates two notifications and that Instagram can only delete one: the one on the operating system stays on the other's lock screen
Instagram boss reveals what happens to notifications if you accidentally like someone's old photo and then quickly unlike it. |If the account owner doesn't activate push notifications, traces of the cancelled 'like' will immediately disappear without a trace in the system. |Notifications on the lock screen are also automatically retracted by Instagram if you cancel a 'like' before their phone is unlocked.
Image by Bigstock For many to give an “I like” by accident in an Instagram post is one of those small digital errors that can trigger a disproportionate reaction. And is that the immediate reflection of millions of users is to withdraw the like in a matter of seconds in the hope that no one will notice it and has been a question that many had no answer to will the notification really disappear or does the other person already know that you were …
Who has ever accidently liked an old publication by spying on a person's social networks... An embarrassing situation, which everyone has already experienced at least once that has made us all ask us a question: did the person receive the notification? A question to which Adam Mosseri, the managing director of Instagram, answered... on Instagram. He goes back to how notifications work when a user likes a publication, and then immediately withdra…
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