It looks like Facebook wants us to break the pattern of impulsively checking Twitter to know if any of its services are down. In light of the global outage that affected Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram last week, Instagram has developed a new built-in feature that informs users of technical issues or outages.
Once available, Instagram will show outage alerts in your Activity Feed (notification area). The feature is primarily meant to make users aware of major outages or issues. “We won’t send a notification every single time there is an outage, but when we see that people are confused and looking for answers, we’ll determine if something like this could help make things clearer,” says Instagram in an official blog post.
Alongside this change, Instagram has revealed a new ‘Account Status’ tool. The feature acts as a dashboard to let users know if their account is at risk of getting disabled. With this tool, you can quickly view what got removed from your account and request a review. If you want to learn about other new features coming to Instagram, check out the linked article.
