{"id":49636,"date":"2018-09-03T21:07:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T18:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluflamingo.digital\/?p=49636"},"modified":"2018-09-03T21:07:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T18:07:56","slug":"bet-you-didnt-know-instagram-alerts-users-when-friends-are-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/bet-you-didnt-know-instagram-alerts-users-when-friends-are-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Bet you Didn&#8217;t Know  : Instagram Alerts Users When Friends Are Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, serif;\">New: Instagram Alerts Users When Friends Are Online<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, serif;\">When your friends are active on Instagram, you\u2019ll see a green dot next to their profile picture in various spaces within the app, including the Direct inbox and your friend list when you share a post from the feed. You will only see the status for friends who follow you or people who you have talked to in Direct. You can easily hide your own status and turn off the ability to see when your friends are active in your settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49637 \" src=\"http:\/\/bluflamingo.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/instagram-alert-online.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, serif;\">DMing friends and connecting over the content you love is more fun when you know your friends are there to see it. 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