Instagram users mistakenly believe new question feature is anonymous

guest · Jul 16, 2018

Instagram users mistakenly believe new question feature is anonymous
People thought they could make unkind comments with recourse before discovering users could see who was asking what
July 15, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/instagram-question-answer-new-feature-mistakes

The feature is similar to sites like Ask.fm and the now-defunct Formspring, where users could ask anonymous questions of each other, with the answers made public.

The big difference with Instagram’s version of the feature, is that the questions aren’t anonymous, you can see which of your followers asked it – although this isn’t made explicit. In fact Instagram confuses users by telling them that if their question is shared, their username won’t be displayed.

It’s true that if the person you’re sending a question to decides to share your question publicly, your username is removed. However, what is not made clear is that the recipient is still able to see your username. [...] This has led to quite a few people mistakenly believing that they are asking questions anonymously.
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