The Future. Instagram is about to give everyone a finsta — a separate account for secret use — with its in-the-works “flipside” feature. If rolled out widely, flipside could propel Instagram into a movement for a more private social media ecosystem and create a feed that’s intrinsically free from influencing.
Circle of trustReverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi discovered Instagram’s finsta development.
Flipside accounts exist as part of a user’s normal account — they simply need to swipe down on their profile to switch over to their private flipside profile.
Like the “Close Friends” feature for Stories, flipside accounts allow users to share posts with a pre-selected group of followers.
There also seems to be a “remove everyone” button, so users can start their flipsides over from scratch.
And, yes, Instagram’s typical community guidelines will still apply to flipsides.
We guess we finally have an answer to US Senator Richard Blumenthal’s hilarious question to Instagram’s head of global safety Antigone Davis: “will you commit to ending finstas?”
No, Instagram is just getting started.
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