Instagram wants to let you know when it`s down...on Instagram
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What you need to know Instagram is testing a new feature to bring clarity to temporary issues affecting the app. The new feature will live at the top of the Activity Feed. It will notify users of outages or technical issues as well as when they are resolved. These don`t help when the entire app goes down, of course. Last week, Facebook and its owned businesses went offline for almost six hours. The outage affected not only Facebook but Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, and more. Today, Instagram has announced that it is beginning to test a new feature that hopes to bring clarity to some of these situations when they occur. The new feature will alert users of outages and technical issues at the top of the Activity Feed in the app as well as when they are resolved. Through conversations with our community and extensive research, we know how confusing it can be when temporary issues happen on Instagram. When they impact engagement or distribution, we also know that it can lead peop...