{"id":94037,"date":"2017-09-27T15:46:09","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T15:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=94037"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:46:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:46:27","slug":"how-to-control-who-can-comment-on-your-instagram-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-control-who-can-comment-on-your-instagram-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Control Who Can Comment on Your Instagram Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.en.softonic.com\/android\">Instagram<\/a> has a huge community of around <strong>800 million users,<\/strong> and most of them are very pleasant to interact with. In fact, Instagram is committed to fostering a safe and kind community. To show this commitment, Instagram recently added a feature to&nbsp;<strong>give their users control over who gets to comment on their Instagram posts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/solutions.softonic.com\/best-apps\/resources-to-get-instagram-likes\">What are the best apps to get Instagram Likes?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_94038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94038\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-94038 \" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/tumblr_inline_owv80xQt9v1qm4rc3_540.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/tumblr_inline_owv80xQt9v1qm4rc3_540.png 540w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/tumblr_inline_owv80xQt9v1qm4rc3_540-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-94038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If your account is public, you\u2019ll now have a new way to choose who can comment on your posts. You can limit comments to:<\/p>\n<h3>1. Only people you follow<\/h3>\n<h3>2. Only your followers, or&#8230;<\/h3>\n<h3>3. Both your followers and the people you follow<\/h3>\n<p>Anonymous trolls need not apply here. In addition, public and private accounts can still <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/how-to-stop-people-commenting-on-your-instagram-posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">disable comments completely<\/a> on a post-by-post basis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/top-10-photographer-instagram-accounts-eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Top 10 Photographers on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.instagram.com\/post\/165759350412\/170926-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram has a huge community of around 800 million users, and most of them are very pleasant to interact with. In fact, Instagram is committed to fostering a safe and kind community. To show this commitment, Instagram recently added a feature to&nbsp;give their users control over who gets to comment on their Instagram posts. 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