Instagram unveils tool to allow users to filter abusive comments

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'The missing sense': why our technology addiction makes us crave smells 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/16/smell-digital-technology-ophone-cyrano

David Edwards created the oPhone, he hoped scent messages would become the next big thing in the digitisation of our online lives.

The device looked like a high-tech cruet set, and allowed a friend with an iPhone app to send you bespoke olfactory messages alongside photos. 

The oPhone didn’t take off due to the factt that From a technical point of view, smell is simply harder to mass communicate than sounds and pictures. “There are two main technological obstacles to making smell transmissible by digital means,” explains biophysicist and author of Perfumes: The A-Z guide, Dr Luca Turin. The company has now shifted focus to a “scent speaker” called the Cyrano, which similarly uses a range of scent capsules to emit “playlists” of smells.

Instagram unveils tool to allow users to filter abusive comments

Instagram allows users to like and comment on
other peoples pictures, however, they have
brought in this new feature which allows users to block and prevent people from commenting. 

The new tool lets users add custom keywords and phrases to a list of terms that they consider offensive. 

Those comments that contain such terms are automatically hidden.Well known people such as celebrities were allowed to do this, before members of the public were given this opportunity.