{"id":2058,"date":"2018-10-09T07:52:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T07:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2018-10-09T07:52:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T07:52:18","slug":"instagram-brings-new-nametag-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/instagram-brings-new-nametag-feature\/09\/10\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram Brings New ‘Nametag’ Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instagram is going to be a more friendly social network, in terms of finding out those who are known to you on the network. This feature \u2018nametag<\/strong>\u2019 was originally introduced by Snapchat<\/a>, but now Instagram is also going to roll out this feature for both Android and iOS users.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Nametag<\/strong>\u2019 feature can be seen on the top right corner at the side menu of the profile. This nametag will display your username and allows you to customize it by adding selfies, stickers, and emoji. Through scanning one user\u2019s nametag (via Instagram inbuilt camera) gives access to their profile link and you can follow them immediately.<\/p>\n

A minute addition of \u2018nametag<\/strong>\u2019 feature is expected to increase the number of users as this would be an add-on to their convenience. Like snap codes work for Snapchat, \u2018nametag\u2019 is also going to be appreciated by the \u2018cool\u2019 and \u2018young\u2019 users of Instagram. To help them avoid an awkward interaction with friends when they are asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s your Instagram handle?\u201d With this feature, they can simply scan their \u2018nametag\u2019 and share the scanned image with others. The side menu also includes saved posts option, friend suggestions, and Facebook, all these additions were recently added in August.<\/p>\n

See also:\u00a0How to Set up an Instagram Account for Your Business<\/a><\/p>\n

In the social media industry, this feature addition has been considered as an engagement booster and push for more tie-ups with the Facebook. This would help the users feeling connected and searchable under the same umbrella, as Instagram and Facebook users won\u2019t feel disintegrated. Since its announcement in August, the feature also allows the user to add their school pass out the year and graduation year on the profile, which is similar to the profile on Facebook. Also, it will help in adding schoolmates and graduates from the same university, colleagues from organizations you might belong to, or even on the basis of your favorite sports team.<\/p>\n

See also:\u00a05 Cool Features on Instagram That Doesn\u2019t Exist in Other Apps<\/a><\/p>\n

When all the details have been added to the profile, your profile will automatically be attached to that particular university\u2019s directory, where other students can also browse and find out same batch students and get connected to them instantly. Initially, this was not accepted that initial tests have been conducted by Instagram but later on, they confirmed it. The test has been conducted at many schools in the U.S. and the plans are expected to grow in future. Although the concept is not something new or out-of-the-box, rather it has been popular from Facebook\u2019s initial days. At that time, the network involved limited colleges and gradually it was expanded.<\/p>\n

The \u2018nametag<\/strong>\u2019 feature has also been titled as \u2018back to school\u2019 update. Instagram has clearly targeted the schools to engage more young users by introducing the Snapchat kind of feature to the network. To add users with demographic identities, school communities and universities, the youth will definitely be the first priority in a much cooler way. Discovering nametags is going to be the next most popular and trending thing on the \u2018social media\u2019.<\/p>\n

From a marketing perspective and for building the presence of the network much stronger, Instagram seems to outperform all others, especially its own parent, Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Instagram is going to be a more friendly social network, in terms of finding out those who are known to you on the network. This feature \u2018nametag\u2019 was originally introduced by Snapchat, but now Instagram is also going to roll out this feature for both Android and iOS users. The \u2018Nametag\u2019 feature can be seen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[57,774,775,776],"class_list":{"0":"post-2058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-media","8":"tag-instagram","9":"tag-instagram-nametag","10":"tag-instagram-nametags","11":"tag-nametag"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2058"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2061,"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058\/revisions\/2061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socioblend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}