Instagram said to be testing ‘Creator Accounts’ with DM Filters, growth insights and much more
Instagram is said to be testing new creator-specific accounts that will give users specialized tools. The "creator account" is meant for the traditional talent, digital influencers, and artists on the platform. These tools include growth insights such as data around follows and unfollows; direct messaging tools that allow users to filter notes from. The new features are being tested with a small beta group before they roll out to the wider community next year. Ashley Yuki, an Instagram product manager said that " creators are an important part of our community. We want to make sure that Instagram is the best place, and the easiest place, to build fan communities and also build personal brands." Until the introduction of these creator accounts, these creators didn't have a customized Instagram experience. Now the inclusion of such features aims to create the space that is tailored where it can now start to specialize the experience for the needs of creators. The new growth insights will give creators weekly and daily data around how their follower count has changed. The feature, which works across the feed, Stories, and IGTV, will also show creators what content they created so that they can understand what may have caused the spike in ... 
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