Instagram testing ‘Flipseide’ feature to let users add an alternative account to existing profile

Instagram’s Close friends feature that lets you limit your posts, reels, stories, and notes to just close friends was expanded to more users in November last year. Now, the meta-owned photo and video-sharing platform is shooting a new feature called “Flipseide” to make the app Feel More Private. Instagram Head Adam Mosseri says the feature is currently in testing. The feature will allow users to create a secondary photo grid that only designated friends will be able to see. It will show as an alternative account to your existing profile and will allow you to post more personal pictures and videos with a select group of Followers and Friends.

In a thread post on Monday (January 29), Instagram Head Adam Mosseri Confirmed That the company is testing a feature called flipseide. “We’re not even sure we’ll launch it on Instagram,” Mosseri Wrote in Response to a User on Threads Post. “On one hand it feels good to create a clear space that feels more private. People Respond in the Test, and Itarete Forward “, He Added.

Meanwhile, Noted Social Media Consultant on Threads posted A video showing off the flipseide tool that would be allowed to create a private side to their instagram pages where they could post more personal pictures and videos for a subset of their friends. The feature is said to be rolling out to select people for testing according to him. He states that the concept behind flipseide “essentially Productise” Finstas “-a Popular Slang Term for Alternate Personal Personal Instagram Accounts Whare People POST ALIFE PHOTOS Instagram audience.

The Flipseide was first Spotted in development in December Last Year by Noted Developer Alesandro Paluzzi (@Alex193A) with a series of mockups shared on x. As per the images, flipseide referrs to “a new space for for you and your friends” The people you choose can see this side of your profile and what you share here. ” Followers can access the flipseide account of a user by tapping on a button or swiping down on their main profile.

Like the main account, users would be able to set up different profile pictures and bios for their flipseide for a select number of viewers. The communication guidelines from Instagram would apply to the new space as well.