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Maybe it'll show up in their usage numbers. I stopped using IG because it's near impossible not to prevent the sound from blasting from accidentally scrolling o

Maybe it'll show up in their usage numbers. I stopped using IG because it's near impossible not to prevent the sound from blasting from accidentally scrolling or clicking on a reel. I feel like a product team that gave any shit whatsoever would give people a mute button that stays put. People use their phones in lots of different locations (with other people around). And phones are constantly blasting music at random points because of Reels.

mbesto 4y ago
> I stopped using IG because it's near impossible not to prevent the sound from blasting from accidentally scrolling or clicking on a reel. I don't know a single person who doesn't hate the muting functionality in IG. I can't believe how overlooked this is.
alexashka 4y ago
Is there not a physical mute button on your phone?
- prepend 4y ago
  Instagram ignores the mute button on my iPhone. I have to manually turn the volume down to zero to consistently get no sound. It’s a real jerk app.
  - bobthepanda 4y ago
    I feel like it’s even worse. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t and I haven’t figured out how to get it to do what I want 100% of the time. Just have a mute button on the player!
- navanchauhan 4y ago
  maybe, not everyone has an iPhone or a OnePlus device?
matsemann 4y ago
What boggles my brain is when someone wants to show me a video on Instagram, but there is no way to play it from the beginning. So have to wait for it to loop around.
- delecti 4y ago
  Typically the "solution" is to scroll up/down to the next/previous video and then back to the desired video. Though that only works for reels, not non-reel videos (whatever those are called).
- Rzor 4y ago
  YouTube Shorts are doing the same thing. It's infuriating.
Strom 4y ago
There is some way to mute it. I've already forgotten how exactly, but I think you have to open a non-reel video and mute that. Then all the reels are muted. This means that I now have the opposite problem. I can't selectively unmute reels in my feed even if I want to. Instagram is 100% silent for me, even though my phone is not muted and doesn't have the volume turned down. I really don't get it why they don't have a mute button on the reels themselves.
winternett 4y ago
The volume control issues on IG are crazy. Having to mute and unmute everything is painful, I think TikTok wins a bit for just playing everything at whatever device volume is set at, but some content is manipulated to be loud, and some is low volume, it may even be an engagement algorithm driving that to keep people focused on the app. I also think with a lot of people on anti-work time these days, within these companies they may be having a hard time finding staff to manage the development issues, bugs and features may not get fixed any time soon simply because of that alone.

mbesto 4y ago

> I stopped using IG because it's near impossible not to prevent the sound from blasting from accidentally scrolling or clicking on a reel. I don't know a single person who doesn't hate the muting functionality in IG. I can't believe how overlooked this is.

alexashka 4y ago

Is there not a physical mute button on your phone?

prepend 4y ago
Instagram ignores the mute button on my iPhone. I have to manually turn the volume down to zero to consistently get no sound. It’s a real jerk app.
- bobthepanda 4y ago
  I feel like it’s even worse. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t and I haven’t figured out how to get it to do what I want 100% of the time. Just have a mute button on the player!
navanchauhan 4y ago
maybe, not everyone has an iPhone or a OnePlus device?

matsemann 4y ago

What boggles my brain is when someone wants to show me a video on Instagram, but there is no way to play it from the beginning. So have to wait for it to loop around.

delecti 4y ago
Typically the "solution" is to scroll up/down to the next/previous video and then back to the desired video. Though that only works for reels, not non-reel videos (whatever those are called).
Rzor 4y ago
YouTube Shorts are doing the same thing. It's infuriating.

Strom 4y ago

There is some way to mute it. I've already forgotten how exactly, but I think you have to open a non-reel video and mute that. Then all the reels are muted. This means that I now have the opposite problem. I can't selectively unmute reels in my feed even if I want to. Instagram is 100% silent for me, even though my phone is not muted and doesn't have the volume turned down. I really don't get it why they don't have a mute button on the reels themselves.

winternett 4y ago

The volume control issues on IG are crazy. Having to mute and unmute everything is painful, I think TikTok wins a bit for just playing everything at whatever device volume is set at, but some content is manipulated to be loud, and some is low volume, it may even be an engagement algorithm driving that to keep people focused on the app. I also think with a lot of people on anti-work time these days, within these companies they may be having a hard time finding staff to manage the development issues, bugs and features may not get fixed any time soon simply because of that alone.