Can’t open in fear of mature or disturbing content popping up w/o warning. PARENTS BEWARE – IGTV from Instagram Review

I’m an artist that uses Instagram. Was excited to post longer painting videos. But I have been afraid to even open the app bc of the amount of uncensored inappropriate videos I’ve been forced to watch through the apps generated content. When you open you HAVE to see random videos, there’s no way around it. I’ve opened it immediately to mature content and worst thing yet was a video of HORSES MATING in the Middle East!!! SERIOUSLY! Right before going to sleep. It was super disturbing. If I had children there’s no way I’d allow this app. What I find so ridiculous is that a paint video I posted with a song playing in the background was removed immediately bc of “copyright infringement” but somehow videos like the ones I’ve described aren’t removed that fast???? These tech companies are so quick to get the newest feature out that I feel their skipping steps to protect from this stuff. It’s gross and greedy. And believe it or not, some of us don’t want to see porn or animals ****ing ? IGTV I want to like this app! For me this is much easier to post to than YouTube. Many artists don’t have time for that. But the fact that I am forced to watch videos (especially that I don’t want to see) makes it unusable. If you hate the explore page on Instagram as much as I do, you will HATE this app. It’s basically the explore page is your home page and they aren’t in little squares, the videos fill your screen the moment you open. I may be a minority, but I actually care about the things I let into my mind. A few things I hope change before I can’t use this again: 1. Make a separate “explore page” you don’t open to. Or let us chose categories of interest if you must force feed us. I do not care about the latest thot, give me art, nature and beauty and I might actually watch?. So far I’ve left the app open for like 5 seconds tops bc I can’t handle all the crap thrown at me. 2. Be WAY better about censoring. Honestly no child or person who cares what they see should use this app in its current stage. 3. Make it so you can edit videos similar to Instagram’s video editor (Right now you can’t edit from the app, not even trim). 4. Make it so you can edit titles and descriptions from the mobile app. (Right now you can’t change your videos info from your phone)
Review by millyrng on IGTV from Instagram.