San Francisco Aug 25 (IANS) Photo-messaging app Instagram is reportedly testing a new feature that would help college students discover and connect with fellow batchmates from the same college community.
"Opting in for the feature adds a user s university and graduating year -- selected by the user from pre-determined options -- to their profile and grants access to class-based lists of other students who have opted into the community " CNBC reported late on Friday.
Students could then direct messages to others and also get access to other students public story directly from the community lists.
The Facebook-owned platform will verify students using information people have publicly shared about their universities the accounts they follow and other connections they have.
Instagram has rolled out a plethora of new features like Instagram TV (IGTV) video chat options filters and more to add more people to its already existing one billion monthly active users.

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