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The blue badge on Instagram: what Meta Verified promises reach, and what not
September 21, 202611 min read
The blue badge on Instagram: what Meta Verified promises reach, and what not
The badge is a paid subscription with an ID, age 18+ and a review of up to 3 business days. Two of its benefits concern delivery; the feed is not among them.
Reposts on Instagram: followers “may see”, and you cannot repost a repost
September 21, 20268 min read
Reposts on Instagram: followers “may see”, and you cannot repost a repost
The help page promises followers only “may see”, a repost lives on a separate tab, comments go to Direct, and the creator closes reposts with a toggle.
Instagram giveaways: what Meta prohibits outright
September 18, 20268 min read
Instagram giveaways: what Meta prohibits outright
The standard follow-and-win giveaway matches an example from the Spam section almost word for word. Four wordings from the rules and one exception.
Instagram Live: 1,000 followers and 90 days
September 18, 20268 min read
Instagram Live: 1,000 followers and 90 days
The Live button appears on two conditions, not one. Scheduling is spelled out by the hour: from 90 days to an hour, reminders and a 45-minute deadline.
Instagram carousel: 20 files and one orientation
September 18, 20268 min read
Instagram carousel: 20 files and one orientation
Up to 20 photos or videos in one post, one orientation for all of them, and video in a carousel is not Reels and does not reach the Reels tab.
You deleted a post: 30 days, 24 hours and 90 days
September 1, 20268 min read
You deleted a post: 30 days, 24 hours and 90 days
Deleted content moves to Recently deleted and stays 30 days, stories get a day, conversations never come back. And full deletion takes up to 90 days.
Scheduled posting on Instagram: 25 posts and 30 days
September 1, 20268 min read
Scheduled posting on Instagram: 25 posts and 30 days
The limits are named outright, and so is the list of what doesn't work with scheduled content: product tags, sponsored posts and collabs.
Hidden Words on Instagram: why there are more comments than you can see
September 1, 20268 min read
Hidden Words on Instagram: why there are more comments than you can see
Hidden comments stay in the total count and their authors never learn. The filter is on by default, and it has nothing to do with the distribution of your posts.
Collabs on Instagram: how they differ from a tag
September 1, 20268 min read
Collabs on Instagram: how they differ from a tag
Tagged content isn't shared with your followers, a collaborative post is. Plus the primary creator's rights: delete, go private or block — and the post is gone.
Shadowban on Instagram: where this is actually checked
September 1, 20269 min read
Shadowban on Instagram: where this is actually checked
The platform has no such term: it has two bars and an “Account Status” screen stating whether your content is eligible to be recommended. Recommendations switch off for the whole account at once.
Instagram insights: three different periods and the metrics that aren't there
September 1, 20269 min read
Instagram insights: three different periods and the metrics that aren't there
90 days for the account, two years for a story and a reel. Word-for-word definitions of views, viewers and initial views — and a list of metrics the Help Centre doesn't describe at all.
Close Friends on Instagram: what the green ring actually gives you
September 1, 20268 min read
Close Friends on Instagram: what the green ring actually gives you
The list closes off posts, notes, reels and stories, but the Help Centre says nothing about distribution. The closeness prediction is computed from messages instead.
The best time to post: what Instagram's documents actually say
September 1, 20269 min read
The best time to post: what Instagram's documents actually say
All six Meta system cards read end to end: not one signal about the hour of the day. What is there instead is five windows of time and three buckets of freshness, counted for the reader.
The Instagram feed: ten predictions and the first 10 seconds
August 31, 20269 min read
The Instagram feed: ten predictions and the first 10 seconds
Three predictions out of ten are computed by the card separately for the first post of the session. Plus the mechanics of the carousel, the reordering of its cards and what the platform calls informative content.
How Explore is put together: three stages and ten predictions
August 31, 20269 min read
How Explore is put together: three stages and ten predictions
Selection in the Explore tab goes in three stages, and among the ten predictions one counts the probability that you will tap “Not interested”. Plus two numbers: five seconds and 95 percent.
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