Instagram deep dives from the Help Centre and ranking cards: feed, recommendations, insights, Account Status.
Favourites on Instagram: a viewer's list you never learn about
Favourites is not a folder of saved posts but a viewer's list of up to 50 accounts: it lifts your posts in their feed, and no notification about it reaches you.
Photo quality on Instagram: 1,080 pixels on top, 320 at the bottom
The app does not ruin the file, it brings it to its own limits: wider than 1,080 pixels gets sized down, under 320 gets enlarged, outside 1.91:1 to 3:4 gets cropped.
Message requests on Instagram: where a client's message sits
A message from someone outside your following goes to the requests folder and never reaches the Chats list until you accept it. One setting closes them off entirely.
Branded content on Instagram: a gift counts as advertising too
The paid partnership label is required for any exchange of value, a gift and a loaned item included. A post without it is removed, and you get one appeal.
Screenshot alerts on Instagram: one place and one condition
The warning about a screen capture is described only for disappearing messages, and with an “if we detect” caveat. The Help Centre names the workaround itself.
How many reports does it take to block an Instagram account
Neither the Help Centre nor the Transparency Center names a report threshold: technology finds most violations before the first report, and the queue is ranked by harm.
The Instagram map: off by default, the pin lasts a day
Location sharing is off when you first open the map, the pin is visible only to mutual followers and fades after a day, and three addresses can be hidden.
Resetting suggested content on Instagram: no undo, data stays
The button resets what is suggested to you as a viewer: follows, ads and data stay in place, the reset cannot be undone, and your own reach is untouched.
Ten accounts on Instagram: profile, account and Accounts Centre
Being logged in is capped at ten accounts, one account can hold several profiles, and a new profile goes into the Accounts Centre by default.
Remove a follower on Instagram: no notification, bulk clears little
The Help Centre promises silence for removal and for blocking, describes the button for private accounts, and in bulk clears only the potential spam list.
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
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
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
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
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.