Instagram is an interesting social network because it eschews many social media conventions and yet is still quite successful. It’s focused on mobile first, to the extent that you can’t even post from a desktop device. Where most social networks …

Instagram is a fickle platform. There’s not a lot of permanence, though it’s still ahead of Snapchat in that regard. People find and follow profiles, but once they follow enough, their photo feed is much like Twitter. You get a …

Instagram is a great site to use if your brand or product is able to be promoted visually. Yes, some businesses find it harder to use than others will, but if you can make use of it, it’s a great …

Instagram, like all social networks, has an API that allows third party apps to perform some functions. Unlike most social networks, Instagram’s API does not allow posting. It’s true! You can check the API endpoints here. This even applies to …

When Instagram was created, long before Facebook thought about buying it, it was a mobile app. It was, in fact, touted as one of if not the first entirely mobile social network. This was in the early days of mobile …

Make no mistake; every social network in existence has a problem with fake accounts. Some have it more than others, and some have more effective means of stopping them than others, but they will always exist. Heck, some Korean MMOs …

Hashtags are a way to sort, categorize, and discover content on a social network like Instagram or Twitter. For example, I could categorize this post using hashtags like #hashtags, #Instagram, #social_media, #guides, and so forth. Then you could go to …

In August of 2016, Instagram announced a new feature coming to their platform, called stories. Stories are a way to post several pictures or video clips all at once, in a slideshow format, without spamming the feeds of your followers. …

Instagram began life as a mobile-only social network, and has only recently expanded to become accessible to desktop users. Even today, desktop users have a hard time posting to the site, having to jump through hoops or use specialized apps …

Like all social networks, Instagram has limitations on what you can and can’t do. Some of them are terms of service guidelines regulating your interactions with users and the types of content you can post. Some of them are technical …