Instagram’s founders are shutting down Artifact, their year-old news app The app was known for AI-powered features and Reddit-like posting abilities. Karissa Bell Sat, Jan 13, 2024 Artifact Artifact, the buzzy news app from Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, is shutting down less than a year after its launch. In a note … Continue reading Instagram’s founders are shutting down Artifact, their year-old news app
Meta brings Instagram’s broadcast channels to Facebook and Messenger The Telegram-like feature gives page administrators a one-way messaging tool. Mariella Moon Thu, Oct 19, 2023 Meta Back in February, Meta launched a Telegram-like feature for Instagram called “broadcast channels,” which introduced a one-way messaging feature to the app. It gave creators a way to … Continue reading Meta brings Instagram’s broadcast channels to Facebook and Messenger
By Michael Grothaus July 04, 2023 Twitter’s no good, very bad week just got worse. While Elon Musk was busy placing limits on the number of tweets users can now view each day, Instagram owner Meta was quietly preparing an imminent launch of its new Twitter competitor called Threads. Here’s what you need to … Continue reading What is Threads? Instagram’s Twitter alternative to launch July 6
Instagram will bring back a chronological feed in 2022 Adam Mosseri said the company has been working on ‘a version’ of the feature for months. K. Bell @karissabe December 8th, 2021 SOPA Images via Getty Images After more than five years, Instagram plans to bring back “a version” of its chronological feed next year, the … Continue reading Instagram’s chronological feed is back
Larry Kim — October 10, 2019 Follow @larrykim Back in 2017, Instagram released and then subsequently shut down a private messaging app called Direct. The app was aimed to rival Snapchat, much like Instagram’s “Stories” feature. The app shut down came after a couple months with few international downloads, and all messages sent on it … Continue reading What Instagram’s Separate Direct Messaging App Threads Means for Business
Kaleigh Moore — November 9, 2018 Follow @kaleighf — November 9, 2018 Instagram is one of the most business-friendly social media platforms in existence, featuring a web-savvy audience that’s interested in instant shopping. But for a long time, Instagram users had to plod through Instagram profiles, hashtags, and bio links to find products specifically curated … Continue reading Everything You Need To Know About Instagram’s Shopping Channel
Adina Jipa — July 13, 2018 Follow @socialinsiderio — July 13, 2018 Last month, Instagram launched the @mention sharing – an Instagram Story option which allows users to re-share posts they have been tagged in. This means that if someone has mentioned you in their story, you will be able to share that video or … Continue reading How To Use Instagram’s Mention Sharing Feature To Your Brand’s Advantage
Liza Rubinstein — July 6, 2018 — July 6, 2018 You’re sitting at your desk. It’s 10:30am, but it feels like 2:30pm. It’s Wednesday, but you could have sworn it was Friday. In fact, you could have sworn (July 05, 2018) was Friday, too. You take out your phone and tap Instagram for a mini … Continue reading How to Counter Punch Instagram’s ‘Mute’ function
Brandon Leibowitz — September 20, 2017 Follow @seooptimizers — September 20, 2017 Whenever you browse through a hashtag on Instagram, the very first thing you’ll see is a three by three grid of the ‘Top Posts’ for that hashtag. Because of their visibility, getting featured can provide a lot of exposure, possibly helping you to … Continue reading How to Get Into Instagram’s ‘Top Posts’ for a Hashtag
Bob Hutchins — May 26, 2017 Follow @Bobhutchins— May 26, 2017 Has your Instagram engagement taken a turn for the worse in the last couple of weeks – despite all other things remaining equal (post frequency, quality of posts, etc.)? If so, you could be affected by the new Instagram ‘Shadowban’ – a rather mysterious, … Continue reading Is Instagram’s New Shadowban Hurting Your Engagement?
