How to use Instagram to promote your photography in 2021
Aug 27, 2021
Lani Assaf
Instagram has nearly 500 million active users per day and pulls in engagement rates 23% higher than Facebook and 84 times higher than Twitter. With statistics like…
Instagram expands Search to look even more like TikTok
Aug 26, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Instagram has introduced quite a lot of changes lately. The latest one seems to be inspired by its biggest competitor, TikTok, and it’s not the…
Instagram to ditch swipe-up links and replace them with stickers
Aug 24, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Instagram’s swipe-up links in Stories are about to disappear. The app is ditching this format in favor of something new – link stickers. Some users…
Independent researchers cease Instagram study after Facebook threatens to sue
Aug 16, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A group of independent researchers at AlgorithmWatch recently had to shut down an Instagram research after a backlash from Facebook. The group had been studying…
Instagram removes Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers” movie poster due to a lactating nipple [NSFW]
Aug 12, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
One of many double standards oddities of Instagram is that it doesn’t allow nipples, but only if they’re female. Not even a famous movie director…
Instagram now limits DMs and comments from people who don’t follow you
Aug 12, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Instagram has just expanded its range of anti-bullying features. From now on, you can tell people who don’t follow you to buyy off without even…
Instagram fails to protect against a $60 ban-whomever-you-want scam
Aug 6, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
There’s a new, highly elaborate, and even well-paid scam going around on Instagram. Some users are reportedly taking advantage of Instagram’s anti-impersonation, suicide, and self-harm…
Instagram embeds for content are challenged by Photographer vs. broadcasting group case
Aug 6, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Renowned nature photographer Paul Nicklen has won a copyright lawsuit against the Sinclair Broadcast Group. He posted a video on his Instagram, which Sinclair embedded…
How easy it really is to fall into the “perfect life” trap on Instagram
Aug 3, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Instagram isn’t real life. I’ve been repeating this in my articles, to my friends, and myself pretty often. And yet, I recently realized that I’ve…
Kylie Jenner under fire for promoting her cosmetics line while “wearing” an Instagram filter
Aug 2, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Kylie Jenner and her makeup collection have got under fire a few times so far. The young “media personality” announced her latest collection yesterday, and…