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Re: Instagram grows to 1M active advertisers

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Post by taytus »

GrinningFool wrote: post #29
taytus wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We provide a full "end to end" posting service requiring no intervention from you after you have scheduled your posts (no push notifications to your phone and you having to open the Instagram app to post it for example. We don't use IG's API.

> We don't use IG's API. This suggests that you're either using people, have found an effective automated method, or have reached agreement with IG. If the first: how well will that scale with growth? If the second: what happens when the block this current method, or otherwise block your ability to do this because it violates some obscure ToS clause? If the third: congratulations and best of luck!

All I can say is that this is indeed an automated method. All that IG receives is a https call from an Android phone. We can't go on details because this is our secret sauce (but we are opening our API so other developers can do the same).

Re: Instagram grows to 1M active advertisers

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Post by Svenskunganka »

ZiggyCrane wrote: post #12
speg wrote: post #3

Instagram has become my favourite platform. Every time I log into Facebook all I see is a wall of poor quality shared posts ranging from random truck videos to fake news. The relative quiet on Instagram, knowing I'm going to be getting only photos is serene.

All I see on Instagram is "Double tap to ..." posts.

That's a problem with those you follow, not the service.

Re: Instagram grows to 1M active advertisers

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Post by FreakyT »

doughj3 wrote: post #19
aphextron wrote: post #4

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Same. I use Facebook for nothing but messaging now, and have every other feature blocked with my adblocker.

You can use messenger directly at https://www.messenger.com/

My favorite thing Facebook has rolled out in years. So convenient to just point my browser there instead of having a massive pile of distractions waiting every time I want to answer a message.

Re: Instagram grows to 1M active advertisers

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Post by georgiecasey »

taytus wrote: post #31
GrinningFool wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> We don't use IG's API. This suggests that you're either using people, have found an effective automated method, or have reached agreement with IG. If the first: how well will that scale with growth? If the second: what happens when the block this current method, or otherwise block your ability to do this because it violates some obscure ToS clause? If the third: congratulations and best of luck!

All I can say is that this is indeed an automated method. All that IG receives is a https call from an Android phone. We can't go on details because this is our secret sauce (but we are opening our API so other developers can do the same).

is this the secret sauce? https://github.com/mgp25/Instagram-API

the work the Spanish developer puts into this 3rd party API is crazy and all the issues are from Indian spammers demanding he fixes it!

Re: Instagram grows to 1M active advertisers

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Post by georgiecasey »

michaelbuckbee wrote: post #18
siquick wrote: post #15

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There is a clear option to define the placement of the ad, and turning off Instagram is the first option you see.

There is a real power in the default options though - and when the FB ads first started allowing IG as a placement it wasn't the case.

i agree, loads of casual FB advertisers surely just leave on Instagram

the power of the Adwords and FB Ads customer base is sometimes overlooked I find. if Instagram stayed independent and had to build their own ad-customer base, would they have been as successful?

Re: Instagram grows to 1M active advertisers

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Post by thex10 »

vit05 wrote: post #27
doughj3 wrote: post #19

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You can use messenger directly at https://www.messenger.com/

Is there a tinfoil to just use Messenger?

I'm not sure what you mean, but it's now possible to deactivate your FB account and continue to use Messenger.

Re: Instagram grows to 1M active advertisers

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Post by arvidj »

prdonahue wrote: post #25

Has anyone noticed a huge influx of ads when using Instagram? Admittedly I'm an infrequent user but as I use Facebook less I find that time being spent on IG. One technique that has worked for me to reduce the number of ads I see is to report every single one as "I find this offensive". Do that enough times and you won't see an ad for a long time.

I wonder if they have some system in place to notice and counter-act this.

Re: Instagram grows to 1M active advertisers

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Post by andrewpbrett »

Has anyone else had the experience of seeing almost zero ads on Instagram since they introduced them? I can count the number I've seen on one hand. I marked the first couple, right after they launched them, as not relevant (they weren't) and since then I think I've seen two, one in the feed and one in their Stories feature.

Re: Instagram grows to 1M active advertisers

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Post by CaveTech »

taytus wrote: post #13
aaronpk wrote: post #10

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Their terms of service also prohibit apps from using "gram" in the name.

This is correct for applications using IG's API. This is not the case for statimgram.

Using private API's while also infringing on their terms, basically guaranteeing that your service will be blocked the minute it has any type of traction.

Re: Instagram grows to 1M active advertisers

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Post by bobwaycott »

daenney wrote: post #14

There's actually an interesting comment on the article itself: > Kind of misleading...when you start advertising on Facebook it automatically opts you in to advertising on Instagram. I don't know if this is true or not but that could certainly explain how their advertiser numbers ballooned like that.

It is true. Every ad, promotion, or boosted post defaults to placement in news feeds on FB desktop and mobile, and Instagram.
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