In a rare move, Instagram opened its vault and shared its algorithm secrets with a group of reporters. Unlike Geraldo Rivera’s secret vault, this announcement provided some much-needed information. Techcruch first broke the news. Here's what I feel are the big takeaways. Instagram said that people were missing 70% of posts and 50% of their friends' posts before they changed from the reverse … [Read more...]

Big news on the ‘gram last week. They rolled out some new features such as Live Requests as well as some “secret” tests that may indicate some newer features that might be rolling out soon. Let’s dive right into the new features that rolled out on Instagram. Request to Join a Friends Video When you're watching a friend's live video now on Instagram, you can tap the “Request” button in the … [Read more...]