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Whilst Instagram is one of the social media platforms I prefer it does have some annoying features that are absent. The easiest that should be added is an indication next to a persons name as to whether they are one of your followers are not. Such a simple fix and could save a lot of time going through feeds. Another huge change that’s long overdue is the resolution and full screen viewing of photos. Come on already. The app is about sharing photos and we are still stuck with crappy cropped, low resolution photos that you can’t see in full screen. Stop trying to make Instagram what it isn’t with paying more attention to reels and get with what people want it for. Or sit back and watch other apps take over your space.

I add on to my review the number of restrictions Instagram automatically applies to peoples accounts. If you like and follow to many peoples pages (the entire point of Instagram) you get restrictions. If you try to manage your own account and unfollow or block to many people you get restricted. So whilst they make money from your creative content they restrict how you even manage it.

Hi, I have non epileptic seizures (seizures that mimic epileptic seizures without sending electrical currents through the brain and instead is caused by something functional in the brain). Triggers for these seizures can include ✨strobe lights✨. Lately I have been coming across more and more videos that include strobe lights without the use of flash warnings and I usually comment to politely ask to add a warning however in some cases comments will be disabled or the creator with refuse to put a warning. I know that this isn’t Instagrams fault but I have some ideas to help reduce the risk of seizures from videos containing strobe.

I feel as if Instagram should add a feature to report videos containing flash to hide the video from photosensitive viewers much like the warnings used for graphic material. This can help protect ourselves from future seizures and flair ups. I know that some people think this might be a dumb request “there aren’t warnings in the real world” “toughen up and get over it” but the thing is that this IS the real world, we can’t get over it because that’s just our life. For some people no flash warnings can be a matter between life or death. You’re playing with peoples lives here. People with seizures have gone through so much trauma, experiencing seizures are terrifying no matter how many you may get.

Please consider this feature, I’ve had enough of this, and I am so tired. This is so important to us

My biggest issue with Instagram lately is their application of community guidelines. They seem very inconsistent and biased- strictly following the guidelines with some content but not other similar content, especially when it comes to “political” content... this can greatly affect what content you are allowed to see, comment on, post and share. The “fact check” feature also seems to be bias on particular things.

Reporting content and comments that are not appropriate, especially things regarding bullying and discrimination, or fake/scam accounts pretending to be other people, seems to do very little most of the time, and nothing is usually done about the post/comment you report- only suggesting you block the person you have reported, which doesn’t always fix the issue. The process for reporting things like people stealing your content (copyright infringement) and/or invading your privacy, while generally more effective and successful than the conventional way of reporting things, is also much more difficult- it’s hard to find where and how to send reports directly this way, and is more time consuming.

The live streams always seem to be glitchy and troublesome, both for the host of the lives and the viewers. Editing reels and stories can also be a pain, with additional features not always loading, things being out of time after uploading, sound playing but the video being frozen, or the app crashing all together and randomly shutting down.