Instagram is bringing scheduled posts and Reels feature for users
In addition to photographs and videos, Instagram is increasingly focusing on the content that users share and the messages they send. As further evidence of its significance, Instagram has announced that users will soon have access to the scheduled posts and Reels features. You could argue that the feature has always been available, but now Instagram wants to assist producers in scheduling their material for a period of up to 75 days in advance. Within the Instagram app, the new feature can be found in the section under “Advanced Settings.” It has been confirmed that Instagram users will be able to use this feature in the coming weeks.
In addition to this, the app has recently included a component called “Achievements,” which is geared toward the artists who use the app. The potential of this market has not been lost on Instagram, and with new initiatives such as these, the app hopes to provide more incentives for producers to continue using its platform. The app will let them know when they have unlocked a certain achievement, and the creators will also be able to keep track of all of the awards that they have received as a result of their activity on Instagram.
One of the new strategies that the platform is experimenting with to bring in more users is to prioritize videos over images. This is something that Adam Mosseri, the Chief Executive Officer of Instagram, has been talking about over the past several months. The 9:16 style for posts was tried out on Instagram, but it was met with negative feedback from users, so Mosseri and his colleagues opted to abandon the experiment.
Meta is making significant changes to its content restrictions, and these changes will also affect Instagram. Users of the application will receive enhanced protection against offensive communications, the ability to blacklist accounts that provide such content, and more upgrades. You also have a function called “hidden words,” which will automatically delete any unwelcome content from the comments that users receive when they respond to a post on the platform.