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14,000 people fooled by fake SAS Instagram account
The Instagram account SAS Scandinavian, @scandinavianairlines, promised two tickets to New York including 5 stars (sic) hotel to the first 20,000 people that followed the account. The account quickly...
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Abercrombie & Fitch and Espresso House also hijacked on Instagram
Yesterday I blogged about how SAS, Emirates and SF got their brands hijacked on Instagram. Today I found two new examples of fake accounts that promise to give away gift cards in exchange for email...
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Teenage girls sentenced in Swedish Instagram defamation case
Two girls, aged 15 and 16, were today sentenced in Gothenburg, Sweden, for defamation of 38 teenagers on Instagram. The two were responsible for posting photographs of mostly girls on Instagram,...
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Instagram removes time stamps and here’s what I don’t like about it
Instagram has added a new follow button on images that you find when you search on a specific hashtag or location. This change has the potential to increase the number of accounts users follow because...
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Time stamps are back on Instagram photos
Last week I blogged about a new follow button on Instagram photos which unfortunately meant that time stamps were removed from images under a specific hashtag or location. Well, they weren’t missing...
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Instagram adds suggested accounts in drop down menu
Load More...Follow on Instagram I’ve blogged about recent changes to Instagram and today I discovered another new addition to the popular app. Instagram is obviously adding improvements that will...
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Instagram is wasting precious screen space with new look
Instagram continues to bring out new updates to its app every week now and the change I blogged about a few days ago has already been removed again. I love Instagram and I check the app several times...
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How to install the drop down menu for suggested accounts on Instagram
Load More...Follow on Instagram A while back, Instagram introduced a new feature where you would see an arrow and a drop down menu next to the follow button on some Instagram accounts. The menu shows...
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The most commented post on Instagram ever has 400,000 comments and tagged 3...
Earlier this year, Kim Kardashian posted a photo from her wedding with Kanye West. It became the most liked photo on Instagram ever with more than 2.4 million likes to date. However, it is not the...
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None of the 20 largest cities in the US control their names on Instagram
In the early 90’s it became possible to trademark buildings in the US so that the use of for example images of the Chrysler Building in New York would be protected. The owners of trademarked building...
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One in ten posts on my social networks are ads
Over the last few years most major social networks have introduced some form of advertsing as a revenue source. Even Instagram has now started to insert sponsored posts in the feeds for Swedish users....
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Top 10 Swedish Instagram accounts
My favourite photo app Instagram continues to grow and reached 400 million active users per month last fall. Many Swedish brands, celebrities and skilled photographers have been able to build huge...
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Popular hashtags temporarily suspended on Instagram
One of the most common advices on how to get more likes and followers on Instagram is to use popular hashtags on your photos. By doing that, your photos and videos can be discovered by other people...
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Autofill is not working on Instagram hashtags
The latest update to Instagram apparently has caused a vital feature to stop working. Normally when you post a photo or a video and then want to add some hashtags, Instagram would auto-complete the...
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My most popular Instagram photo, a gift from a spammer
Eye in the sky Ett inlägg delat av Hans Kullin (@kullin) Mar 5, 2017 kl. 12:48 PST Suddenly one day you think you might have cracked the code, that you will finally become an influencer on Instagram....
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Hashtags on Instagram not working causes uproar among users
Many users are currently reporting problems with hashtags on Instagram. When some users upload photos that are tagged, their photos do not show up under the hashtags they used. I have read about this...
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Many Instagram accounts deleted after recent hack
The other day it was revealed that Instagram had been hacked and contact information to millions of accounts had been leaked online. At the same time we started seeing reports of people having to...
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Petition! Instagram Users Are Banned From Using Hashtags
The concept of a shadow ban on Instagram is a much debated topic, and a controversial one. There is no real evidence that it exists and Instagram has never verified that there is such a thing. The...
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The effect of the Instagram shadow ban
I recently blogged about the shadow ban that hit many Instagram users, especially after the hack that forced many users to verify their accounts with a code. My account @kullin was hit by the ban,...
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How to use micro influencers to drive engagement
Brands have been using social media influencers in marketing campaigns for a long time. As the practice has grown over the years, many individuals have become celebrities with millions of followers and...
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