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fangirlincorporate · 2 months ago

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I have decided to post the second chapter of the untitled mess that is my recent hyper fixation. It’s back on and I now have 6 chapters ✌️ I may post to Ao3 (eventually) I do share works on there, but those are romances and this? I don’t know what this is, but I like it. I am piecing together random scenes as we speak. If you catch the html it’s habit at this point. I won’t be scrolling through to find them. I hope to do them justice while also entertaining myself 😂

I feel the need to add that my high school bestie 100% abandoned me for social hierarchy and I am in fact calling her out for it. How dare she leave me to my own devices like that. Rude. (I’m not bitter. I find it funny these days.)

It’s an Untitled Mess — Senku x Hikari Ch2

There was a large fire at camp casting eerie shadows along the ground. Unknowingly, I had held onto Senku’s shirt until I was forced to let go. I balled up my skirt, taking a seat, feeling uneasy out of nowhere. Typical, I thought bitterly. I’m over three thousand years old, technically, and I’m still afraid of the dark. It’s a wonder Senku even puts up with my nonsense. I don’t even want to put up with my nonsense.

He handed me a stick with roasted mushrooms with a tired flair. His eyes narrowed toward the dark, sending a shiver up my spine. Please, God, tell me he’s not watching something hunt us from the inky black. I started to eat after earning a sideways glance, surprised it didn’t taste horrible. He had made salt already. I made note that salt seemed to be a priority over a sanitation system, but once again didn’t comment on my observation out loud. There was a distant rumble. I looked upward despite knowing I wouldn’t be able to see.

“The storm is going to pass over. We shouldn’t get any rain.”

“Are you sure about that, Mr. Absolute Certainty?” I asked, feeling faint droplets hit my cheek. I brushed them off with a raised brow.

“Well, I never said I was a meteorologist. I’m not always accurate.”

“Nine billion percent of the time.”

“Oh? Was that a compliment I heard?”

“Don’t push it, Ishigami,” I muttered with an eye roll. “But I guess this means you win. I’ll be sleeping after all.”

The quiet that followed wasn’t uncomfortable, but I wasn’t a fan of it either. The sounds that came after the sun disappeared had a different energy compared to the peace of the day. I do not have a fear of the dark, I told myself, but shifted my body to be closer to Senku anyway.

“What are you doing?”

“Necne moriaris si benigna sis?” I scoffed. It wouldn’t kill him to just be nice. I’d sooner throw myself from a cliff than ask him outright.

“Again with the Latin. Am I supposed to just know what that dusty incantation is? And since when are you fluent? Latin isn’t in the playbook for vanity vultures.”

I cracked a smile. I’d be adding vanity vulture to my ever-growing vocabulary.

“I’m fluent in many languages, Senku. Consider me a polyglot. I’m no mere girl crowned in lip gloss.” I touched the bridge of my nose out of habit and clicked my tongue out of annoyance. Three years of contacts, and I was still adjusting the ghost of a frame on my face. “Once you understand the principle behind language, it’s all pattern recognition and variables.”

“That tells me absolutely nothing about the words that left your mouth.”

“Testing a theory,” I replied dryly, keeping my eyes forward. “Nothing of concern to you.”

Blue hour was coming to an end, and I shifted closer, half expecting Senku to double the distance. Mercy was on my side. I’d conquer the dark for sure. It was the least of my concerns in this Stone World.

“Oh? I’m intrigued.”

“How did you manage being alone?” I asked him, changing the subject. I’d petrify myself before telling him of my fears. Though I’m sure Senku was aware of my phobias. They existed long before my revival. I guess that’s what happens when you live next door to the child genius. Very spiderman-esque the way our windows were across from each other. Observant bastard.

“I stayed busy. There is a lot that needs to be done if I’m going to bring back humanity.”

“Think we can do that before we kick it?” I pulled another mushroom from the stick, uncaring that it burnt my fingers. I was starving and unaware until I took my first bite.

“Ten billion percent.”

When it started to rain a little harder, we packed everything away and climbed into the hut. I’d find our situation cool if not for the looming dread hovering like a cape. Senku was quick to lie down, turning his back to me, and I sighed through my nose, turning away from him, using my arm as a pillow. Senku had made pelts, but I suddenly very much missed my memory foam mattress. The storm blew in, growing heavier, louder, and, yup, like clockwork, the thunder shook the hut.

I tensed at the loud crack, and did my best to ignore how the wind threatened our shelter. I tossed and turned, bumping into Senku, who groaned in frustration. Curse my fears, curse this Stone World.

“Ignore it,” Senku grumbled, his body still turned away. “We need to rest.”

“Well, I can’t.” I sat up, rubbing my face. He opened one eye, looking at me.

“I’m sorry,” I offered, not feeling shame per se, but out of understanding. This would be annoying to me if the shoe were on the other foot. Though Senku remained indifferent to my plight. Something I thought I was used to, but clearly wasn’t, based on my body’s response.

“Apology not accepted. Go to sleep.” He shifted away from me, and the sight dug deeper than I wanted to admit. The lack of comfort about the situation overall. Not just now, but I had been revived for less than twenty-four hours. Thrust into a world surrounded by unseen threats, literally and figuratively.

“I forgot how insufferable you can be.” My voice held a bite to it.

“I forgot how dramatic you are. Our suffering is mutual.” He clipped back, same tone, same indifference, and I clenched my fists. More so out of embarrassment than anything else.

“You’re an ass.” I shot back at him with a glare.

“Scaredy cat.” He huffed. A childish jab, and I was quick to retort.

“Nerd.” I shoved his shoulder, growing irritated.

“You have the entire dictionary stored in your brain. You can even speak several languages at that, and that’s your best?” He turned toward me, unaffected by the argument I started, and it irritated me even more.

“You want better?” I huffed a laugh, “Alright, pedant, infohoarder, datawraith, neurotweak, mechanist, schemophile, autodidact, obfuscator, paralogist with a god complex. All descriptors.” I sat up, counting the words on my hand. I had plenty more at my disposal. “Shall I keep going, or do you need time to define them all?”

“Wow. I’m almost impressed. You strung together a list of insults like it was a scientific discovery. Datawraith? Infohoarder? Even added your own spin with those. Mechanist? I’ll take that. Machines are efficient. Emotions are inefficient. Case in point.” He pointed at me, and I bristled. There he goes again.

“As for being an autodidact, that's a compliment, and I’ll add it to my resume right next to ‘saved humanity.’ You can consider your literary war a loss because unless you have a fusion reactor hidden up your sleeve, we’re done here.”

“You know, for someone who taught himself everything, you’re bad at listening. I just woke up to a world that’s been turned into a graveyard, Senku! Everyone I knew is gone. My sister is missing. Civilization is rubble. And now I’m stuck in a hut with the human encyclopedia who thinks he’s too rational to act human! Well, I do, and I’m not going to apologize for any of it. You on the other hand are a goddamn machine.”

The sting of his words cut deeper than I wanted to admit. An intellectual battle with Senku always resulted in my cheeks burning from second-hand embarrassment. We argued a lot, constantly, actually. It’s a wonder we were ever really friends, but Byakuya wasn’t here to mediate this time. Usually, those moments resulted in Senku’s forced apology, and me standing smug behind Byakuya. Cats and dogs are what we are.

The storm had gotten worse, our little argument was enough of a distraction for me not to notice, but I was aware now. The sky sounded like it was splitting above, and I sucked in a breath bringing my legs closer to my chest as if that would change the situation.

“I am not a machine.” His voice was lower now. If I didn’t know better, I’d think I hurt his feelings. Not possible, I was sure of it, but my mind was too busy with checking every wall, every corner, hugging myself tighter.

“I don’t know what to do when someone’s scared.”

“I am not scared.” I glared in his direction, but my body language was giving me away.

“I reinforced the roof, calculated grounding paths for the hut, and kept this place away from the river. That’s what I can do. That’s what I did do.”

“If that’s your way of comforting me, consider your experiment a failure.” I lay back down intending to attempt to go to sleep, but this storm had other plans. The hut lit up with a white-blue hue, and I shrieked, fully believing the ground had been struck, sitting bolt upright once again. I half expected a fire to start. I heard Senku move, and tensed when he set his pelt over me.

“I’ll conduct a new one then. Science is all about trial and error.” Then awkwardly, stiffly, Senku sat beside me. Not just beside me. Pressed beside me. Shoulder to shoulder. He looked like he’d placed himself there for the sole purpose of shielding me from the weather. His spine was straight. His arms were stiff. His entire body radiating I do not know what I’m doing.

“A proximity-based comfort hypothesis,” he said dryly. I knew for a fact he was hating this.

I stared at him like he’d just short-circuited. This was…even more odd. Had his petrified body been knocked around a little too much?

“Are you…offering to cuddle?” I asked dumbly. The storm was forgotten once again, even as the rain and wind continued their assault.

“Don’t flatter yourself,” he muttered, clearly already regretting every choice that led him to this moment.

“Touch is supposed to reduce cortisol levels. Effective at easing stress. We need sleep, and you are going to keep me awake at this rate. I switched up the variables.”

What he did next left me speechless. Robotically, Senku draped his arm over my shoulders. Hovered is more like it, with the kind of awkward hesitation that would go along with handling a live wire staring straight ahead. Like eye contact would make him combust. I gawked at him, genuinely awestruck. Never in my life had Senku willingly offered physical comfort or a helping hand. Don’t you dare laugh, I told myself. Laugh, and he will leave you to your own devices.

I looked at him, really looked, and the absurdity of it cracked through my fear. Senku Ishigami, science messiah, cuddling someone like it was a lab test. I took a breath, settling into his side, knowing we couldn’t sleep upright like this. His entire body tensed at the contact, but he didn’t pull away. It was a miracle we were even sitting like this at all. So, I took the liberty of aiding this cuddle experiment when he didn’t have a follow-up.

“You’re bad at this,” I sighed, pulling him down with me as I attempted and failed to get comfortable.

“I know,” he replied, too honest for his own good. He didn’t shy away from me, and maybe I’ve taken a little too much liberty now that his arm had turned into a makeshift pillow, and my face was pressed into the crook of his neck. I might be able to sleep now, but I didn’t need to conduct an experiment to know he might not. Though I’m positive the moment I fall asleep, he’ll disappear on me.

“I didn’t mean what I said.” I kept my hands curled close to my chest, afraid to push too far. The last thing I needed right now was for him to shun me. This was enough, and I’d forever be grateful to him. For more than just this, but putting up with me when we were kids as well. Driven by fear, layers of emotions, and always overly dramatic. I envied Senku’s ability to remain calm. The fact I’d called him a machine swirled around in my mind. He did, in fact, act human. Sometimes even more than me.

He was human, he was kind, humble, and right now he was putting himself out of his comfort zone to make me feel better. Something I needed, and I felt like an ass.

“I’m sorry,” I murmured, voice smaller than I meant it to be. “For earlier. For the names. I didn’t mean most of them.”

“Only most?”

“The god complex one still stands,” I teased softly. “But I didn’t mean to start a fight. I don’t want to argue. This is a lot…for me, and you handle emotions better. Always have.” I murmured, but he heard me.

Senku was quiet for a long time. Going so far as to legitimately hold me, wrapping his arm around my shoulders. I was afraid to even breathe. It’s because it’s cold, surely. Then, almost inaudibly, he finally spoke up,

“For a first attempt, this experiment shows promising results. Your pulse is steadying, breathing even, and success is imminent, ten billion percent.”

“You’re insufferable,” I mumbled, and he laughed, the feeling reverberating in his chest, and that is when my face started to heat.

“And you’re a drama queen. We’re safe. About ninety-three point two percent.”

“Not helping.”

The storm raged outside, but it was nothing compared to the storm inside my head. I was pressed against Senku’s chest, his arm around me like it was nothing. The warmth of him seeped into my skin, the rhythmic beat of his heart almost hypnotic against my ear. I let out a breath as I shifted, realizing with a jolt how close we were. I’d hugged him in the past, usually earning a strong arm in response, but now?

Okay. No. This wasn’t normal.

Senku didn’t do physical contact. Not like this. The last time I checked, he didn’t even seem to tolerate shaking hands, much less being this…close. I’m not sure that I like it, but I don’t hate it either.

“Senku?” I whispered, not sure what kind of question I was asking. “Is this…is this actually okay with you? You don’t…” I trailed off, unsure how to word it. I wasn’t sure if I was asking because I was uncomfortable or because I was too comfortable.

“Don’t what?” He didn’t sound surprised, but mildly distracted, as if my voice barely registered in his brain. There was something about the way his voice softened when he said it that made me feel a little less foolish.

“You don’t… usually do physical contact,” I said cautiously, trying to play it cool. “I assumed you’d… I don’t know, be weirded out by this. Just… Are you?”

There was a beat of silence.

“You’re overthinking it and making it weird.” His tone wasn’t harsh, but it was a little teasing, which only made me more unsure of myself.

“I, well, you…” I trailed off again, flustered, but he interrupted.

“I don't care for unnecessary contact. But I’m sure as hell not suffering through the night watching you cower in the corner.”

“I was not—” I started to shoot off, but he cut me off.

“Just sleep,” he said simply. “You’re making it more complicated than it needs to be.”

The words were blunt, but there was a certain gentleness in them that made it harder to push back. The storm raged on, but inside, we were quiet and warm.

I thought about arguing, about finding some clever retort wanting the last word, but the weight of his arm around me, the steady rhythm of his breathing, had me forgetting all of that. So, instead of trying to make sense of the situation, I let myself fall asleep, the storm outside quieter than it had been all night.

“Thank you,” I said, and if I took advantage of the situation, cuddling closer, well, who could blame me? And the last thing I heard before drifting off was Senku’s steady voice, low in the dark.

“It's fine. Damn scaredy-cat.”

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btcinfonews · 2 months ago

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growinstablog · 5 years ago

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Real or Fake: 5 Instagram Rumors Explained

When it comes to the Instagram algorithm, everyone seems to have a theory about how it works.

Lately, there’s been a steady increase in Instagram rumors spreading around the platform, with brands and influencers posting both warnings and pleas for engagement.

So how are you supposed to know which Instagram rumors are true, and which ones are fake?

We’re breaking down 5 of the most popular Instagram rumors, backed by real data and evidence:

Instagram Rumor #1: Is the Instagram Algorithm Hiding Your Posts?

There have been plenty of rumors around the new Instagram algorithm and how it works, but you may have recently spotted posts from brands, business and influencers like this in your feed:

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ESTWD CREW || Nothing can keep us apart [well, apart from a little Insta algorithm] Truth is, we love celebrating this journey with all of you + want to ensure you’re coming along for the ride ✌️ Let’s stay connected EASTWOOD 🖤

Usually presented as a text graphic, and sometimes with two or three images in a carousel post, it states that the Instagram algorithm has limited their posts to only 7% of their followers.

The graphics usually then go on to explain that if you want to continue seeing posts from the brand in your feed, you need to like the post and comment “yes” on it.

So, does the Instagram algorithm really limit your posts to only 7%? Are 93% of your followers missing out on your posts?

Plain and simple, this Instagram rumor is NOT true!

In fact, these posts became such a viral epidemic that it forced Instagram to release a statement on the issue.

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SHOW US YOUR LUV. Read it,LIKE & COMMENT “YES”

In a series of tweets, Instagram explained that “what shows up first in your feed is determined by what posts and accounts you engage with the most, as well as other contributing factors such as the timeliness of posts, how often you use Instagram, how many people you follow, etc.”

What shows up first in your feed is determined by what posts and accounts you engage with the most, as well as other contributing factors such as the timeliness of posts, how often you use Instagram, how many people you follow, etc.

And just in case you were still concerned, they reassured users that “We [Instagram] have not made any recent changes to feed ranking, and we never hide posts from people you’re following – if you keep scrolling, you will see them all. Again, your feed is personalized to you and evolves over time based on how you use Instagram.”

So no, Instagram is not limiting the reach of your posts to only 7%.

You can understand brands’ and businesses’ concern if they’re seeing a sharp decline in their engagement. But the reason so many businesses are struggling with organic reach declining is likely to be tied to stronger competition on the app, and not some black-hat tricks from Instagram.

Just a few years ago, there were fewer businesses on Instagram (business profiles on Instagram were launched in 2016!), which meant that people were following fewer brands and accounts in general.

But as Instagram continues to grow to over 1 *billion* users, it’s becoming harder to get your content seen by more people. It’s a louder, more competitive space than ever before.

Now, brands invest a lot of time and money into in their Instagram marketing, so not only is the quality of content continuously rising, but there is simply more options for consumers to choose from when it comes to deciding who they want to follow and why.

As Instagram users continue to follow more accounts in general, they have less time to devote to seeing every single Instagram post from every account they follow, which results in fewer people seeing and liking your posts. Hence, organic reach declining.

But don’t be disheartened! There are still tons of brand new businesses breaking out on Instagram each day and gaining a loyal and engaged following.

Instead of posting thirsty messages to Instagram referencing the algorithm, keep the conversation about your brand message, products, or services.

And remember: just because a lot of people are doing it, doesn’t make it right (or effective!).

Instagram Rumor #2: Do Instagram Comments Have to be More Than 3 Words?

Another Instagram rumor that has been running rampant is about the length of Instagram comments, and how they affect your position in a follower’s feed.

According to the Instagram rumors, the algorithm only recognizes comments that are in words, (and not emojis) and the comments need to be longer than 3 or 4 words to “count” towards improving your engagement.

This is not true!

Simply put, there is no evidence that words are weighted heavier than emojis in the Instagram algorithm. Similarly, Instagram has never mentioned, nor given us reason to question, that your comments must be a minimum number of words.

If I had to guess where this Instagram rumor came from, I think it was started back in the days when Instagram comment pods were popular.

Pod members started to become paranoid that consistently leaving a single heart eyes emoji on someone’s post would be considered “spam” behavior, so they started asking each other to write longer comments, to make it appear more genuine and authentic.

This Instagram rumor was super popular in 2016, but due to the latest “7% meme” going viral, has recently resurfaced in a quest to beat the algorithm. But it simply isn’t true.

Genuine comments on your posts are valuable, and you should try to find ways to better engage with your community. Here are a couple tips to help you get more comments on your posts (emojis or otherwise!) :

#1: Ask Your Followers a Question

This may seem obvious, but an easy way to get more Instagram comments is to just…ask! Your question can be as simple as asking where your followers are from:

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Hiii 👋🏼 what city are you from? I’m in Los Angeles ☀️

Or you can ask a more in-depth question, like what their favorite piece in your new collection is, or what they think about your recent blog post.

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Should we make TechSweat Zooms for pups? 🐾👟 #🧢 @faithevebee

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Some Tuesdays require tacos. Some require a bubble bath and a tiny chocolate cake baked in a loaf pan 🤷🏻‍♀️ #tinycaketuesday (can that be a thing?)

#2: Write Longer Captions:

This was one of our top tips for getting more Instagram engagement in 2019, and it works for inspiring your followers to leave more comments too!

When you take the time to engage your followers with your copy, it’s easy for them to get invested in what you’re trying to say, provoking an emotional response back!

For example, I’ve started writing longer captions on my Instagram because I want to really connect with my followers. So instead of just trying to think of a witty Drake lyric to use as a caption, I take a few more minutes to get real and think about what I really want to say.

Instead of dreading caption writing, use it as an opportunity to think about what you want to use your voice and platform for.

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real life scenes from a sunday morning: meal planning 🥑 (#whole30 tomorrow!) and playoffs 🏈 (#gochargers!). ⠀ ⠀ was chatting with @thedavecoast about how we are *over* making every Instagram post picture perfect.⠀ ⠀ I recently had this moment of clarity where I actually started laughing at myself for how seriously I took my feed. ⠀ ⠀ awhile ago I probably wouldn’t have posted this photo – coffee table is cluttered, cat toys on the floor, and we still haven’t put our tree away lol 🙈 ⠀ ⠀ but this is real life and I’m pretty happy in this moment right now so wanted to share it 🤗 here’s to more spontaneity and real life posts in 2019! anyone else feel me? 🙋🏻‍♀️

As a business on Instagram, you should value any and all Instagram comments you get from your community, whether they’re an emoji or a heartfelt essay about why they love your products!

Struggling to get pen to paper, or thumbs to keyboard? With Later, you can draft, save, edit and schedule your Instagram posts in advance. So you can spend time making the perfect caption for your post, right from your desktop!

Instagram Rumor #3: Will Liking and Commenting on Someone’s Posts Show Me More Content From Them?

Remember when the Instagram algorithm was introduced, and every influencer was asking you to turn on post notifications so you wouldn’t miss their posts?

Well, the 2019 version of this is influencers asking their followers to go on “like sprees” in order to see more of their posts.

So will liking a bunch of posts from one account lead to you seeing more of their content in your feed?

Yes — this one is true!

Who you engage with (by liking and commenting) contributes to what posts appear higher up in your Instagram feed.

The Instagram algorithm uses your relationships and how you interact with accounts to determine what content to show you first. So if you’re liking a lot of content from one account, or regularly returning to like one profile’s posts, Instagram will recognize you have an interest in this account and will place their content higher on your feed next time they post something new.

Getting into the science, according to Instagram, “Instagram relies on machine learning based on your past behavior to create a unique feed for everyone. Even if you follow the exact same accounts as someone else, you’ll get a personalized feed based on how you interact with those accounts.”

Simply put, if you want to see more content from a specific account in your feed, make sure you’re regularly engaging with them!

For example, I like, comment, and watch a ton of @Airbnb’s posts and stories, which signals to Instagram that I really want to see Airbnb’s posts in my feed. Instagram will then place Airbnb’s content higher up in my feed, so I don’t have to scroll forever to see their recent posts.

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Superhost Susana’s eco-friendly home is tucked away next to a lagoon in the remote Cook Islands. If you’re feeling active, take your pick between a trip to Muri Beach, surfing, scuba diving, cycling or borrowing her vaka (canoe) to explore the other surrounding islands. Or you can stay back and play at the pool, hang out with Cuttie the dog and cook a fresh meal with ingredients from Susana’s organic garden. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Photo: @uberding

Which means that yes, if you did go on a liking spree on someone’s account, you probably will see more of their content in your feed temporarily.

But a few likes does not equal “relationship status” on Instagram, so in order for this to actually work, you’ll need to be engaging with their content consistently once it is in your feed, too.

You can learn more about exactly how the Instagram algorithm works here.

Instagram Rumor #4: Does Swiping Past Instagram Stories Negatively Impact Them in the Algorithm?

Another Instagram post that has gone semi-viral warns that you should watch entire Instagram Stories, or risk not seeing that profile’s stories in your feed when they next post.

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Comment what platform I should do next!! A lot of the time when we feel like nobody is interacting with us, we forget we’re fighting a piece of very complex code that has to accommodate millions of users every second. It’s easy to get bogged down thinking the numbers reflect how people feel. Liking something just doesn’t have the same weight anymore, and as consumers of almost entirely free online content, we need to make more of an effort to support the creators who’s work we love to interact with. On the data side of things (even though it might seem like it won’t make a difference) there ARE things we can do that take little effort on our part that will help our favourite artists. On instagram, engagement is a really high priority, so instead of scrolling and liking, here are some things you can do to boost your favourite creators analytics. 1 – Write actual comments. Instead of just emojis, use words (and a couple of them!) this helps to boost a singular post on the scrolling feed – We’re competing against a non-chronological layout now so interaction is key! 2 – When you’re watching someones IG story, choose to tap through instead of swiping Next, otherwise they get pushed back further in your timeline in the future. By tapping through each post, you’re letting the algorithm know you’re interested in that content. 3 – Go on a like spree! If you haven’t seen your fave artists posts recently, the algorithm might be holding them back or pushing them further down your feed. If you want to put out a quick “give me more of this” signal, go and like a bunch of their posts. Not only will it help bring their posts further up your feed, you’ll also remind that artist that you – the audience – is there to support them. This illustration has been made shareable as well so feel free to screenshot it on my IG story. #illustration #onlinecreators #supportartists Image Description: Yellow background with an illustrated inforgraphic about how to better support artists online by utilising the ways the algorithms of each platform work. This version is the instagram edition.

The Instagram post warns: “When you’re watching someone’s Instagram story, choose to tap through instead of swiping Next, otherwise they get pushed back further in your timeline in the future. By tapping through each post, you’re letting the algorithm know you’re interested in that content.”

Here’s the thing: no one really knows how the Instagram Stories algorithm works.

We do know how Instagram ranks who views your story (spoiler alert: if your Instagram crush is near the top, it’s probably because you’re stalking them, and not the other way around), but Instagram has never publicly spoken on the record about the stories algorithm.

According to the Evening Standard, who attended an in-person Instagram event in London, Instagram did shed a little light about how the Instagram Stories algorithm works (that being said, this information has not been confirmed by Instagram).

“Stories has a different algorithm from the rest of your Instagram feed but it works in a similar way. It looks for the same signals, such as interest, relationship, and timeliness. It will also look at particular behaviors such as if you actively tap to watch a particular story instead of watching a feed of different stories. As well, it takes into account how many segments are watched in a story.”

So, it does sound like this Instagram rumor could be true.

But if you don’t have time to watch the entirety of someone’s Instagram story – it’s okay!

Honestly, I have never found that swiping next on a story results in that profile’s future’s stories being “pushed back further in your timeline.”

In reality, often I find that if I swipe next on a profile’s Instagram story that I usually watch through to the end, it will be served again to me at the front of my feed! Again, this goes back to the example where, based on consistently liking, commenting, and watching, Instagram knows that I really, really like to see Airbnb’s content in both of my feeds.

If you want to learn more about growing your business with stories, sign up for our free Instagram Stories for Business course!

Instagram Rumor #5: Does Switching to an Instagram Business Profile Negatively Affect Your Account in the Algorithm?

Let’s jump right in with this one – the answer is NO!

Instagram was asked this question directly, and said that “Instagram does not give extra feed presence to personal accounts or business accounts, so switching won’t help your reach.”

This Instagram rumor is one of my biggest pet peeves because there are so many benefits to switching to an Instagram business profile! Even if it *did* negatively affect performance (which it doesn’t), I still think the benefits of an Instagram business profile outweigh any negatives.

Plus, think about it: you need to have an Instagram business profile in order to run ads on Instagram. Instagram is an advertising platform – why would Instagram want to jeopardize potential customer growth by having their business profiles’ posts perform worse?

Here are 2 major benefits of switching to an Instagram business profile:

#1: Access to Instagram Analytics:

Instagram’s in-app analytics, Instagram Insights, is only available to business profiles. As a brand, if you don’t understand who your audience is and what content they respond to, it’s going to be very hard to grow your business on Instagram!

#2: Scheduling Instagram Posts:

You can schedule photos and videos to automatically be published to Instagram — but only if you have an Instagram business profile!

And only if you’re using an Instagram scheduler that is part of the Instagram Partner Program, like Later. If you don’t have an Instagram business profile, you can still schedule Instagram posts, but you’ll need to get a reminder with push notifications instead of having your posts automatically publish for you.

So if you want to save time and have your post automatically publish, you can schedule Instagram posts for free with Later, the #1 Instagram marketing platform used by over 2 million businesses.

How to Use the Instagram Algorithm to Your Advantage

It’s easy to understand why everyone wants to beat the Instagram algorithm, but at what cost?

Instead of stressing about your algorithm performance or trying any little hack that comes along, spend your time doing the things that have been proven to grow your Instagram account: creating high-quality content, posting regularly to Instagram Stories, and building a real, thriving community on Instagram.

Yes, it’s an algorithm, but it’s a super-smart algorithm. So instead of trying to hack it, try to work with it to improve your account’s performance.

If you are putting in the effort and creating content that people want to engage with, the algorithm will understand that and you’ll be rewarded. Maybe not rewarded like you were a few years ago, but people will still see your posts!

For brands and businesses, the intricate workings of the Instagram algorithm is still a mystery, and we may never really know how it works. Yes, there are things you can do like finding your best time to post that statistically help get more people to see your content, but as long as you’re always delivering quality content that represents your brand and resonates with your target audience, you can’t go too far wrong!

Overall we recommend focusing more on building a brand, creating content, and making real connections on Instagram instead of trying to hack the algorithm any chance you get.

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Real or Fake: 5 Instagram Rumors Explained

When it comes to the Instagram algorithm, everyone seems to have a theory about how it works.

Lately, there’s been a steady increase in Instagram rumors spreading around the platform, with brands and influencers posting both warnings and pleas for engagement.

So how are you supposed to know which Instagram rumors are true, and which ones are fake?

We’re breaking down 5 of the most popular Instagram rumors, backed by real data and evidence:

Instagram Rumor #1: Is the Instagram Algorithm Hiding Your Posts?

There have been plenty of rumors around the new Instagram algorithm and how it works, but you may have recently spotted posts from brands, business and influencers like this in your feed:

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A post shared by Eastwood Cycle Sanctuary (@eastwood.x) on Jan 18, 2019 at 8:22am PST

Usually presented as a text graphic, and sometimes with two or three images in a carousel post, it states that the Instagram algorithm has limited their posts to only 7% of their followers.

The graphics usually then go on to explain that if you want to continue seeing posts from the brand in your feed, you need to like the post and comment “yes” on it.

So, does the Instagram algorithm really limit your posts to only 7%? Are 93% of your followers missing out on your posts?

Plain and simple, this Instagram rumor is NOT true!

In fact, these posts became such a viral epidemic that it forced Instagram to release a statement on the issue.

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SHOW US YOUR LUV. Read it,LIKE & COMMENT “YES”

A post shared by LUV N ROLL (@luvnroll) on Jan 10, 2019 at 10:22am PST

— Instagram (@instagram) January 22, 2019