Feel free to add your own hacks. Remember to title and sign your initials :)

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POST FROM THE BROWSER

  1. Log into Instagram from the web
  2. Open up web inspector on Chrome (or whatever browser you’re using) and enable the device mode. Choose iPhone X for the latest features.
  3. Refresh the page
  4. Post a photo. Some limitations apply—like no slideshow, no tagging, etc.
  5. You can delete the post if you choose iPhone X.

— LS

UNLOCKED CHARACTER

  1. Make a post
  2. Archive it before anyone sees it
  3. “Release” the post months after by sharing it in story as “new post”
  4. Enjoy

— WK

FACE TIME

“the Dianne Keaton Method”

not fully tested WIP beta version

Materials: “Photoshop Mix” app

  1. Take a photo of someone’s face
  2. Bring the opacity down to 15-25% to be overlaid with a post you want to get a lot of likes
  3. The IG algorithm will recognize the face and boost your likes, pushing you to the top :)

— WK & BA

STORIES TO MAIN

Good way to put text on image and use a filter

  1. Create a new story
  2. Archive it and delete the post without publishing
  3. Post that image that’s on your camera roll to the main feed

— BA

OPEN BRACKET POST

Good way to post for someone else, use their voice. Only do with permission of course :)

  1. In the caption, somehow show it’s the other person’s voice speaking
  2. Format up for grabs! But could be <@username> (comment) </@username>

— BA

GRAM IN BIO[a]

  1. Create a Google Doc
  2. Make “posts” — image + caption + date
  3. Organization is up to you… reverse chronological, chronological, no order?
  4. When you feel you have a rhythm, add the link to the Google Doc in your bio

— LS

YOU IN GRIDS

  1. Archive all of your posts.
  2. Take a screenshot
  3. Create new profile by un-archiving certain posts (all posts of foliage, all posts that have limbs in it, all posts that have long captions, posts that make you seem cool, posts that make you nostalgic etc)
  4. Take a screenshot
  5. Repeat step 1-4 until you are done discovering all the versions of you in grids
  6. Optional: share screenshots in your story and encourage people to check out this version of you before you unveil next version

— MH

PLAY THEIR GAME

  1. Using photo editing software, make your personal posts look like ads
  2. You could do this by adding the bottom colored bar that says “Show Now” etc. Or do it in whatever way makes sense at the time… ads are always changing! Note: You might need Photoshop Mix or some other photo editing app for this.
  3. Aim to flood the feed with ads

    In the future, it would be cool to create a "Call To Action" filter cam where you could generate your own "Learn More" etc. banners on top of your own pictures.

— BA

POST DRUNK

The title says it all 

— Y & K

POST AFTER DRINKING A LOT OF WATER

Hydration is a superpower

Good pairing: Personal Meme (“Im drinking water”)

— LS

MIRROR ACCOUNT

  1. Set up a new social media account that is a mirror or reflection of your normal account.
  2. Post in a “mirror” style. Mirrors reflect but also flip images. What would your account look like if you reflected it, either literally and/or metaphorically?

— LS (via EC)

0 LIKES

Try to get 0 likes on a post.

Only rule: The photo and/or caption cannot reference or allude to this hack.

— LS (via ND)

FREE PASSWORD

  1. Give away your password to your account
  2. Play with your password distribution method
  3. Play with your account’s posting rules
  4. Enjoy
  5. If something goes wrong, just reset the password and/or delete posts

— LS (via LYNN)

ACCOUNT AS ALBUM

  1. Start a new account
  2. Use it like a photo album. That is, it can be about a specific time, trip, or subject matter. Accounts are usually tied to an individual, but try expanding your idea of what an account can be.
  3. Remember that Instagram actually makes it pretty easy to switch accounts. Hold the bottom right account icon to switch between accounts, once you’re logged in (up to 6 accounts lol)
  4. If you’re on a shared journey / trip, give the login to your travel companions so they can post too… group album!

— LS (via KS)

CONTROLLED BURNING

  1. Every once in a while, use the Instagram’s built-in backup feature to download all your raw data (images, videos, captions, etc.). Then delete or archive all your posts from Instagram. You might even delete your Instagram account.
  2. Start a new account and/or start posting anew.
  3. Do this every once in a while. Like a forest, it’s healthy to start over sometimes so a real fire doesn’t break out.
  4. Optional: Present your archives somewhere on the web. Only give the archive link to special people, or charge a fee to access.

— LS

MY CONTACTS

  1. Mute everyone
  1. Now stories end after each person instead of just going onto the next
  2. Now your feed will only be advertisements
  1. If you want to keep up with people, choose profiles to visit…
  1. People you’ve tagged in your posts?
  2. People who like your posts?
  3. Only people you follow?
  4. Only people who follow you?
  5. Some other special group?

— LS

WATER POST

“Personal Meme”

  1. Take a selfie of yourself drinking water
  2. In the lower left corner, place the text “Im drinking water”
  3. Post to Instagram and ask your friends to make it viral.
  4. If you don’t like this one, make up your own personal meme to spread something you care about. See if it catches on among your friends.

— LS (via NP and EC)

SOUL SWAP

Perspective shift

  1. Trade passwords with a close friend
  2. Without telling anyone, post as each other
  3. Experience life as another person
  4. Bonus: role play in the DMs
  5. Bonus: trade entire device

— BA

CAMERA ROLL

  1. Invite ppl to view your phone’s camera roll
  2. In a gallery post – publish 10 of your most recent photos/screenshots/saves in a row, try not to edit any out (you might be embarrassed)
  3. Keep in chronological order
  4. Comment “camera roll”

— BA

RENAME THE FEED

The word “feed” is related to food. Food is essential and should be nourishing to our bodies and minds. Instagram’s “feed” is not designed to provide this—it’s quite the opposite. Let’s stop calling it “feed.”

  1. Come up with your own alternate word for “feed”
  2. When you talk or write with your friends (audibly, through text, as a caption to a post, etc.) do not use the word “feed” to refer to the Instagram default homepage. Use your new word instead :)
  3. Or, if you like the word “feed,” somehow modify your Instagram feed so it is more like nutritious food for you (through muting, unfollowing, following, etc.)

— ??

POST AS IF IT’S YOUR JOB

  1. Determine your own special schedule for posting. This could be a specific time of day, a specific kind of day, etc. (For example, I once posted every other day at 3:33pm.) Show up regularly… whatever that means to you!
  2. Post on this schedule, and most importantly don’t get lost in the feed (that’s not your job)
  3. See how it feels
  4. Adjust as necessary
  5. Better yet, get someone else to post for you. Hire this person!

— LS

FAVORITE NUMBER

  1. Pick a number. Could be your favorite number.
  2. You should always have this many posts in your feed. So when you post a new thing, it might  mean you need to archive an old thing. Doesn’t need to be the oldest thing, but maybe a thing that doesn’t need to be up anymore.

— LS (via JF)

IN THE FUTURE[b]

  • Don’t think about yourself 10 years ago.
  • Close your eyes.
  • Focus on the space between your eyes.
  • Smile slightly.
  • Open the e-mail and (try to) send an email to all people from whom you would like to receive information: "Please, in the future I would like to be informed of your projects that you consider interesting sharing. Many thanks.".
  • Don’t think on social media.
  • Smile again.
  • In the future. In the future.
  • Present.

— T_O

KUWTK

  • Make a burner account
  • Follow all the Kardashians only
  • Keep up as a treat

— JR

FEED IN FEED

  1. Take screenshots of your entire feed, a 3x3 grid at a time
  2. Switch to a private or burner account
  3. Post the screenshots of the 3x3 grids on the private account to make a new 3x3 grid
  4. Take a screenshot of that
  5. Repeat steps 1-4 until you are tired of screenshotting

— MH

STORY IN STORY

“The Tunnel”

  1. When someone @’s you in a story, add to your story
  2. If that person adds that @ to their story, add it to your story
  3. Repeat 1-2 as long as you can
  4. Admire the tunnel / portal

— LS

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