Instagram

• Instagram wants you to turn on your TV and throw a Reels watch party
• Instagram says that its First Draft feature can edit a Reel in under ten seconds

  Instagram is rolling out a feature called First Draft that automatically trims footage to make it work as a Reel.

  
• Instagram invites users to tweak the algorithm with categorical tags

  Instagram Head Adam Mosseri announced updates to Your Algorithm, a year-old feature that lets users tweak their feeds.

  
• Instagram has a new penalty for unoriginal content aggregators: No recommendations

  Instagram already punishes accounts that repost too much content on Reels. Now it's applying the same policy to photos and carousels.

  
• Instagram’s new app is yet another riff on Snapchat
• Instagram’s rumored paid tier would let subscribers see who doesn’t follow them back
• Adam Mosseri is warning Instagram users about AI. Will he help us tell real from fake?
• Instagram is the latest platform to make users fix their own recommendation algorithms (via AI chatbot, of course)
• Instagram’s first 25 Rings go out to all kinds of creators
• Keep it PG-13: Instagram has new standards for teens
• Instagram’s journey to become a TikTok clone is nearly complete
• Instagram wants creators to try its CapCut clone, so it’s teaching them how to use it