Controversy: Should You Schedule Instagram Posts?

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From http://socialforsmall.biz 3289 days ago
Made Hot by: mikehartman1 on September 15, 2015 9:34 am

Are you ready for a fight? Because I'm about to wade into controversial territory. Learn "legal" & "illegal" ways to schedule Instagram posts.

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Written by socialforsmallbiz
3286 days ago

I don't think it's technically the scheduling of posts that's against the TOS. Instagram has no mechanism in their API to allow app builders to offer people the ability to schedule posts. So the way services have been getting around that is that you give them your log-in credentials and they log in on your behalf to post the photo at the scheduled time. Schedugram shares how they handle this on their site: http://schedugram.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/1000044134 I think the sharing of credentials is the TOS violation.

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Written by lyceum
3285 days ago

thanks for your input! I will check out Schedulegram.

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Written by lyceum
3286 days ago

Why is it against Instagram's TOS to schedule a posting of a photo? I take Instragram photos in a snap in real-time, but what if you can't take the photo at once with Instagram's app, and publish it later on via your camera roll?

It is pretty strange that you can't have several Instagram accounts on your smartphone, e.g., your personal photos and for your company.

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