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FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I would recommend managing it by both browser and via an app - If not on your phone, a tablet or some laptops will do (i think)

  • browser makes it possible to post images of varying size (rectangular alongside square ones) alternatively you can add margins onto photos before posting them, so they’re all the same proportion.
  • I can’t remember if posting on browser or on app gives better quality. Probably app is better but most people don’t want the faff of transferring photos from their camera, to their PC (for editing), to their phone (for posting).
  • using the app on a portable device is the only way to post stories + reels and stories + reels are very good for promoting your page and distributing the content.

  TL;DR Instagram is rigged for people with cutting edge high functioning smartphones who post Instagram reels&stories. If you only want to post images you can use the browser but your page won’t attract as many people.

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  • BogusCabbage@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This is really helpful and good knowledge to have, appreciate it! I don’t plan on reels or stories but good to know what to do if I do decide, as for now just a place to post too and to share with people face to face when they ask where they can find me online. I have had many interactions with people eager to follow me online only to then weird them out because i have no FB/IG/Tiktok/Fitter, then never hear or see them again, so it is mainly for that reason.

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• FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The web doesn’t allow you to do all the things you can do on the app.

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