5 interesting tricks to do on Instagram

According to the Digital in 2018: Q3 Global Digital Statshot study, prepared by the companies Hootsuite and We Are Social, Instagram had, in July of this year, more than one billion active users. This made Instagram the fastest growing social network, especially in the age range between 18 and 24 years. We cannot ignore the importance of the arrival of the famous Stories in all this increase. A strategy that started because Snapchat (the creator of these ephemeral stories) refused to be bought by Mark Zuckerberg, owner of Instagram.

In this special today we are going to focus not only on Stories but on other interesting tricks that we can put into practice in our Instagram personal photography social network. We recommend that you bookmark this special and read it while using the application, so you will better memorize all the tricks and enrich your experience. We begin with our special 5 tricks for Instagram that can make your experience much more interesting.

How to turn your Instagram posts into Stories

Imagine you upload a photo to your Instagram wall and, later, you would have liked to also upload it as a story. Is it possible to turn an Instagram post, even if it's three months old, into a story? Of course. It is also much easier than you imagine. To do this you just have to do the following.

Locate the post you want to turn into a story. To do this, enter your profile wall, where all the photographs that you have uploaded to your account are. You already have it? Well, now look at the icons that you find just below the photo. The first is to 'like' the photo; the second to comment something on your own image; and the third one is the one that interests us, the one that has the shape of little paper plane We press it. Then we can send the photo to one of our contacts (we are not interested at the moment) or add it as a story. We click on the corresponding place as we see in the screenshot. Now all that remains is to edit the image as if it were another story, place stickers, text, hashtags... To finish, click on 'Your story' and that's it, you'll be able to see your published story.

How to download or repost the stories of the contacts you follow

If you've ever seen a contact's story that you loved enough to want to save it, we've got the tool for you. It is a third-party application called 'Story Saver' and, with it, you will be able to repost, download and share any story from your contacts. We suggest that, before doing any of these operations, you consult with the owner of the rights of that story. Imagine someone downloading one of your stories without your knowledge. Would you like it? There you have the answer.

The application is free although it contains ads inside. You can download it from the Google Play app store and its installation file has a weight of 5.6 MB so you can download it whenever you want without worrying about your data.

How does it work? Very easy. Once you have downloaded and installed the application you will need to connect your Instagram account with it. A list will automatically appear with all the contacts you follow and who have published stories, be they photos or videos. Click on one of the contacts and another screen will be displayed with the publications. Click on one of them and you will have a pop-up menu where you can repost, download or share the story. If you hold your finger on one of the posts, it will open in full screen.

How to know who has unfollowed you on Instagram

On Instagram there is no way to know if a user has stopped following you, so we will have to use a third-party application like the one we present below. Its name is 'Followers-Unfollowers' and it works, since I myself have tested it before including it in this special.The application is free, contains ads and its installation file is 8 MB in size.

For the application to work you must connect your Instagram with 'Followers-Unfollowers'. You have to keep in mind that it will be from that moment on when you will know who has stopped following you, the app is not retroactive Also, you will be able to know who is following you you but not you, mutual followers, the latest comments left on your posts and ghost followers, those who haven't left any comments or 'likes' on any of your latest posts.

Set up a best friends list for Stories

A function that appeared in our lives very recently and that is very useful for all those who are very jealous of their privacy. It consists of creating a select group of friends so that only they can see the stories that you mark.On the one hand, you can have all the open stories you want for your users as well as some that will be seen by an exclusive club How to select who enters this cluster?

Open Instagram and go to your profile page. Press the three stripes menu that you have in the upper right part of the screen and a side window will open. In ‘Best friends’ you will have your contact list so you can add whoever you want. You can search for it by name or select it from among those suggested by Instagram.

View photos in large size without clicking

A very practical way to navigate among the publications that we find in the magnifying glass section, those photos that belong to people that we don't yet have but that can potentially be followed in the future. To view the photos in large size, you don't need to click on them, just keep your finger pressed on themIt will open automatically, being able to slide your finger to 'like', access the user's profile, send the photo by direct message or see fewer publications like that.