Instagram

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Information to be mentioned: Everything that is mentioned at [1]. InstaGrabber + Usage ( https://github.com/TheRealJoshiePoo/Instagrabber/blob/master/README.md ) List of pages that regularly erase old posts (such as SamsungMobile: Erased everything from 2013 to 2016.) Adverse APi changes such as June 2016 API scandal – see: http://www.zeldman.com/2016/06/04/instagram-third-party-developers-drop-dead/ https://taggbox.com/instagram-api-update-changes-solutions/ https://later.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-instagram-changes-2016/ https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/17/just-instagram/?guccounter=1 https://www.picodash.com/about/gramfeed-picodash-features API changes rendered some web-apps such as InstaPort.me unfunctional and some (e.g. Webstagram: Websta.me) heavily crippled. Third party applications and web-viewers[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb] could no longer contain any of “Insta” or “Gram” in their name. Applications contained either of these had to rename (e.g. “GramFeed” → “PicoDash”). List of vanished content such as cross-advertisements (advertising each other) of larger entertainment Instagram pages. Those advertisements are usually deleted within days. Many of them have gone lost during the past years. Unlike Twitter, Instagram's useability had always been heavily restricted via their desktop website requiring to use the mobile phone app for full functionality. Original desktop website functionality: Viewing&liking&commenting photos&videos, view like counts, access settings, live image gallery banner(←removed since 201506 website layout minimalisation) Since 2017: Uploading images through mobile website possible, but not desktop website. (former is accessible through desktop browser by user agent spoofing or viewport size spoofing) Later: Adding effects and cropping image possible through mobile website. Direct messages only accessible through the mobile app. Notifications: Accessible through desktop website since circa 2016. Since 2018: Comment liking possible through mobile + desktop website. (Feature introduced on December 6th 2016 in mobile app).[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb] Removed feature: Badges[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]. Instagram got rid of photo maps[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb] in September of 2016. The old version of the app was still able to display photo maps for a few months afterwards. The reason is the infamous “not widely used”. Volatile: .