Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram is more explicitly telling content creators, businesses, and other users how they should be posting to the platform via a new feature called best practices."The best practices hub is available for professional accounts on Instagram and is accessible through the professional dashboard. The feature is marketed as an educational tool to help creators make engaging content, and the hub includes tips for making, sharing, and monetizing their videos and photos.Some of the tips are fairly generic social media strategies, like track long-term follower growth" and consistently post more." Others are more specific and could signal Instagram's corporate priorities: a tip on my account, for example, tells me that Reels that are longer... Continue reading...

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram appears to be working on a new Social Library" section in the app where you can easily access things shared in chat threads, your collections, and posts you've liked, according to an image shared by developer and leaker Alessandro Paluzzi.Judging from the looks of the screenshot from Paluzzi, the section will contain posts, Reels, and other media you've shared or received in chat threads as well as content you've liked or saved. A magnifying glass in the corner of the screenshot suggests this content will be searchable, too, which could make it a lot easier to quickly find a Reel or post you're looking for. Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge A screenshot of Paluzzi's Threads post. It's not clear... Continue reading...