Hey, thanks for posting this. I'm using Firefox. I inserted the the script and it appears to work, but comments do not post. I believe that I placed the csv file in the correct place (users\username\documents\iMacros\datasource). Any ideas why the comments do not post? Thanks.
As mentioned above, I don't use this script specifically because of the problems it now faces on multiple levels since Instagram's numerous updates.
However, I did get a chance to try it out and see how it all works.
There could be many reasons why it's not working, and those would fall into 2 categories
1) user error
2) because of instagram
In the first case,
- if you renamed the csv file at all (that doesn't match the iMacros script) it will not work.
- the script is written to rely on graphpad to randomize your comments giving the impression that you are actually posting them and not using a bot. With that in mind, I believe the script is set to have almost no delay when calling graphpad; if you set the delay to be a bit longer, it'll give the website a chance to load to choose the random set of numbers assigned to the cells in the csv file.
- alternatively you could re-write the script to just post a couple different cells (specifically assigned) and avoid graphpad altogether.
I'm sure there are many other reasons, but if you did not modify the script, it should work without a hitch for gramfeed and statigram. followgram has coded their comments odd and the script doesn't allow enough delay between actions for it to post properly every time, although you should have some intermittent success.
In the second case,
- instagram has strict API limits, if you are commenting too much it can raise flags. I have had it in the past where comments will post and then later get auto-removed - not by the user or myself, but by instagram. I know this because I'll sometimes get notifications like "why did you delete your comment?"
- if your account is not in good standing (ex. maybe you've been flagged for spam by multiple users) then you can only post a certain number of comments within a timeframe (just like following/unfollowing users) even from the native app (on your phone/ipod/tablet)
Again, I'm sure there are other reasons that instagram may disallow commenting, but those are the common ones.
I hope this helps!