GOSO
Junior Member
- Oct 3, 2012
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I received this in the mail today, does this mean Powerlikes & botting will cease to exist?
To continuously improve Instagram users' privacy and security, we are accelerating the deprecation of Instagram API Platform, making the following changes effective immediately. We understand that this may affect your business or services, and we appreciate your support in keeping our platform secure.
The following capabilities will be disabled immediately (previously set for July 31, 2018 or December 11, 2018 deprecation):
Additional resources for your reference:
Thanks,
The Instagram Platform Team
To continuously improve Instagram users' privacy and security, we are accelerating the deprecation of Instagram API Platform, making the following changes effective immediately. We understand that this may affect your business or services, and we appreciate your support in keeping our platform secure.
The following capabilities will be disabled immediately (previously set for July 31, 2018 or December 11, 2018 deprecation):
- Follower List - to read the list of followers and followed-by users
- Relationships - to follow and unfollow accounts on a user’s behalf
- Commenting on Public Content - to post and delete comments on a user’s behalf on public media
- Likes - to like and unlike media on a user’s behalf
- Subscriptions - to receive notifications when media is posted
- Users Information - to search for and view users' public content
- Some information on Public Content returned through hashtag and location search - Name, Bio, Comments, Commenters, Follower Count, Following Count, Post Count, and Profile Picture
- Public Content - all remaining capabilities to read public media on a user's behalf on December 11, 2018
- Basic - to read a user’s own profile info and media in early 2020
Additional resources for your reference:
Thanks,
The Instagram Platform Team
