How do i post a comment on instagram
What is an Instagram Comment?
An Instagram Comment is one of the two ways that people engage with the content they see on Instagram. The other option is to simply like the post.
Comments are often a more sought-after form of engagement for Instagram marketers, influencers and brands. While anyone can leave a like by double-tapping a photo, a comment is a more active form of engagement that requires genuine effort from your follower.
It’s possible to publish your first Instagram Comment alongside your IG post on Sprout Social, so you may add extra hashtags into your post and make your content more visible. Businesses can then use Sprout to track the impact of their Instagram posts.
How to leave an Instagram Comment
Leaving an Instagram comment on a post is simple.
- Open your Instagram app and sign into your account.
- Browse for the photo or video you want to comment on
- Tap on the photo to open it
- Click the Comment button located underneath the picture and type your message
- Hit the Enter button.
On an IGTV video finding the Instagram comment section is harder because the video takes up the full screen. Tap the screen to make the menu appear and click the comment button like you would on any Instagram post.
How to edit or delete an Instagram Comment
The comments that you leave on Instagram have a direct impact on your brand reputation. Fortunately, you can delete or edit your comments if you notice a typo. Tap on the comment button and swipe left and Trash symbol to remove the comment.
To edit your message, tap the three dots next to your post and click on Edit.
To hide an offensive comment that someone else leaves on your page, go to your Instagram profile and tap on the Gear icon.
In the Settings menu, tap Comments.
There’s a section here where you can toggle “Hide Inappropriate Comments” on and off. This will allow the app to automatically hide comments containing phrases that are considered to be offensive.
You can also customize your experience to hide other keywords that you find offensive.
How to encourage Instagram Comments
As an essential component of social media engagement, the Instagram comment is something that you want to cultivate on your profile. Although there’s no one-size-fits-all way to accelerate Instagram growth, it’s possible to improve your chances of comments by:
- Posting at peak times: Use Instagram Insights and Sprout Social to find out when your audience is most likely to be online, then time your posts to fit that schedule.
- Posting content that provokes a response: Use compelling and interesting content to naturally draw commentary out of your target audience.
- Using your captions: Add questions to your captions that encourage people to respond. Remember to @mention anyone who might get the conversation started.
- Reply to comments: Keep the conversation going when someone does leave a message on your post.
How to Manage Instagram Comments (Delete, Pin, and More!)
Since Instagram first stomped on to the social media runway in 2010, the app has gone through a lot of change: from square-only photos to the introduction of Stories and Reels to the hiding and unhiding likes crisis of 2019.
But through it all, comments have remained mostly the same—for over a decade, they’ve stood faithfully (and publicly) below every post. So we’ve had plenty of time to master the art of managing Instagram comments.
Here’s how to do it.
What is an Instagram comment?
Why are Instagram comments so important?
How to delete a comment on Instagram
How to pin a comment on Instagram
How to edit a comment on Instagram
How to turn off comments on Instagram
How to block comments on Instagram
How to hide Instagram comments that contain specific words
How to hide offensive comments on Instagram
How to respond to Instagram comments
How to find your comment on Instagram
How to get more comments on Instagram
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What is an Instagram comment?
An Instagram comment is a response that users can leave on a posted photo, video or Reel. Unlike direct messages (which go to a user’s inbox and can only be viewed by them), Instagram comments are public—so keep that in mind when you’re leaving one.
To leave a comment, tap the speech bubble icon you’ll find on the bottom left of a photo or video, and the lower right side of a Reel.
Why are Instagram comments so important?
We’d like to comment on that. Comments are more than a simple reply: they are an important part of your brand’s perceived authenticity and can affect how often users see your posts.
Comments build community
Comments are the only way that your followers can communicate with you in a public way on Instagram, which can encourage more engagement overall. It’s like the difference between mailing a letter or posting on a bulletin board: the community will see the bulletin board, and that makes them more likely to post something, too.
In this post from @house_of_lu, parents connect over the things they sacrificed—and gained—for their children:
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A post shared by Lance & Uyen-pronounced Win, 🤣 (@house_of_lu)
Comments are a ranking signal for Instagram’s algorithm
The Instagram algorithm is a complex and somewhat mysterious beast (but we’ve put together a rundown of everything there is to know). In short, the algorithm determines which posts make it to the top of a user’s newsfeed, which posts are featured on the Explore tab and the order that posts, Stories, live videos, and Reels show up across this social media platform.
Comments are one of the many factors that contribute to how often your posts are seen. More comments mean more eyes on your brand, more eyes lead to more followers, and so on.
Comments are a great customer service tool
Here comes that bulletin board analogy again. Comments that ask questions are an excellent tool for customer support: replying to a comment, and other users can see your reply. That way, you won’t get multiple inquiries asking the same thing (but you might get a few, because you know, people).
Check out book subscription box company Raven Reads addressing customer questions in their comments:
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Comments show potential followers that you’re legit
Buying Instagram followers may seem like a way to make your brand look more reputable (but trust us, it doesn’t work in the long run). And bot followers can’t comment on your posts the same way real people can.
A user that has 17 thousand followers but only 2 or 3 comments on each of their posts doesn’t seem as authentic as a user who has one thousand followers and 20-25 comments on each post.
In other words, don’t buy comments. Consistently receiving high-quality comments from real Instagram users will do more for your account than any number of comments from bots.
How to delete a comment on Instagram
To delete a comment you have made on someone else’s Instagram post, tap on the comment you want to delete and (without taking your finger off the screen) swipe left across the screen. Two options will appear: a grey arrow and a red trash can. Tap the garbage can to delete the comment.
To delete a comment someone else has made on one of your Instagram posts, do the same as above—swipe left on the comment. A grey pushpin, speech bubble and a red trash can will appear. Tap the trash can.
How to pin a comment on Instagram
On your own Instagram account, you can pin up to three of your comments to the top of the comment feed.
That way, they’re the first comment people will see when they view your post.
To pin an Instagram comment, swipe left on it, then tap the gray pushpin icon. When you pin your first comment, this screen will appear.
When you pin comments, the person whose comment you pinned will receive a notification.
How to edit a comment on Instagram
Technically, you can’t edit an Instagram comment once you’ve posted it. The easiest way to “edit” a comment you’ve made in error is to delete it and type a new one (start fresh!).
You also can reply to your own comment to edit the phrasing, which is a bit like having a public conversation with yourself. To do this, tap the word Reply under the comment.
How to turn off comments on Instagram
If you don’t want anyone to be able to comment on one of your posts—or one of your posts is getting a lot of comments that you don’t like, and you want to erase them and prevent any more—you can turn off commenting completely.
First, hit the three horizontal dots in the top right corner of the post. From there, a menu rolls up. Select Turn off commenting to stop comments (and make the original comments invisible).
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How to limit comments on Instagram
Instead of turning off commenting altogether, you can “limit comments” for a certain amount of time. This is a useful short-term tool if you feel like you or your business is being harassed by multiple people on the app.
To limit comments on Instagram, first go to your profile and tap the three horizontal lines in the top right corner. From there, hit Settings. Then, tap Privacy. From there, go to Limits.
From the limits page, Instagram allows you to temporarily control unwanted comments and messages.
You can limit accounts that aren’t following you (“These accounts may be spam, fake or created to harass you” according to Instagram) as well as ones that only began following you in the last week.
You have the option to set the limit for as little as one day, or for as long as four weeks.
How to block comments on Instagram
If you’re being harassed—or even just generally annoyed—you can block specific users from commenting on your posts. To block comments from certain people, go to your Settings, then Privacy, and tap Comments.
You can type in usernames here, and this will block them from being able to comment on any of your photos, videos or Reels.
How to hide Instagram comments that contain specific words
This is another useful tool for anti-harassment: if you’re getting a lot of comments that contain offensive or hurtful words, you can give Instagram a list of words to not allow on your page. To do this, go into your Settings, then Privacy.
From there, tap Hidden Words.
Using the hidden words feature, you can manage a list of words (and even emojis!) that will be automatically be hidden. For example, if Kermit was tiring of public inquiries about his complicated relationship with Miss Piggy, he might want to hide the words “miss piggy” and the pig emoji.
Once you make this list, tap the “back” arrow and turn on Hide Comments. Now, any comments that contain your list of words (or misspellings of those words) will be hidden.
How to hide offensive comments on Instagram
Instagram has its own list of offensive comments (which I’m sure is a delightful read) that you can set to automatically filter out.
To do this, go to Settings > Privacy > Hidden Words, same as the above. Under Offensive Words and Phrases, turn on the Hide Comments toggle and the Advanced Comment Filtering.
Now, comments that Instagram thinks might be offensive will be hidden (which you can go through and unhide, individually).
How to respond to Instagram comments
To respond to an individual Instagram account, just tap Reply under the comment. If you don’t want to reply publicly, you can also respond to a comment by sending the user a private message.
Replying to every message individually can be tricky, though—it’s easy to miss comments if you’re getting a lot of notifications, or to forget about them unless you address them right away.
Using Hootsuite’s Inbox to respond to Instagram comments
Hootsuite’s social media management platform includes a social media inbox that can be used to manage all your comments and DMs on Instagram and beyond. (It works with Instagram comments and replies, direct messages, and story mentions, for Facebook messages and comments, for Twitter direct messages, mentions, and replies and for comments and replies on LinkedIn and Showcase.
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That sounds like a lot. And it is. Which is why the Inbox is so handy: all of your communication with your friends and followers is in one place, so nothing (and no one) gets left behind.
There’s more deets on the Hootsuite Inbox in the Hootsuite Academy.
How to find your comment on Instagram
Because we take in (and react to) so much content every day, it can be easy to forget a comment you made: what you said, who you said it to or what post you said it about. Instead of wracking your brain (or scrolling through the entirety of the app), you can use this trick to locate comments you’ve made recently.
First, go to your profile and tap on those three horizontal lines in the top right corner.
From there, hit Your Activity.
Then, go into Interactions. Next, tap Comments.
From there, you’ll be able to see all of the comments you’ve made recently. To filter to a more specific date or time, tap Sort & Filter in the top right corner.
You can also bulk delete comments from this page—just tap Select in the top right corner and you can pick the ones you’d like to delete.
How to get more comments on Instagram
Getting more engagement on any social media app usually comes down to creating authentic, unique content that your audience loves (and some awesome photo editing doesn’t hurt). On the more technical side, you can use Instagram analytics to track your progress and try doing a competitive analysis using a successful account that’s similar to yours.
On the less technical side, here are a few super quick tips for getting comments for your Instagram posts:
Ask a question
It’s simple, and it works.
Asking a question in the caption of your photo, video or reel will prompt other users to comment on it. If you’re using your Instagram for business, this could be a question related to your product or just a general ask—for example, “Who else could use a beach day with Barbie?”
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A post shared by Barbie (@barbie)
Hold a contest or giveaway
Contests or giveaways that take entries by users tagging their friends in the comments work in two ways: you’ll get a lot more comments (people love free stuff!) and each of those comments will actually send a notification to another user who may or may not follow you. In other words, asking followers to tag friends exposes the friends to your brand, as well.
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A post shared by LAHTT SAUCE (@lahttsauce)
If you collaborate with other brands in your giveaway (like the above post from Lahtt Sauce) you can extend your reach even further: you’ll likely gain new followers from the brands you are partnering with.
Get your followers to tag a friend
Another way to encourage tagging in the comments is to post something that’s relatable and encourage your followers to tag a friend. This post from the TV show Arthur does this simply and beautifully, and generated over 500 comments.
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A post shared by Arthur Read (@arthur.pbs)
Post helpful advice
Anything that adds value to your followers’ feeds is likely to get some good engagement, so tips, tricks and advice often do well.
And even if you’re a business, it’s nice to offer some industry knowledge or insight free of charge every once in a while. For instance, this baker makes money on cake orders but shares some of his baking secrets online:
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A post shared by Prateek Gupta (@the_millennial_baker)
This post from the Blurt Foundation offers some very useful mental health-related advice for people who live alone, and followers used the comment section both to thank the foundation and to share their own stories of dealing with loneliness.
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A post shared by The Blurt Foundation (@theblurtfoundation)
Share good news
Spread positive vibes and update your followers about successes big and small—they follow you for a reason, and they’ll likely feel compelled to congratulate you (you deserve it).
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Comments on Instagram are a convenient tool for communication and communication between users. Surely, you have accumulated a lot of questions about how to use this option correctly, and today we will talk about it.
- Why business comments are needed
- How to write a comment on Instagram
- How to edit a comment on Instagram
- How to delete a comment on Instagram
- How to reply to a comment on Instagram
- How to set up comments on Instagram
- Opportunities not yet available
- What to do if you can not leave a comment / reply to it
- A useful option for business and possible problems
- Conclusion
Why do businesses need comments
First of all, let's determine whether the business account needs comments, whether it is necessary to spend your time on their development.
Definitely a must! The main task of business accounts is the sale of goods and services, the formation of their own brand and its subsequent promotion. Is it possible to achieve this goal without communication? Definitely not! Therefore, comments represent a kind of bridge between business and consumers. Here are a few ways you can use them:
- Increase user activity. The presence of active comments under the posts with the offered goods and services makes the publications alive, and the profile is more in demand.
- Attentive attitude to customers. Any client is pleased that his comment was seen and answered. This increases loyalty on his part. So watch the comments and be sure to reply to them.
- Dealing with objections and questions. As a rule, before making a purchase / order, the buyer has many questions and objections; well-functioning work with comments allows you to achieve a good result.
- Increase sales. No, unfortunately there is no "Buy" option in the comments.
However, here you can inform potential buyers about how to place an order, where you are, and so on.
When we found out that business needs comments, let's get acquainted with their main functions.
How to write a comment on Instagram
To leave a comment, click the icon indicated in the picture under the post you like. After that, write the text and click "Publish".
If you are using a social network from a computer/laptop, the steps are somewhat different. Click on the same icon, then type the desired text and press "Enter" on the keyboard.
Use emoticons and hashtags to make your comments more interesting. Hashtags will allow you to view your comment even to those users who are not subscribers to this account. If you put hashtags in the comments under your own publications, this will enable other users to find them when making thematic requests.
Adding emoticons is as easy as adding a normal message. To do this, open the keyboard and change the normal alphabet to the emoji language.
Next, select the emoticon that is most suitable for this situation and click "Publish". Now your text has become more emotional, more alive and interesting.
How to edit a comment on Instagram
It's not uncommon that you've already written a comment and then realize you want to change it. For example, you wrote a comment quickly enough and did not have time to read what was written or made grammatical errors. If you have commented on your own post, you can delete the entire post and then upload it again and write what you need. However, there is a more convenient and easier way to edit a comment left under your own or someone else's publication: open the comments under the post and swipe left or right along the text left earlier. Now we erase the written and create anew.
How to delete a comment on Instagram
We follow the comment, from right to left or left to right, then we will see a red button with a trash can icon, which you need to click. Now no one else can see your opinion.
How to reply to a comment on Instagram
As we have already said, if you are the owner of a business account, you should always monitor comments under publications and respond to them. The question arises how to do it. So, first of all, we find the user account that commented on your post. Under his message there is a button "Reply", click on it and type the text in the window that opens. Next, click "Publish". The user you replied to will definitely receive a notification about it.
If the person you want to reply to hasn't left a comment under your or someone else's post, start writing their name using the @ sign. Next, the system will offer a list of your friends' accounts, which begin with the same first letters. After that, enter the desired text. If you want to reply to several people at once, enter the names of the logins of each of them, separated by commas, remembering to use the @ sign.
How to set up comments on Instagram
Using the settings, you can disable this option on your account at any time, after which users will not be able to comment on your publications.
How to turn off comments on Instagram? To do this is quite simple. Of course, first we launch the application itself (please note that you can disable the action only from gadgets based on Android or iOS). After that, open the desired publication. Look at the right corner at the top, there is an icon - 3 dots that we need to click.
Now a list of available actions will pop up, including "Turn off comments". And your followers are deprived of the opportunity to leave reviews, share opinions and discuss your posts. To date, the social network offers users the function of disabling the ability to comment on only certain publications. This means that you cannot completely close all existing posts. It is necessary either to turn off this option for each post in turn, or to make the profile private (which is an obstacle to the successful promotion of the profile).
Opportunities that do not yet exist
Users who actively develop their account have a huge number of comments.
Often they are displayed in no particular order or sequence. Questions arise: why comments on Instagram are out of order, how to arrange comments on Instagram, and so on. Unfortunately, the social network does not provide its users with such an opportunity as putting things in order in the comments. Comments are distributed by special algorithms depending on a number of factors: novelty, relevance, relevance, and so on.
Often, requests are sent to the technical support of the social network on how to copy a comment on Instagram, how to view your comments on Instagram, and so on. Unfortunately, there are no such options at the moment. You can not copy the text you like due to copyright. Each comment left is protected and protected by copyright.
If you don't know how to find your previous comment on Instagram, you can only do this by searching for the post you left it under. Next, you have to look through all the comments and manually find the one you need. Unfortunately, there is no other way.
What to do if you cannot leave a comment/reply to it
Quite often, users encounter a number of problems when sending comments. Most often, the social network gives an error. There can be several reasons for this:
- You are using an older version of the application that does not have this option. You can solve the difficulty by updating the application.
- Make sure that no more than 5 people are mentioned in the text (those users whose names you have registered in the text through the @ sign are considered to be mentioned). Otherwise, the algorithms perceive the information as spam and block the sending. Algorithms may also perceive some words, phrases and whole expressions as spam, which also leads to an error during publication.
- The commenting feature may not be available due to internet failures. Due to software glitches, messages can take several minutes to send as opposed to the usual few seconds or even days. As a rule, this problem is quickly eliminated.
As soon as the network connection is restored, repeat the action. - Another reason is the failure of the application itself. This can happen due to technical problems, due to equipment failures. If the error occurs repeatedly for a long time, uninstall the application and reinstall it.
A useful option for business and possible problems
Business accounts often hold contests and other activities. One of the components of such events are often comments. However, working with a huge number of comments in the application is inconvenient and it becomes necessary to upload comments from Instagram. To date, Instagram does not offer users a special algorithm that would do this for you. Plus, the social network compresses comments, to see everything you have to click “Load more comments”.
The best solution to upload comments is to open and view them through a computer, that is, using the web version. You can download the web version of the bot for mass unloading at the link: https://crelab.
ru/getcombot/. Next, we copy all the material into Excel and are already working quietly in it. However, not all so simple. In the web version, you can view only 2000 comments and not one more. How to act in such a situation?
First of all, remember that streaming is similar in principle to streaming video from video hosting. That is, there are control points here, for example, "from 1 to 20", "from 1 to 50" and so on. The size of the streaming download is determined by the total number of bytes that the comments occupy.
Applications are useless in this case. However, you can use the social network API, with which we will get the necessary data from Instagram, but without using the application itself. There are a lot of similar API services today, for example, the bot from Telegram - @getcombot.
However, there is one caveat - the bot gives out comments that are displayed in social network applications for Android. That is, if there are a lot of comments, a situation may arise when 4000 comments are displayed on iPhone, and 4200 on Android, and 2000 on the web version.
This is due to the features of the application itself, which works differently on different devices.
Why do some comments disappear during upload? Consider the following situation: there are 15 comments on your Insta counter, but when you upload, you see only 13-14. This means that 1-2 comments were reported and blocked as spam / comments were left through third-party software, and not the official application / the subscriber writes a lot of comments and the system automatically takes some of them as flood.
And one more situation: you need to upload 4000 comments by June 1st. You use a bot, but out of the displayed 4000 pieces, about 1400-1200 pieces disappear without a trace. We look through them manually through a mobile application on iPhone or Android and see that there are no posts older than May 27-28. If you look at the same post 2-3 months later, you will see that the number of comments displayed on the smartphone has decreased to 200-250, and on the bot 150-200 from the previous 4000.
How to explain this? At different times, different devices display a different number of comments, it is important to consider that some of them are lost without a trace in the Internet.
Conclusion
As you can see, comments are a useful tool that a modern Instagram user must use. They are especially useful for business. We have already listed what effects they help to achieve. There is a simple formula: the more comments - the higher the activity of users - the higher the rating of the profile, its popularity - the greater the number of new subscribers. Thus, a large number of comments directly affects the income, because the more subscribers, the higher the total income of the account, both the profile of an organization and a personal profile seeking to build a self-brand. Often initiate discussions of certain issues among subscribers.
We hope that the information provided will be useful for you, and you will effectively use it to win over a million subscribers.
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- 1 How to comment on Instagram
- 2 How to tag a person on Instagram
- 3 How to tag on Instagram Stories
- 4 How to reply to a comment on Instagram
- 0002 Instagram is becoming more and more like a social network where people fully communicate with each other. Its capabilities go far beyond showing popular photos or stories.
Using Instagram for advertising and self-promotion, you need to constantly attract attention to your account. To do this, you need to use all available tools - useful content, tags, likes, geolocation. And be sure to respond to comments on Instagram.
How to comment on Instagram
If the caption under the photo or comment contains an active link with the nickname of a particular user, he will see an Instagram notification and a private message about what was mentioned in the post or story.
The user can easily navigate and view the desired message. Other viewers, by clicking on the link, will be able to go to the page of the mentioned user, get acquainted with his stories and photos. Such activity allows interested bloggers to get more comments.
If you turn to the pages of popular brands or personalities in this way, you can ask them a question, attract their attention to yourself. Which will improve advertising for bloggers and influencer accounts.
An example of a response via a comment with a user mark.
It is especially appropriate to mention specific people in the published photo or video. Once notified, they can view the content, comment on it, and even become a follower. This is one of 21 ways to get more followers.
How to tag a person on Instagram
In the smartphone app, this feature is the easiest way to tag a person in a photo caption. It is enough to put the @ sign - the application itself will issue a list of friends and subscribers.
It remains only to choose the desired nickname from it. Detailed instructions step by step:
- Take a picture or choose from existing ones.
- The application will open a menu where you can apply filters and caption the frame.
- Make the desired signature, put the @ sign, add the desired nickname.
Start writing your account name and Instagram will prompt you with options.
- Post a post.
If the desired person is not among the subscribers, you can go to his account and see the nickname. It is displayed on the main page at the top of the profile. Or find a person on Instagram by phone number or in other ways.
Everyone who is mentioned in this way will receive personal notifications and will be able to easily navigate to this post.
How to tag in Instagram Stories
After shooting and processing the video, it becomes possible to add people if they are on the video. To add, you need:
- In the top line, select the symbol "Aa";
- Put the @ sign, after it select or type the nickname of the desired person;
Start writing a profile name and Instagram will suggest possible options.
- Post story.
Without the dog symbol, the nickname will be visible, but it will not be an active link to go to the profile. In a published story, a nickname in the form of a link will allow you to quickly go to the profile of the specified person.
Don't forget that Instagram has a limit - you can mention no more than ten people in one story. Everyone who is tagged in this way will receive a notification.
A sticker can be inserted in front of the dog sign and nickname. The name field itself can be filled with color using a brush as a tool.
How to respond to a comment on Instagram
To promote a personal brand on Instagram, it is important not to leave a single comment unanswered.
