@oskar Yep - exactly! We're in contact with a lot of big Instagrammers (including a number of celebrities with verified Insta accounts), and are growing pretty quickly at the moment. By the way, if you have any feedback on the app itself, I'd love to hear it.

@nemtrd Thanks Nik! We've been working on optimising the algorithm for months now, and we're seeing increases in audience engagement by huge amounts - good luck with your website and Insta 👌!

@siddygups Thanks!

@rossdcurrie Thanks for the feedback - as the screen says, step 2 can take longer. I had a look at our backend's usage; are you sure loading took more than 30 minutes? Because of the app's high traffic right now, the notification telling you your time was ready might have been delayed a bit (+ 15 minutes or so), but it shouldn't have taken more than 30 to actually calculate. The calculation is definitely not just based on engagement. There's a huge amount of processing going on on our backend. If you look at your graphs of likes and comments, their peaks might be, at, say, 7:30, but your Prime time might be 7:07 (so that should make it clear that we're looking at more than just the data you can see). Prime takes into account the importance of each follower by their relationship with you and the size of their accounts, and takes into account when people are posting the most (so your post doesn't get lost), when people are engaging with posts the most vs. just browsing, and so on. The best way to test its effectiveness would be to, if you get a chance, simply post to Instagram at the recommended Prime time and see whether you get a better engagement rate (Prime can even tell you that, scroll to the top screen!). Happy Priming! ☺️

@byjacksolomon Hah, maybe I'll give it a shot on Wednesday The secondary suggestions are definitely a bit more reasonable.

Thanks @maximeborreda! Make sure you leave the app open for the third step (don't let your phone go to sleep), and give it a few minutes to load. If it's still not loading, send me message at jack@primeforinstagram.com and I can look into it fully for you :)

@nvartolomei Thanks! Even if we did use the default webview, we couldn't reuse the session you've already got on your phone as we need to request new permissions and a new access code from Instagram. If you close and reopen the app, it will take you back to the login page. The Safari idea is a good one, however, it is not possible to transfer a user session from Safari to Instagram. We are in the process of refining the on boarding process based on people's feedback like yours, so I'll keep you posted as we make changes to the app. Happy Priming :)

Thursday says I should post at 0:01am. ???

@carolemagouirk Great! The algorithm is very accurate - you should trust it. It might mean you have a lot of international followers, so it needs to then compensate for time zones :) Happy Priming!

@byjacksolomon My understanding is that any of the methods currently used to schedule posts for later are against the instagram API terms and conditions... how have you overcome that?

@rossdcurrie We send you a notification at the time for which you scheduled a post, and that opens Instagram with your photo. All you have to do is paste in the caption and press "Post"! We have gone through all of Instagram's new review processes, and been 100% approved. Scheduling is impossible to automate with Instagram at the moment - so this is the closest we could get. Would love to hear your thoughts on the app if you get a chance to download it (it's free at the moment).

@raudaschl see my full response below (to @rossdcurrie). Pretty much, it's not entirely automated, it has to send you a notification which you have to manually open in order to post to Instagram. Otherwise, though, Prime has been (after a lot of effort) fully approved by Insta!

@byjacksolomon @raudaschl Oh, that's really not post scheduling then. That's post reminding. Being a fellow Aussie, I'm sure you can appreciate that the #1 reason I need post scheduling is because my biggest audience is awake while I'm asleep. The last thing I want is a notification popping up at 4am telling me I need to post on instagram. This is a feature that most of the scheduling companies are using in lieu of actual scheduling capability within Instagram and honestly, it ticks a box but it doesn't offer me any value.. Personally I'd be more interested in using your app long-term if it had more analytical data for me to consume.

@rossdcurrie @byjacksolomon I agree with Ross. It is a step in the right direction though - there is a clear problem here with helping people manage Instagram. Having played with the API a fair bit myself I have to say I am impressed with what you have achieved so far. Is there any other analytic data you are looking to introduce?

@onuk767 As in calculate the best time to post for certain hashtag?

@jay_bee12345 Thanks very much! Great to get your encouraging feedback :) Brands make up a huge percentage of our user base, because Prime allows them to connect with more of their followers (before having to worry about actually getting more followers, brands may as well first engage with all of their current ones!)

@byjacksolomon No problem. I would also like to add this is really a "must have" for any Instagram user as it optimizes response for their postings! Cheers!