{"id":25004,"date":"2025-01-12T23:30:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T23:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/internet-business\/dont-ask-followers-to-turn-on-instagram-post-notifications\/"},"modified":"2025-01-12T23:30:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T23:30:43","slug":"dont-ask-followers-to-turn-on-instagram-post-notifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=25004","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Ask Followers to Turn On Instagram Post Notifications"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In 2016, Instagram changed its algorithm to favor curated posts based on a user\u2019s taste, instead of posts in chronological order. Not surprisingly, this caused panic in the social media world, with fear of posts being buried in people\u2019s feeds and going unseen by followers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cue a flood of posts on Instagram with arrows pointing to the upper-right corner that asked users to turn on post notifications for their pages.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Post notification settings would guarantee followers would see their posts, but was it a sustainable social media<\/a> marketing tactic?\u00a0<\/p>\n

While turning on Instagram post notifications has some benefits, it can also create too much noise for users and cause them to ignore your posts. Plus, the algorithm change gave creators the push to create better content that users wanted to see.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now that the dust has settled on the algorithm change, it\u2019s worth questioning if you should encourage users to turn on notifications for your posts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What are the advantages and disadvantages of asking followers to turn on notifications? Are there better ways to leverage social media<\/a> and grow your Instagram account?<\/p>\n

Read on to learn more about:\u00a0<\/p>\n