Chapter 6

Direct Messaging with Others

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Sending and responding to direct messages on Instagram

Bullet Sharing photos, videos, and GIFs

Bullet Recording and sending a voice message

Bullet Messaging with a group

Bullet Chatting live with other Instagram users

Bullet Managing your inbox and deleting messages

Posting photos and videos to your profile is just one of many ways to share your content. You can also use the Instagram Direct service to send a private message to a single follower or a group of 2 to 32 followers.

This chapter tells you all about how to share a direct message with your friends and fans. Because anyone can follow you (unless your account is private), direct messaging is Instagram’s way of letting you connect with one person or a group of people in a private setting.

In this chapter, we start by showing you how to send a simple text message via Instagram Direct. Then we get more advanced ...

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