← BACK TO THE JOURNALFOLLOWRIO / AN ARCHIVE NOTEThen was then.
Then was then.
Now is now.
What the old site offered, what this edition publishes and why we keep those stories separate.
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2018 / THE ORIGINAL SITE
An automatic follow extension.
The 2018 pages called the former service Followrio and promoted a Chrome extension for automated Instagram follows. The archived privacy page identifies no verifiable legal owner; later help pages described follow-and-unfollow features and subscriptions. These are historical references, not current product instructions.
2026 / THIS EDITION
Ideas you can actually use.
This independent edition publishes original guides on content planning, community, measurement and account safety. It offers no extension, subscription or Instagram login, and it does not claim affiliation with the earlier team or Instagram.
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The public record.
2018 home capture ↗2018 privacy page ↗2019 help center ↗Instagram community guidelines ↗