Instagram may charge fees for adding links to posts

  • When a "URL" is added to the text of a post, the user will automatically be asked if they want to create the link directly.
15 Sep, 2020

A newly found patent filing reveals that Instagram is now looking for charging fees for a link to a post caption.

According to media reports, Facebook's owned photo-sharing platform Instagram is considering charging a fee for linking URLs to photo captions, and a system is being developed.

When a "URL" is added to the text of a post, the user will automatically be asked if they want to create the link directly. They will have to pay $2.

If a link to a text is found in the online system that is a URL address, the system will automatically charge the user for creating the link.

Meanwhile, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said in a blog post last week that he had been verifying photo-sharing platform accounts for the past two months and after reviewing, he concluded that he was in the process of verifying them. I have to make changes.

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