How distribution actually behaves: format weighting, reshare signals, tests rolling out by region, throttling claims checked, and enforcement patterns.
Instagram account recovery runs through instagram.com/hacked: verify your identity, often with a video selfie, reclaim the email and phone number, then re-secure the account with two-factor authentication.
Meta Business Suite's free Planner schedules Instagram feed posts, Reels and stories in advance from desktop or mobile, turning a weekly batch session into an automated publishing calendar.
Reels templates copy the timing, beat markers and clip slots of an existing Reel, so you drop in your own footage and the edit assembles itself inside the app.
Story Highlights keep your expired stories on the profile permanently, and a deliberate structure — few folders, named covers, sensible order — turns them into a working front page.
Instagram's Close Friends list lets you share stories and Reels with a chosen subset of followers, marked with a green badge — useful for testing, intimacy and member-only content.
Instagram's message request folder, hidden requests queue and hidden-words filter decide which DMs reach you — and each layer has settings you control.