I know the "Following" feed exists buried in a menu, but it resets to "For You" every time I reopen the app. Let me set **Following** as my default. The algorithm keeps surfacing posts from 4 days ago while I miss what my actual friends posted today.

X and TikTok both let you fix a post after publishing. If I upload the wrong photo in a carousel I have to delete the whole post and lose every like and comment. Even a 15-minute edit window for images would be huge.

I shoot and draft on my phone, but I write captions on desktop. Drafts are stuck on whichever device created them. Sync them through my account like every other cross-device feature.

Feed posts can be scheduled natively but Stories can't. As a small business I post the same promo Story every Friday at 9am — let me schedule it like a regular post.

Holding the screen hides the text and one wrong tap skips the Story entirely. Give us a real pause button so we can actually read long text Stories.

I open a message, get distracted, and forget to reply forever. A simple "mark as unread" on long-press would save my social life.

Insights are locked inside the app. I report to clients monthly and screenshot everything like a caveman. Give us CSV export (per-post reach, impressions, follower growth) — or an API, I'm not picky.

I run a shop entirely through DMs. I need to separate customer orders from friends and from spam collab requests. Labels or folders, anything.

I pay for a link-in-bio tool just because the bio only allows a handful of links with zero customization. Native support with custom titles would kill an entire product category, please do it.

The auto-generated frame options are always mid-blink. Let every account upload a custom cover from the camera roll, not just some.

YouTube has 0.5×–2× playback. For tutorial and recipe Reels I always miss a step at full speed, and 2× would save time on the talky ones.

The smallest caption sizes on Stories are unreadable for visually impaired users. Add a minimum-text-size accessibility setting that overrides what creators pick.

The app follows the system theme, but I want Instagram dark at night even when my phone is in light mode. A sunset-to-sunrise schedule like other apps have.

GIF replies exist but only from the built-in search. Let me reply to a comment with a photo or GIF from my own camera roll, like WhatsApp.

Spoiler season is unbearable. The keyword filter only covers comments — extend muted words to captions AND audio transcripts of Reels so I can actually avoid spoilers.

Collab posts are great but both accounts show identical content. Let each co-author contribute their own slides to a shared carousel — perfect for event recaps and podcasts.

Let me view my Saved collections offline — recipes on a plane, workout plans in a basement gym. Download a collection like a playlist.