How & why to get Instagram users to tag you in their posts
#Hashtags used to be all the rage on Instagram, but now that we’re in 2020 they’re slowly dying, at least as far as brand interaction goes. Not only do most Instagram users prefer hashtag-free captions (usually for ~aesthetic reasons~), but Facebook has actually changed Instagram’s API s to favor @mentions and photo tagging instead of hashtags.
They’re not alone in doing so though, as the broader industry is moving away from hashtags. One of the reasons is increased user privacy and security, but
