WhatsApp Disappearing Messages and View Once Explained
Disappearing messages delete new messages in a chat automatically after 24 hours, 7 days or 90 days, for everyone in the chat. View once is different: it applies to a...
Communication Platforms
Guides for using Discord and WhatsApp, covering installation, backups, privacy features, and cross-platform migration.
WhatsApp Scams: How to Spot and Stop Them
Most WhatsApp scams come down to one of two goals: taking over your account or getting you to send money. The warning signs are consistent: a message from an unknown...
Instagram Guide
Instagram packs a lot of separate tools into one app, and most of them are buried a few taps deep. This guide is a map rather than a walkthrough: it...
Why Your Instagram Reels Get No Views
A reel with almost no views is usually not being punished. It is either not eligible to be recommended to people who do not follow you, or it is eligible...
Instagram Image Sizes for Posts, Stories and Reels
Instagram publishes fewer exact pixel sizes than most guides suggest. What it does publish is a width range and an aspect ratio range: for feed photos, Instagram keeps your image...
How to Add Captions to Instagram Reels
Instagram can caption a reel for you. In the reel editor, open More options and turn on the toggle labeled Enable closed captions, and Instagram transcribes the speech in your...
How to Link or Unlink Your Instagram and Facebook Accounts
Instagram and Facebook are connected through Accounts Center, which is where Meta keeps the settings that span its apps. Adding both accounts to one Accounts Center lets you cross-post, log...
Facebook Guide: Privacy, Payments and Settings
Facebook's privacy and account controls are scattered across several menus, and Meta moves them often enough that any set of instructions ages fast. This guide is a map of the...
Deactivate vs Delete Your Facebook Account: What Actually Happens
Deactivating a Facebook account hides your profile but keeps everything intact, and you undo it simply by logging back in. Deleting is permanent, with a 30 day window in which...
How to Download Your Facebook Data
Facebook can build you a downloadable archive of the information it holds about your account, using the export tool inside Accounts Center. You choose which categories to include, how far...
Who Can See Your Facebook Posts: Audience Settings Explained
Every Facebook post carries its own audience, set by the selector in the post box, and it only applies to that post. Your next post goes back to whatever default...
How to Stop Facebook Tracking You for Ads
Facebook's ad controls live in Accounts Center under Ad preferences, and the phone-level controls live in iOS and Android settings. Between them you can cut down how much of your...
