Hey folks, it’s time for our weekly Wednesday platform update. There are plenty of exciting things on the horizon but we don’t want to get ahead of ourselves! Instead, let’s look at some recent changes from across the platform.

#InstagramIsBack

After a brief hiatus while we fixed a bug, Instagram is back and can now be added to your connected social accounts! The new verification process is nice and simple. 

Here’s how it works:

1. Open the connected accounts page in your JA settings and click ‘connect’ next to Instagram

2. Copy the unique hashtag that appears then open Instagram in a new window

3. Post an image and paste the unique hashtag into the description, or edit an existing post and add the hashtag

4. Copy the URL of whichever post has your hashtag, and head back to JA

5. Paste the image URL in the field underneath the unique hashtag then click ‘connect’

Note that your account has to be public for this to work. If you have any issues or questions then leave a comment below. One of our team will be happy to help!

Feedback

Dave has started some great discussions about recent features, old challenges, and new ideas, and we’re keen to keep that feedback coming! If you have feedback you’d like to share, you can jump into an existing discussion, start a discussion for a new topic, or you can leave a reply in our dedicated feedback discussion below:

Bug fixes and optimisations

Our hardworking tech team has been focused on some behind-the-scenes updates over the last few weeks. These are the ones - a small proportion of the whole - that you might have seen around the platform:

• Users are now presented with a modal that shows other reward opportunities after they have successfully submitted to a bounty

• The activity page now shows up to 150 notifications

• Fixed an issue that caused Twitch embeds not to be recognised as videos in reward submissions

• No longer shows moderator edit reasons when editing a post as a non-moderator

• Connecting Instagram accounts with usernames that contain a full stop no longer fails

Have you found a bug? Let us know and we'll have a look.

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