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The Instagram Like Tool

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ByLiam S

Introduction

The Instagram Like tool enables you to search for photos/videos using various sources and automatically like them. This approach can be an effective marketing strategy to expand your brand’s reach and gain more followers. If you have high-quality content, it’s likely that people in your industry will take notice of your account and may even choose to follow you.

How to access the Like tool and how to use it?

To access the like tool you just need to go to the TOOLS view and click on your Instagram account there, then click on the Like Tool from the list of tools we have for Instagram accounts.

In order to be able to use the Like tool, you will need to add the sources that the tool will use to search for the posts to like and you can use the Settings tab to configure the timing of execution and also to apply some filters to only target relevant content. The tool has four tabs and here in this guide, we will discover each one of them to help you use the tool in the best way possible.

Settings Tab

The settings tab is where you can configure the run timers and where you can set the user and post filters. And It consists of the following sections:

The Run Timers Section:

  1. STATUS – This shows the status of the tool and you have The switch button that you can use to start/stop the Like tool.
  2. Wait Between X-Y minutes between each operation – This allows you to set a delay before starting the next Like operation.
  3. Like between X-Y posts on each operation – This allows you to set how many posts to like on each operation.
  4. The Execute between HH:MM and HH:MM option allows you to set a specific time frame for the like tool to carry out the like actions.
  5. You can check it to add random sleep time after X-Y operations.
  6. The Days of the week when to operate option lets you choose the specific days of the week for the tool to like posts.
  7. With the option “Rotate Days”, the days you selected for the like tool to operate can be randomly rearranged each week. For instance, if you selected Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, the tool will choose a new set of three days for the next week. Additionally, you have the option to exclude weekends from the rotation if you don’t want to like any posts during those days.
  8. This option allows you to increase the number of actions the tool does per operation daily until it reaches your target number of actions per operation.
  9. This option allows you to decrease wait time between each operation by X-Y minutes until it reaches the minimum target you want to keep between each operation.

The LIKE LIMITS Section:

  1. Allows you to set a daily/hourly limit for the tool, additionally, you have an option that can allow you to set the daily/hourly limits to increase daily by x-y value until reaches a your daily/hourly target.
  2. Use this option if you don’t want the likes that you make from the other tools like the Follow tool – After Follow Actions to be counted toward like limits. When checked, the daily limit will only check against the number of likes the like tool made.
  3. This option allows you to enable contextual actions when liking posts.
    💡 This works when the account is set to use the Embedded browser to follow and also when using the API (but the full emulation must be enabled to be able to follow from context when using the API).
    💡 Read more about contextual actions.
  4. Keep a maximum of – This option allows you to keep a maximum number of likes, and enabled you will get options that allow you to start unliking old posts to maintain only a specified number of likes.
  5. This allows you to set the tool to like only the most recent x posts of the user.
  6. Allows you to set a maximum number of likes per user.
  7. This option allows you to favor sources that work better for you when choosing from the Sources you added for the like tool.
    💡It applies to Like by hashtag, Like followers of target accounts, Like using Location, and Like users that interacted with target accounts Source options.
    💡When checked, Individual sources with a higher Follow Back ration will be favored.
  8. This option will allows you to extract posts instead of liking them, when checked, the posts will be sent to the Extracted Posts Tab.
  9. This allows you to set the tool to extract all the posts needed for the current operation before starting liking posts.
  10. This option allows you to abort the scrape for the operation when the limit of Scrape API you set is exceeded.

The USER FILTERS Section:

  • In this section, you will able to find the set of filters that you can apply to filter users that your account will like posts for.
  • Users that fail one of the checked filters will be ignored and your account won’t like their posts.
  • It’s important that you keep in mind that the more filters you checked the harder it becomes to find users that can pass the filters, so try to use the filters carefully and wisely.

The POST FILTERS Section:

  • This section contains the filters you can apply on posts that the tool finds to filter the posts you want to be liked.
  • Posts that fail one of the post-filters you checked, will be skipped.

  • The set of filters contains filters that allow specifying posts to like based on when they got posted, the number of likes the post has, the number of comments, and also a filter to check the post caption if it contains any of the keywords that you can specify.
  • You have also a set of negative filters to not like if the post caption is empty for example or if the caption contains any of your blacklist keywords.

The AFTER LIKE ACTIONS Section:

This section allows you to set some actions to be taken after the execution of the like action.

  1. Allows you to suspend the tool for a delay you can set when getting temporary blocked.
  2. Allows you to set the tool to skip the delay between operations when no more results if returned, additionally, you have an option that can allow you to stop the tool when no more results found is returned by the tool.
  3. This option allows you to save the post after liking it.
  4. This option allows you to like comments on the post after liking the post.
  5. This allows you to automatically poor quality sources.
  6. This option allows you to send a message to the owner of the post you liked.
  7. This option allows you to view the stories of the user after liking the post.
  8. This option allows you to view the videos when it’s a video post before liking it.

Sources Tab

This tab is important and it’s where you can add the source that the tool will use to look for posts to like, you need to add at least one source to start the tool.

  • Like Posts by Hashtag Search

Here you can search for posts to like by adding the hashtag keywords and SU Social will like posts from the results page of the search.

  • You can check the option to only like top-rated posts
  • You also have the option to set the tool to only like reel posts.
  • When you add multiple keywords, make sure to separate them by a comma, example (nature, art, cars) and once you add the keyword, click the ADD INPUT button to add the sources.
  • Like Posts of Specific Users

This source option is useful when you want to like posts of specific target users, all you have to do is to add their usernames (one per line if you have multiple target accounts) then click on ADD USERNAMES button to add them to the list.

  • You have the option to like only the reels
  • Remove the user from the list after his posts is liked
  • Pick users from the list in order
  • An option that allows you to ignore filters you set on the Settings tab and an option to remove the user from the list if the user fails one of the filters when applied.
  • Like Posts of Followers/Followers of other accounts

This option is useful if you want to like posts of followers of a target account, you can just add the username of your target account (one per line when you want to add many targets) and click on ADD ACCOUNT FOLLOWERS button if you want to target their followers or ADD ACCOUNT FOLLOWINGS button when you want to target their followings.

  • Like posts of followers/followers of own followers/ or latest feed posts

  • Option to target posts of your followers (useful when you want to engage more and interact with your followers).
  • Option to target posts of followers of your followers (useful when you want to interact with more relevant users).
  • Option to like latest feed posts.
  • Like using Geo Location

You can also use this option if you want the tool to search for posts that have specified locations. You can either type your desired location then select the specific location from the list you get as indicated above or you can add the location IDs directly then click on the ADD LOCATIONS button to add the sources.

  • Like Specific Posts based on URLS

You can use this option if you want to set the tool to like specific posts, you can add the post URLs one per line and click on the ADD TO LIKE LIST button to add then URLs to the sources that will be liked.

  • Like Posts of User That Interacted with posts on target Account/Posts

This option is useful if you want to like posts of users that interacted with posts (liked or commented the posts) of target accounts/posts.

  • The first one allows you to add usernames of your target account and the tool will like posts of users that interacted with posts of that target account.
  • The second one allows you to add your target post URLs and the tool will like posts of the users that interacted with the posts you added.
  • Like posts that tagged specific users

This source option is useful if you want to like posts that tagged specific users, you add the username(s) (one per line if you want to add multiple usernames) then click on ADD USERNAMES button and they should appear on the list of users you added.

  • Unlike Specific posts

    Use it if you want SU Social to unlike the specific posts that you specify using their post URLs. (do not forget to click ADD TO UNLIKE LIST after adding the URLs).

  • Like posts of own story viewers

    Use the option is you want the tool to like the posts of your story viewers.

  • Like posts of users by username/fullname/bio

    You can use the source option if you want SU Social to Like posts of users that have the keyword you specify on the users’ username/fullname/bio.

  • Like Posts from Explore Page

    Finally, you have the option to like posts from the Explore page.

💡You can use the CLEAR ALL SOURCES  at the bottom of the Like Sources Tab if you want to remove all the sources you added to the account at once.

💡At the top of the Like Sources Tab you have options to:

  • Use sources added to a specific account which you can select there. Read the tooltip below to see the advantages of using this trick.

Results Tab

Here in the Results tab, you will be able to see the posts you liked recorded in the results table that contains information about each action like the source used and the date when the like was made.

Extracted Posts Tab

This is the tab where SU Social will record the posts you extracted if you set the like tool to extract the posts instead of liking them on the Like Settings Tab.

You will be able to see the list of the extracted posts in the table that will contain some useful information about each post, like the source that was used, the date when it was extracted, beside some action options that you can use upon the list of posts.

Before starting the Like tool, ensure that you select the ‘Automatically send scraped results to other accounts’ option if you want to send the extracted results to your own account and other accounts in real-time. Click the ADD ACCOUNTS button to select the accounts that will receive the posts.

You have the option to send the scraped posts to different tools, such as the Like, Comment, Save, and Repost tools of the accounts you add.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the Instagram Like tool can be a useful marketing strategy for expanding your brand’s reach and attracting more followers to your account. By using the tool to automatically like photos from various sources, you increase the visibility of your account and may attract the attention of people in your niche. If you combine this approach with exceptional content, you have a good chance of gaining more followers and establishing a strong presence on Instagram.

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