How Facebook and Instagram behave
What hidden means on each platform, private replies and their windows, comments on ads, what is not possible through Meta.
Guides
12 guides- What CommentWatchDog can moderate on Facebook and InstagramYou know, place by place, where the rules hide or delete comments, where Post cleanup reaches, and what no app can touch.3 min
- What hidden means on FacebookYou can explain to anyone exactly who still sees a hidden comment.2 min
- What hidden means on InstagramYou know how Instagram treats a hidden comment, and how it differs from Facebook.2 min
- Private replies: one message, 7 days, then 24 hoursYou know exactly when you may message a commenter, and how often.3 min
- Comments on ads: what Meta allowsYou know what can and cannot be done about comments under your ads.3 min
- Turn off comments on Facebook adsYou know whether your account has the switch, where it is, and what keeps an ad clean when it does not.3 min
- No like on Instagram commentsYou know why the like icon is missing on an Instagram comment.2 min
- No blocking on Instagram through the APIYou know how to stop a difficult person on Instagram when blocking is not offered here.2 min
- Reactions cannot be hiddenYou know why an angry reaction cannot be moderated, and what you can do instead.2 min
- Groups and personal profiles are not supportedYou know which surfaces can be moderated and which cannot.2 min
- Which comments cannot be deletedYou know why Meta refuses some deletions, and what to do instead.2 min
- Collab posts and reelsYou know which comments on a shared post are yours to moderate.2 min