1. Follow accounts with/out account. Assume I have a list of account URLs in bookmark folder How to convert it to RSS and have bookmarks and RSS in Sync.

  2. Accounts can change username, need to use the API to convert usernames to some id and back to usernames.

  3. Suggest similar accounts.

  4. Discover page.

  • GreenShimada@lemmy.world
    14·
    11 hours ago

    To view and view alone, use an alt fronend - https://imginn.com/ You can “follow” by bookmarking the users within the frontend.

    For everything else, just make a sockpuppet account or buy an account if you can find a reputable site (lol) selling aged accounts. You might be able to buy 10 for $40 or something and 1 might really work.

    The discover page won’t work without an account because the algorithm is defined by the account.

  • thericofactor@sh.itjust.works
    263·
    14 hours ago

    Honestly, just ditch Instagram already. And convince your friends and family to do the same. It’s better for your time, your privacy and mental health. The demise of these platforms starts with people like you and me never visiting these places all together.

    • Pyr@lemmy.ca
      2·
      6 hours ago

      You’ve got to know what you want with Instagram and don’t fall for the algorithm.

      I use a throwaway account and only follow stand-up comedians so I can scroll through and watch some comedy.

      As soon as a video pops up in the feed that isn’t stand up I shut it down.

      • jtzl@lemmy.zip
        1·
        5 hours ago

        I, too, follow a lot of comedians on IG, but I’m noticing a problem lately: there are soooooo many recommendations that I hardly see the ones I follow intentionally. Like I get that the business model is addiction+distraction, but it seems like it’s undercutting its own business.

  • lime@feddit.nl
    6·
    11 hours ago

    You could try an alternative front-end for Instagram. I haven’t used them since I avoid the platform altogether, but I found this thread on the topic.

  • FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websiteEnglish
    161·
    14 hours ago

    I am not an expert and I think this falls at the first hurdle because a login is required to view more than the latest post or two.

    Here is how I use it: you take an old device that you never installed Insta on, run it under a burner account at the OS level, run a kill switch VPN on it (preferably always on the same server), and then create an account on Insta that you’re ready to ditch the moment they want your ID. That device doesn’t do anything else than Insta.

  • RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz
    51·
    11 hours ago

    https://rss-bridge.org/ does a somewhat acceptable job at it if you look from the perspective of someone who used the app before, or an outstanding job if you come from the perspective of someone who never had an account and clicked links to instagram only to see giant popups and errors.