Instagram the social
media platform has this ability to get its contacts attached and it
becomes very easy for the user to find their friends on the platform. It is one of the best way to find someone on Instagram.
There are two ways to find people to follow on Instagram. You connect your device’s contact list in the app and Instagram will recommend accounts to follow based on your contacts.
1. Tap on your profile picture in the bottom right to go to your profile.
2. Tap in the top right, then tap settings.
3. Tap account, then tap contacts syncing.
4. Tap next to connect contacts to turn on contact syncing.
1. Tap the notification on your phone’s home screen, then tap follow.
2. There is heart shaped sign in the top right to view the notification, then tap follow.
It must be kept in mind that if you’ve added your phone number to your profile then the suggestions to your friends shall be reflected on their profile.
Your phone number email address IS stored on your profile whenever you sign up for the account with the same information in the personal information section.
When you connect your Instagram
account to your device’s
contact list.
• Instagram will recommend accounts to follow to you and other Instagram users based on your contacts. You'll receive these recommendations from Instagram as notifications on your phone or in your feed.
• Your contact list is periodically synced and securely stored on our servers, but you can delete your synced contacts at any time from a computer. Note: It may take up to 90 days to complete the deletion process after it begins. During the deletion
process, Instagram
may still recommend accounts to follow based on your contacts. If you'd like to stop seeing recommendations for specific people during this time, you can block them. Learn more about this in our Data Policy.
• Your device’s contacts will only be visible to you.
It must always be kept in mind that when the phone number and email address is confirmed with the profile then your profile is going to get reflected on the people’s profile who have your contact saved.
But also for this Instagram has some settings which can be altered in order to not receive all the suggestions of your known or people in your contact lists.
To turn notifications about friends to follow on Instagram on or off:
1. Tap on your profile picture in the bottom right to go to your profile.
2. Tap to the 3 horizontal lines on the top right, then tap the settings.
3. Tap notifications, then tap following and the followers.
4. Tap next to off or on under account suggestions to adjust your notification setting.