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I could not help but notice that out of all the common social media sites present on the internet, online book club has failed to add Instagram to its social network platform. I would suggest adding Instagram to further boost the popularity of online book club as Instagram and Twitter are the most accepted social network in the world.
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Hussein21 wrote: 07 Jan 2022, 21:20 I could not help but notice that out of all the common social media sites present on the internet, online book club has failed to add Instagram to its social network platform. I would suggest adding Instagram to further boost the popularity of online book club as Instagram and Twitter are the most accepted social network in the world.
OBC is on Instagram as well.
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A good point but my observation regarding these two social media platforms says that books and book related informations are generally not much prefered by the members or participents there. Still having access to those plateforms might help in increasing some traffic.
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Gali tells that - OBC is already there in the Instagram.
So, we already know the contribution of Instagram to this portal. Fine.
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I totally agree about Instagram, it is my most used social media currently. And there is a section called 'bookstagram' so I do not agree that book-related information is not preferred there.
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Yeah I don't have a Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest account so sharing my reviews is a bit of a hassle for me. If Instagram could be one of them it would make sharing much easier.
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I had thought about this too, and I am happy somebody else is pointing it out. Doing the daily giveaway will be easier for a lot of us with Instagram included.
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Book content is very popular on Instagram, so I think that OBC could be very successful on the platform.
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I am glad someone else had the same question as me. Instagram is currently the only social media platform I use. I am a part of a book club and all of its members are on Instagram as well not posting about books because they think nobody wants to hear about them.
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Instagram would make life much easier for me as well. Would be nice if sharing on there would count too. I hardly even use Facebook anymore.
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Jen Nghishitende wrote: 14 Jun 2022, 23:35 Instagram would make life much easier for me as well. Would be nice if sharing on there would count too. I hardly even use Facebook anymore.
Hello there,
And thank you for this interesting suggestion. Could you tell me what you think would be the best benefits Instagram would offer?
Wishing you a good day!
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Yes, Instagram is very popular, and sharing reviews there would be very easy. There are a lot of audiences there as well who are interested in books, so it would be a good idea to add Instagram.
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Instagram would be a great way to share reviews.
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Hani Ahmed 4 wrote: 19 Jun 2022, 17:28 Instagram would be a great way to share reviews.
Hello.

Thank you for the suggestion. You can always share your reviews with your Instagram followers. Just copy and paste the links to your reviews.

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