Instagram Boosts Twitter Integration, Translating User Names

When Instagram users @mention a social contact and then tweet the photo, Instagram will automatically translate the user's Instagram handle to his or her Twitter handle.

When Instagram users @mention a social contact and then tweet the photo, Instagram will automatically translate the user’s Instagram handle to his or her Twitter handle.

“If the @mentioned user has connected Instagram to Twitter, the user’s Instagram username will appear in the photo caption [and] the user’s Twitter username will appear in the tweet,” a blog post announced.

If the user hasn’t connected the two accounts, the “@” sign will be removed in the post to Twitter to reduce confusion for users on that site.

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