I spent 3 hours manually copying Instagram comments into a spreadsheet. Never again. (opens in new tab)

submitted by emily to technology1 points | 1 comments talk: last month I was running a giveaway campaign for a client. The mechanic was simple — comment to enter, tag a friend for a bonus entry. 3,200 comments later, I was staring at a blank Google Sheet wondering how I was going to verify entries, remove duplicates, and pick a winner without losing my mind. Instagram doesn’t give you any export functionality. Zero. You can view comments in the app, you can reply, you can delete — but you can...