Use this checklist to prepare a comment-moderation workflow that fits your account. It cannot prevent abuse or replace platform reporting and personal safety support.
Before moderation
- Write down what your community welcomes and what crosses a boundary.
- Decide which cases require your review or a trusted moderator.
- Check Instagram’s current native comment and safety controls.
- Choose a private, access-limited way to record serious incidents.
When reviewing a comment
- Read relevant surrounding context before deciding.
- Distinguish disagreement, quotation, and targeted abuse using your policy.
- If meaning is uncertain, ask for a second human review rather than guessing.
- Record the moderation decision separately from whether the platform action succeeded.
When a comment includes a credible threat or personal information
- Prioritize immediate safety and avoid publicly amplifying identifying details.
- Preserve only the evidence needed, in a secure place with restricted access.
- Use platform reporting and contact trusted support or appropriate local services.
Review the process
- Correct mistaken decisions and update moderator guidance.
- Remove incident records when no longer needed under your retention policy.
- Ask whether current tools and review steps fit your needs.
SABHYA is in private beta and is one product in the broader workflow; it does not replace Instagram’s controls or a creator’s judgment. See the moderation policy and human-control overview.