There are still some functions available from the old
platform, however, such as the ability to read public media
on behalf of a
user or to read a
user's own media statistics, although the number
of requests (the number
of times your app accesses Instagram's data, useful for real - time updates) has been reduced to 200 from 5,000.
While Zynga benefitted from you asking friends to help milk your virtual cows, it hurt
users, and Facebook made sweeping changes to the feed to shut out game spam
on behalf of the
platform's long - term health.