Waveloop keeps sending your comment DMs. When a lot of people comment at once, Instagram can tell Waveloop your account is going too fast. Waveloop then spaces out the rest, oldest comment first. Nobody is skipped, and you don't need to do anything.
Why Instagram slows you down
Instagram allows about 750 DMs an hour in reply to comments, for each account. That's the limit Meta publishes for replies to comments on posts and reels. Sending faster doesn't help. Instagram turns the extra DMs away, and a refused DM can use up the comment's one private reply.
How Waveloop paces your DMs
- Your DMs go out right away, as usual.
- If Instagram says your account is going too fast, the next DMs wait in a line.
- Waveloop sends them in order, oldest comment first, at a pace Instagram accepts.
- Once the line is empty and things are calm, DMs go out right away again.
What it means for you
- Nobody is skipped. Every DM in the line still goes out. Some people get theirs a bit later. The bigger the spike, the longer the wait at the end of the line.
- No cap. Pacing never limits how many DMs you can send. DMs stay unlimited on every plan, with fair use.
- Nothing to do. Waveloop keeps going on its own, even while you're offline.
- You can see the line. While 5 or more people wait, Home and that automation's page show how many are in line and roughly when their DMs go out.
- Public replies wait too. If the automation posts a public reply, it goes up when that person's DM goes out.
- Pausing skips no one. People already in the line still get your DM, because they commented while the automation was Live.
- Same on every plan. Free and paid plans are paced the same way.
Inside Instagram's 7-day window
Instagram only lets a business reply privately within 7 days of a comment. Waveloop sends paced DMs well inside that. Each DM still follows Instagram's usual rules, so pacing doesn't change who you can message.