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Manychat automation not working + Insta comments disappear

  • September 5, 2026
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Xavier Mazza

I subscribed to this service Manychat so I could have it help me auto respond to comments on my Instagram and Facebook page. However, after I signed up, I noticed that the comments on the last two videos that I’ve posted are no longer showing up at all. It tells me that I have 9 comments, for instance, on this video but when I actually open the comment section 0 are visible. I logged into another instagram account I own to verify, and I also could not see any comments on those 2 posts. I also checked my last 2 posts from a friend's phone on their Instagram account, and faced the same issue where I could not see the comments. Also, the automation I created to respond to a keyword commented on those videos is not working - the trigger does not send them a DM and does not reply under their comment.

I included screenshots below of how it says there are 9+ comments yet only 1 is visible.

From the looks of it, this is an issue specifically with Instagram, possibly reacting to the Manychat integration. I chatted with your AI assistant for a while, and I can confirm the following about my account: Allow access to messages is turned on in Insta, my profile is a professional account, and I have reset the permissions multiple times already. 

 

This is incredibly frustrating. Not sure why this is happening or how to fix, but this is day 3 of troubleshooting it. The ManyChat AI keeps giving me the same answers when I ask for help but I’ve already tried all of those methods to resolve this problem

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Fabio Gaulke
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  • September 5, 2026

Hi, ​@Xavier Mazza!

 

There is no way for a Manychat integration (or any other platform) to interfere with how comments are displayed on an Instagram post. Allowing third-party integrations to alter or hide comments would be a massive risk for Meta, so they simply do not allow automation tools to modify comment visibility in that manner.

 

What you should do next is reach out directly to Meta/Instagram support. Since your automations are not triggering properly while your comments are missing across different devices, this is very likely a bug or restriction directly affecting your Instagram account on Meta's end.

 

Hope this helps! 🙌