What Facebook's originality rules deprioritize
Facebook's March 2026 originality push lists the behaviours it treats as unoriginal. Here they are, plus a way to audit your posting mix against them.
Facebook's March 2026 originality push lists the behaviours it treats as unoriginal. Here they are, plus a way to audit your posting mix against them.
Facebook's originality rules regulate transformation, not provenance. That relocates your entire Facebook risk out of generation and into templating.
When Instagram finds identical Reels it recommends the original only. Two accounts posting one file is a recommendation bet, not a distribution tactic.
Instagram publishes a hard number: ten unenhanced posts of others' content in 30 days ends recommendation eligibility. Here is the ledger to track it.
Instagram cannot monetize unoriginal content. Here is what that policy actually says, how it differs from Facebook's, and how to stay eligible.
Instagram lists visible watermarks among ineligible content for recommendations. That makes the badge a distribution problem, not a branding one.