Instagram Username into Profile

Question

Hi all!

we are wondering what would be the best way to add the Instagram user name on a user profile in Braze. 
Do you think it has to be a custom attribute? I see on the documentation https://www.braze.com/docs/user_guide/data_and_analytics/user_data_collection/user_profile_lifecycle/#user-aliases that the twitter user name can be added into the user profile. Does anyone has an idea?

Many thanks in advance and have all a good summer,

Carla

DavidO · Accepted Answer

Hello @carla_calleja

I have not needed to do this myself but looking at the list of Braze User Profile fields, I can see Facebook and Twitter but not Instagram. Makes me think it will need to be a custom attribute. I'd wait to see if others have solved this though. 😊
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AllanHeoFNM · Accepted Answer

Hi @carla_calleja ! From my understanding, there shouldn't be much of a difference at all whether the social media handles are reserved as standard attributes or custom-created as custom attributes. Custom Attribute is probably the way to go 🙂