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# Make it feel human: pauses and a heart on their stickers

Make your automatic replies feel more natural with the “typing…” pause and a heart when someone sends you a sticker or a photo. On Pro and Max.

Updated on October 1, 2026 · 2 min read

At the top of the flow, in step 2, you have two toggles that make the conversation feel like a person is replying. They're on the **Pro and Max** plans, and the templates come with them turned on.

![The “Make it feel human” and “A heart on their stickers and photos” cards at the top of the flow](https://socialmaker.ai/help/capturas/auto-humano.webp)

## Pauses with “typing…”

In the conversation, before each message the person sees **“typing…”**, and a few seconds later the message arrives. The first message to someone who commented goes out right away: it's the reply to their comment. Choose the wait with the buttons on the card: **1, 2, 3 or 5 seconds**.

- The pause goes in private messages, never in the public comment.
- If a send has several messages, the pauses are spread out so everything arrives in under 30 seconds, as Meta asks.
- Messages always arrive in order.

## A heart on their stickers and photos

If the person sends you a **sticker, a GIF or a photo** in the conversation, a **heart** goes on their message, just like you'd do. It's the “thank you” lots of people send when they get what they asked for.

- It only happens within the hour after a message from your automation.
- Never in just any chat on your account: a photo someone sends you about something else doesn't get a heart.
- If you reply yourself in that conversation, the heart turns off there.
- If they write something along with the photo, there's no heart: you read that message yourself.

**Good to know**

Instagram doesn't notify SocialMaker about every sticker and GIF, so in some conversations the heart might not show up.

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