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This somewhat related but Instagram has started doing some shady shit, for starters if you browse without an account they now cover the page with a sign up spla
by HiroshiSan 7y ago
This somewhat related but Instagram has started doing some shady shit, for starters if you browse without an account they now cover the page with a sign up splash.
The one that really grinds my gears is that I made an Instagram to follow some artists I really enjoyed browsing, and for whatever reason their algorithm flagged me, and so they deactivated my account. In order to reactivate my account they requested a picture of myself holding a paper with the ID code provided in the email (which I refused to do). When I tried asking why I was deactivated I was simply given a canned respond requesting that I give them a picture of myself with the code proving that I am indeed a real human being.
- jimkleiber 7y agoSo, it seems, they were telling you that you need to verify your humanity to get your account back. But if you did verify it, do you think they would have given you a “verified” status?
- ritchje 7y agoWas it a new account? If so, the same thing happened to me; I created an account on Sunday to follow some photographers and my account immediately got disabled - before I could even login for the first time!
- HiroshiSan 7y agoIt was! Same day I made the account, all I did was follow people, never posted myself.