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It's the strategy of all the major social players. Several months ago I followed a new cardistry (look it up) personality on Instagram. I scrolled through and
by StevePerkins 5y ago
It's the strategy of all the major social players.
Several months ago I followed a new cardistry (look it up) personality on Instagram. I scrolled through and "liked" one or two dozen of their performance clips, out of the hundreds that they've posted. My Instagram account was blocked, for "manipulation" or some verbiage like that. Basically, the algorithm thought that I was a bot hired to inflate that person's numbers.
The Instagram appeals process is to email them a selfie, holding a piece of paper with the current date and something else written on it. I did this, but never got any kind of response. My Instagram account that I had for 5-10 years is just gone.
Turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I created a new account attached to the same phone and email address (somehow THIS isn't detected as abuse?). But I just lost interest in the app, and life seems to be better now for having done so. If Reddit ever nukes me, then it would be the kick in the ass that I need to stop wasting time on that toxic site as well.
- datavirtue 5y agoDelete your email address from your profile. That got my ten year account banned.
- extra88 5y agoSounds like something someone who's going to sell their account would do.
- FollowingTheDao 5y ago"Using encryption, sounds like something a criminal would do." Yes, that is what this sounds like. iI have another idea why Reddit does not like VPN. They cannot monetize your data as easily.
- extra88 5y agoI was answering the unasked question of why Reddit would care if someone removed the email address associated with their account.
- segfaultbuserr 5y agoUsing a proxy or VPN also sounds like things a spammer would do, and this is also why Reddit would care and autoban these accounts. But the point of this thread is that, these anti-spam mechanisms always cause collateral damages (like some of us in this thread) and the experience can get really frustrating when that happens.
- datavirtue 5y agoI deleted it after verification because I wanted to remain anon. Thirteen years ago.
- bluecatswim 5y ago>The Instagram appeals process is to email them a selfie, holding a piece of paper with the current date and something else written on it. Do they also ask you to put a shoe on your head?
- rsync 5y agoNo … Instagram is a .com domain so you don’t need to head-shoe (at least, not in the US …)