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Ask HN: How do I make an Instagram account that doesn’t get banned?
After moving to a new city, I decided to sign up for instagram about a week ago.
Immediately after I finished creating the account, I got a message saying it was suspended and I could appeal if I wanted to. Background:
- Never had an account or logged into IG before
- No VPN, and signing up from a first-world country
- Adblocking extensions disabled
- Never posted, commented, shared anything, the account was banned immediately before I could even upload a profile photo.
I appealed (which meant sending a photo holding a handwritten code), and 36 hours later got an email saying sorry and that my account was banned in error. Great!
I opened the app, signed in, uploaded a profile photo, clicked around a bit and then the same message appeared again - I was again suspended. Again, I send a photo with my face holding a new handwritten code. And again, they apologised and unbanned the account.
Unfortunately, when I went to use the app my account is banned for a third time!
Since there's no humans anymore, I figure I'm dealing purely with ML algorithms at this point. So what can I do to prevent myself being classified as a bad guy?
- arthurcolle 4y agohttps://www.instagram.com/accounts/signup/phone https://www.instagram.com/accounts/signup/phone
- smoldesu 4y agoPay for the hosting yourself?
- ftyhbhyjnjk 4y agoBan Instagram from your life. It's better.
- jordansmith 4y agoDid you link your phone number to the account? That’s usually what stops the ban cycle. It sucks but these days most people who sign up without a phone number are bots so they put you through the ringer to prove you’re real
- nojs 4y agoI definitely verified my phone number twice as part of the “appeal” process. I can’t check if it’s on the account until I can log in though :D
- joshxyz 4y agoNew phone number, new email, reset your phone, usually that works
- logicalmonster 4y agoYou might be better off ignoring social media, but one suggestion would be to find some older friend/relative who doesn't care about online stuff and use their phone to verify your account. It should be unassociated with whatever blocker they have on your number.