I wouldn't know. I only know what it's like to (1) set up an account of any type, which usually requires quite a bit of initial activity, followed later by (2) decreased ongoing maintenance.
But, whatever. They set up an automated system that weeded out a human while letting bots run rampant.
Maybe we need a page about "falsehoods programmers believe about human behavior", but they wouldn't read it. :/
Why not create a new profile on your existing account?
That’s the more standard practice with Instagram and Facebook.
Separate accounts almost certainly correlates with problematic behavior and your existing account is a basis for trust. In part because your stakes are higher.
While in this case, you didn’t lose hardly nothing.
What do you mean by my "existing account"? I didn't have an instagram account before today.
But, as a general rule, I keep all of my accounts separate. There's too many horror stories of a person getting locked out of one account, and then they can't do anything else.
Separate accounts are the only safe option.
I think my takeaway on this is just that Instagram isn't worth the hassle. I did lose the write-ups that I did for my pictures, though (which is why my upload pace was so slow).
My guess is that a new account making 20 posts in a single day is a red flag for spam behavior. It would probably be best to post at a more natural rate.
Well, I guess I'm forever lost as a user, since I'm banned for doing the very thing that they encourage... sharing my original content.
I disagree, though, that it's spam behavior. It's "well, it's time to set up my account" behavior.
I mean, it's not like they could provide for a human to review after they asked for me to take a selfie. A selfie that shows the same person as the one that has used the facebook account with the same email address and face for over a decade... No, that's definitely asking too much. Or perhaps informing the user of concerning behavior, because all that they did was point to "community standards", which said nothing about what I was doing.
Apologies... my snark is not directed at you. It's just the exasperation towards a system that makes actual human participation impossible, while assuring that bots are the only ones who can get something done and yet stay under the radar.
https://vsco.co/feed <- started as a mobile photo-editing app , became a creative community stripped of social mechanics. No public follower/like counts or comment sections. Basic tools and sharing has a free tier.
If the people who encouraged you to insta are actually interested in your work, find out which one of these suits your needs AND will be used by those individuals.
> It all happened today. Only 15-20 pics total
think about the distribution for "number of pictures a new Instagram user posts on their first day"
then think of how far of an outlier your behavior was.
I wouldn't know. I only know what it's like to (1) set up an account of any type, which usually requires quite a bit of initial activity, followed later by (2) decreased ongoing maintenance.
But, whatever. They set up an automated system that weeded out a human while letting bots run rampant.
Maybe we need a page about "falsehoods programmers believe about human behavior", but they wouldn't read it. :/
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Why not create a new profile on your existing account?
That’s the more standard practice with Instagram and Facebook.
Separate accounts almost certainly correlates with problematic behavior and your existing account is a basis for trust. In part because your stakes are higher.
While in this case, you didn’t lose hardly nothing.
What do you mean by my "existing account"? I didn't have an instagram account before today.
But, as a general rule, I keep all of my accounts separate. There's too many horror stories of a person getting locked out of one account, and then they can't do anything else.
Separate accounts are the only safe option.
I think my takeaway on this is just that Instagram isn't worth the hassle. I did lose the write-ups that I did for my pictures, though (which is why my upload pace was so slow).
Instagram is part of Meta.
Typically, Instagram accounts are linked with a Facebook presence.
That’s the trust model.
Anyway, whether the Instagram juice is worth the squeeze, depends on why you want the juice and how much you want it.
Very true. I suppose it's not worth it to me. I've never had an Instagram account, and never used Instagram itself.
I guess I don't need it in my life.
I have a company that makes limited run art. My instagram was banned as soon as I created it, didn’t even post anything.
My guess is that a new account making 20 posts in a single day is a red flag for spam behavior. It would probably be best to post at a more natural rate.
Well, I guess I'm forever lost as a user, since I'm banned for doing the very thing that they encourage... sharing my original content.
I disagree, though, that it's spam behavior. It's "well, it's time to set up my account" behavior.
I mean, it's not like they could provide for a human to review after they asked for me to take a selfie. A selfie that shows the same person as the one that has used the facebook account with the same email address and face for over a decade... No, that's definitely asking too much. Or perhaps informing the user of concerning behavior, because all that they did was point to "community standards", which said nothing about what I was doing.
Apologies... my snark is not directed at you. It's just the exasperation towards a system that makes actual human participation impossible, while assuring that bots are the only ones who can get something done and yet stay under the radar.
>what I am doing is exactly the thing that Instagram was intended for!
Wasn't that before Facebook took over the company?
>what can I do?
Stay as far away from Meta as possible to avoid further enshittification?
>Stay away...
LOL Exactly!!!
I was only doing it because my family asked me to. Meta killed that, too, I guess.
Here's a useful page about alternatives to instacrap. https://monnett.social/blog/5-alternatives-to-instagram/
TLDR;
https://pixelfed.org/ <- open-source, decentralized, and ad-free
https://glass.photo/ <- subscription-based photography platform: artists pay, viewer account are free
https://vsco.co/feed <- started as a mobile photo-editing app , became a creative community stripped of social mechanics. No public follower/like counts or comment sections. Basic tools and sharing has a free tier.
If the people who encouraged you to insta are actually interested in your work, find out which one of these suits your needs AND will be used by those individuals.
Next: Find a way out of FB.
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