Sadly, for a side hustle, an Insta account is seemingly in my future. For someone like me that has never had an Insta account nor have I logged into my FB account for over 8 years, how does one create an account without this happening?

Also, these kinds of stories fit well within the narrative of Meta === EvilCorp#1, but I always feel like there's a lot more going on than what is being told in these Ask HN/Tweets/etc. Like, how many accounts were attempted to be made in what time period coming from the same device/IP address/etc? Are the algos at Meta/FB/Insta so bad that legit users are honestly getting flagged like this?