Ask HN: How do I make an Instagram account that doesn’t get banned?
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?