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I was never able to create an Instagram account because Instagram would just instantly ban any account I created for paranoid anti-spam reasons. Apparently this is [a common problem](https://old.reddit.com/r/Instagram/comments/85wbk1/banned_im...).

So I'm not looking forward to trying to sign up with them.

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I have a few accounts for various things (personal account, hobby, another hobby).

Recently I tried probably 10 separate times to create a fourth one not even linked to those three, and Instagram outright refused to let me do it with any email address. It even got to a point where on the browser I tried making the account it refuses to let me log in with my normal accounts these days.

Same here. Banned instantly for no reason. The problem is that some official entities like Fire departments are using these closed for-profit services and at the same time those services are adding login screens even for just read access.

Had the same experience with Facebook. Looking back, I’m glad it happened that way.

Same for me. I created the account and got banned a few hours later.

I tried to join a few months ago and had the same problem. I couldn’t join through the app no matter what I tried. Instant ban with no way to get unbanned. But I was able to sign up on the website without an issue. And once I had a working account, I could create multiple alternate accounts through the app.

It’s frustrating Instagram doesn’t have lists so you need a separate account for every interest.

They also instantly reverse that if you follow the email prompt/mobile prompt. No idea why they decided to handle anti-spam that way.

Can you elaborate please? I verified the phone number to no avail

Yeah but it feels a bit like being negged. Like they can't just say "this is the process to make an account". They have to say " you are faaaakkeee prove to me you're real!".

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