@dansup wait, does Instagram have a real name policy now? 🤨

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@dansup I made an account like that to use as a business page - because no way was I linking all my personal stuff to the business - but it did that to me, too. Made account, got blocked, added phone # to unblock, appealed, got blocked permanently. No dice - and I hadn't even managed to log in and read anything, let alone post anything.

I never bothered trying to advertise on Insta because of it, so it's definitely cost them actual money doing this.

@dansup lol you're really quick with things 😆 👏

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That was a short story, but it went with a bang.

@dansup This is their standard practice. They do it for all new Insta accounts, so they can force you to enter phone number and other details.

@dansup user experience 101: sign up the user and immediately ban them

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#InstaSPAM?

No one uses that shithole anymore.

#tallship #FOSS #Fediverse #Pixelfed

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@dansup No worries. They only got a couple teraflops of data on you for the 3 seconds you were there.