Fixing Instagram's Shadow Ban

[OldWalnut]

Let me start off by telling you how I was shadow banned (there were 2 reasons).

1. I was using an online service to schedule my IG posts, and one day it decided to post all 50 of my posts simultaneously. After removing the posts, my engagement slowed to a crawl (although I was still showing up for some hashtags)
2. (This one was the final nail in the coffin)...some asshat screwed me by marking my brand hashtag as "inappropriate" after another user posted a picture of a half-naked chick using my brand hashtag

Moving on...

After I tried everything I found on the internet and waiting over a month with zero signs of any light at the end of the tunnel...I gave in and created a NEW account FML.

Note: Of course creating the new account and starting over fresh would essentially fix your shadow ban...but I wouldn't make this post if that was my ultimate solution (unless I just felt like wasting everyone's time lol)

So what did I do???

1. Created a new IG account with a similar username
2. I logged back into my account that was shadow banned and added a 001 to the end of the username
3. Then I logged back into my NEW account and assigned it username from my old account
4. I then posted a few images using the NEW account (they all showed up for hashtags and received regular engagement)

>>>HERE'S THE SECRET SAUCE<<<

1. Out of pure curiosity, I changed the name of my NEW account by adding a 002 to the end of the username
2. I then logged back into my OLD shadowbanned account and changed it back to its original username
3. I made a (2) new posts and checked to see if they showed up for the selected hashtags.....
BOOM - they were all there, and the account has been growing ever since (about 3 weeks ago from the date of this post).

******IMPORTANT NOTE: If you think your account has been shadow banned due to some bad hashtags MAKE SURE (while your shadow banned acct has its name changed) you log in and remove all hashtags from each of your posts! ****************************

---That's it -----
1. Create new account
2. Rename old shadowbanned account
3. Rename new account with your old username
4. Log into shadowbanned account and remove hashtags from all of your posts
5. Log into the new account and make a few posts
6. Confirm that the shadow ban did not follow the username to your new account (check to make sure they appear for their hashtags under recent)
7. Once confirmed - change the username of your new account
8. Reassign your old username to your original account
9. Make 1 or 2 posts with quality 5 popular hashtags
10. Check to see if the posts are showing up for the hashtags under the recent tab

 

[JohnH4012]

im shadowbanned because of a deleted post i doubt it will work for that ...or will it...hmmmmmmm

 

[JohnH4012]

and i thought name changing gives you an instant engagement drop

 

[deedee1whoa]

and i thought name changing gives you an instant engagement drop

First time I'm hearing that. Any truth in that?

 

[BobLender]

Heard of this instagram issue.
I have shadowban on some hashtags.
They don't show up in the posts.
I don't think it's possible to fix it once you get it.

 

[OldWalnut]

First time I'm hearing that. Any truth in that?

It can be - if you completely change your accounts niche/username people will be confused on what account they're following.

 

[bmbsa]

Please refer to the original thread !!!
https://www.warriorforum.com/social...m-shadow-ban-seriously-its-so-simple-lol.html

 

[deedee1whoa]

It can be - if you completely change your accounts niche/username people will be confused on what account they're following.

Not what I meant, thought that was obvious. I assumed you guys were talking about IG's algorithm, the automated reaction.

 

[klique]

Please refer to the original thread !!!
https://www.warriorforum.com/social...m-shadow-ban-seriously-its-so-simple-lol.html

Lmao, is OP on this thread the OP on WF, or did he just literally copy and paste it from there?

 

[colorme]

Lmao, is OP on this thread the OP on WF, or did he just literally copy and paste it from there?

I would like to believe it's the same OP that just wants to make sure we all know about this safe trick. If it was not original OP, it'd be really stupid to just copy and paste everything, and try to pass it as your own.
My 2 cents, it's the same OP>

 

[JohnH4012]

can anyone confirm this method

 

[bmbsa]

I would like to believe it's the same OP that just wants to make sure we all know about this safe trick. If it was not original OP, it'd be really stupid to just copy and paste everything, and try to pass it as your own.
My 2 cents, it's the same OP>

So the OP just wanted to share the same post here after 8 days!

 

[UserohneNamen]

will give it a try thanks!

 

[Aulig]

I dont buy it. Instagram uses IDs internally (I know from using their api) that are completely separate from your username and cant be changed. (How else could you stay followed to someone that changed their name? Sure theres another way, but its programmatically inefficient)

 

[klique]

I would like to believe it's the same OP that just wants to make sure we all know about this safe trick. If it was not original OP, it'd be really stupid to just copy and paste everything, and try to pass it as your own.
My 2 cents, it's the same OP>

I dunno, something tells me its not the original poster.. I could be wrong though. He's been online since, and has seen the replies so I'm sure if he was the OP from WF, he would of cleared the air. Oh well, its the thought that counts.. but he could of still rewrote it a little bit if it wasn't his, or gave credit to that man.