Checkpoints : 25k - 50k - 100k -> Lets do it.

[mladz]

heaps of people on larger accounts noticed their engagement drop a certain %..

For example my page (this is a guide)
If at 50k i had 2k likes..75k was 3.5k..which is roughly the same engagement rate.. 100k was 4k likes and 130k 4.5k likes.

The likes reduced from people who don't follow me...hence this is instagrams doing.

Before any heroes have a cry saying its my page... Its not..I've been doing this for 3 years i know what I'm taking about. Also the figures are only rough guides and 24hr counts for photos - e.g that same 4.5k photo sits at 5k after a week etc

 

[crystal1994]

heaps of people on larger accounts noticed their engagement drop a certain %..

For example my page (this is a guide)
If at 50k i had 2k likes..75k was 3.5k..which is roughly the same engagement rate.. 100k was 4k likes and 130k 4.5k likes.

The likes reduced from people who don't follow me...hence this is instagrams doing.

Before any heroes have a cry saying its my page... Its not..I've been doing this for 3 years i know what I'm taking about. Also the figures are only rough guides and 24hr counts for photos - e.g that same 4.5k photo sits at 5k after a week etc

This really lowers my motivation somehow.
Makes you wanna stop doing Instagram

 

[stingraypants]

Hi crystal, do you have a url linked to your account at all? Reason I'm asking is because I recently opened a new account linked to our website, performed all actions manually, following, commenting, liking unfollow etc, and 2 days later IG disabled my account. All content was produced by myself, I couldn't understand why they disabled the account. After it was disabled, opened another account with much less manual activity (less than 60 follows/unfollows per hour) and it was deleted in less than 6 hours. I'm lost. Could it be that I have an URL on my account so they deem it as commercial/promotional? My activity seemed much less than yours, I would love to find out more about what you think I'm doing wrong! Would you be able to PM me?

 

[crystal1994]

Hi crystal, do you have a url linked to your account at all? Reason I'm asking is because I recently opened a new account linked to our website, performed all actions manually, following, commenting, liking unfollow etc, and 2 days later IG disabled my account. All content was produced by myself, I couldn't understand why they disabled the account. After it was disabled, opened another account with much less manual activity (less than 60 follows/unfollows per hour) and it was deleted in less than 6 hours. I'm lost. Could it be that I have an URL on my account so they deem it as commercial/promotional? My activity seemed much less than yours, I would love to find out more about what you think I'm doing wrong! Would you be able to PM me?

I dont have any URL in my Account.
I dont even see why that should be a Problem, if its just 1 Account with that URL. If you create multiple Accounts with same URL in profile then yes.. you risk getting banned.

 

[stingraypants]

Would there be less scrutiny with an aged account? or should I scrap the url all together? Happy to run an experiment like this one.

 

[stingraypants]

Only every created one account. We used the url on our posts but they are not active links. Would you be able to pm what you're using? or any advice to get us started? I'm concerned our url is now on the radar...

 

[stingraypants]

*one account at a time. Two accounts in total now - the original one that was deleted upon 800 followers, and the subsequent one which only survived 6hrs with only 70 followers.

 

[crystal1994]

Only every created one account. We used the url on our posts but they are not active links. Would you be able to pm what you're using? or any advice to get us started? I'm concerned our url is now on the radar...

No I cant give out the settings Im using... Just take two minutes and read what settings will work for your Account. Do some research and you will be good.

I do have a question, happy if someone could answer it:
I created an Account three days ago. It only follows like 20-30 people a day and likes 15-30 pictures. I dont know why, there is nothing wrong with my settings.
The Account should follow like 400/500 people and like that amount too.
I checked Activity Log. It only says "searching for users who commented" and "searching for comments posted on ID xxxxx". There is no action, only searching for stuff.
Can someone explain why? The bot runs three Accounts at the same time, the other two Accounts work properly.

 

[Goofy454]

No I cant give out the settings Im using... Just take two minutes and read what settings will work for your Account. Do some research and you will be good.

I do have a question, happy if someone could answer it:
I created an Account three days ago. It only follows like 20-30 people a day and likes 15-30 pictures. I dont know why, there is nothing wrong with my settings.
The Account should follow like 400/500 people and like that amount too.
I checked Activity Log. It only says "searching for users who commented" and "searching for comments posted on ID xxxxx". There is no action, only searching for stuff.
Can someone explain why? The bot runs three Accounts at the same time, the other two Accounts work properly.

Make sure to check the wizard settings twice. For example one time I forget to switch the query type in photo scraping, FL didn't work properly until I changed it back.

 

[smartkidwin]

Hi crystal, do you have a url linked to your account at all? Reason I'm asking is because I recently opened a new account linked to our website, performed all actions manually, following, commenting, liking unfollow etc, and 2 days later IG disabled my account. All content was produced by myself, I couldn't understand why they disabled the account. After it was disabled, opened another account with much less manual activity (less than 60 follows/unfollows per hour) and it was deleted in less than 6 hours. I'm lost. Could it be that I have an URL on my account so they deem it as commercial/promotional? My activity seemed much less than yours, I would love to find out more about what you think I'm doing wrong! Would you be able to PM me?

Bro that the same thing happen to me I think it because of the link I think they're going after new accounts so what I'm doing now it building an account with no link to see what happen I try you should try the same I hope that help

 

[crystal1994]

Update #7

I've waited a little with updating this.
But I hit 20k now irate:

Precisely, my Followercount is 20160 right now.
Hopefully the first Checkmark is reached soon. 4,9k left
Have a nice day everrybody

 

[loshara]

Update #7

I've waited a little with updating this.
But I hit 20k now irate:

Precisely, my Followercount is 20160 right now.
Hopefully the first Checkmark is reached soon. 4,9k left
Have a nice day everrybody

congratulations on reaching 20k I bet it feels good when you cross a big digit

 

[imGrej]

Update #7

I've waited a little with updating this.
But I hit 20k now irate:

Precisely, my Followercount is 20160 right now.
Hopefully the first Checkmark is reached soon. 4,9k left
Have a nice day everrybody

Do you notice a difference in organic growth since lets say 10k followers?

 

[stingraypants]

Bro that the same thing happen to me I think it because of the link I think they're going after new accounts so what I'm doing now it building an account with no link to see what happen I try you should try the same I hope that help

I'm almost certain IG have tightened the creation of new accounts associated with potential business "clients" they will be targeting in the near future when they roll out their b2b platform. They obviously realise how much money corporates are paying for shoutouts and traffic, and how much influence highly engaged IG accounts have in driving this traffic. I mean, they wouldn't target personal accounts because they couldn't monetize these, so why restrict. But, corporate or branded accounts, they will be happy to bottleneck this growth at this stage, and one of the parameters that is usually associated with corporate or brands is a url. It makes sense, so for newb accounts, I highly suggest to stay off the url. Grow your account as per perception of personal use, gain credibility with your followers, and monetize with diligence and caution. I've just setup a few private proxies and FL unlimited to test this all out.

 

[Goofy454]

I'm almost certain IG have tightened the creation of new accounts associated with potential business "clients" they will be targeting in the near future when they roll out their b2b platform. They obviously realise how much money corporates are paying for shoutouts and traffic, and how much influence highly engaged IG accounts have in driving this traffic. I mean, they wouldn't target personal accounts because they couldn't monetize these, so why restrict. But, corporate or branded accounts, they will be happy to bottleneck this growth at this stage, and one of the parameters that is usually associated with corporate or brands is a url. It makes sense, so for newb accounts, I highly suggest to stay off the url. Grow your account as per perception of personal use, gain credibility with your followers, and monetize with diligence and caution. I've just setup a few private proxies and FL unlimited to test this all out.

That's what I'm thinking too. Make sure to post the results, I'm curious.

 

[crystal1994]

I just checked iconosquare.
Like rate apparently is at 12,98%
Comment rate: 0,26%.
Not really high, right?
I know that comment rate is always lower... but if 5% is normal... then I should have 1000 comments on my Pictures.
Maximum is 200-300...

 

[loshara]

I just checked iconosquare.
Like rate apparently is at 12,98%
Comment rate: 0,26%.
Not really high, right?
I know that comment rate is always lower... but if 5% is normal... then I should have 1000 comments on my Pictures.
Maximum is 200-300...

have same comment rate, which I guess is absolutely fine. don't think you should expect something along the lines of 1000

 

[avilux]

Looks great so far! You'll hit 25k in no time

 

[Weblycos]

Very good OP. very informative thread indeed

 

[instagramlover]

how many max limit to follow / unfollow account in a day? to play safe?