Epic Instagram + FL Journey To SOMEWHERE EPIC!!!

Sooted said:
jeez everyone is doing instagram here..to much work for me to buy and handle all this accounts/proxies/niches just to lose everything within a week :D

so i don't even start this.. but good luck to you :p
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Use a Web based bot like instagress or instaplus.io it can really help
 
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UPDATE:​

Just got hit with a massive effing ban wave. Half of my accounts (15+) are gone, including all 7 of my 1 year old accounts that were at 17k each. Ouch.

Going to work to try and get some of them back soo but we'll see.

Also, I just had a brand new idea for a churn and burn ig + ogads method. I don't want to share the method yet because 1 I haven't tested it, (but in theory 1 brand new account should reach 19,000 people per day) and 2 it won't work if everyone starts doing it. I just created one account that's doing it now and will share results soon.

~Luke
 
PChanger said:
UPDATE:​

Just got hit with a massive effing ban wave. Half of my accounts (15+) are gone, including all 7 of my 1 year old accounts that were at 17k each. Ouch.

Going to work to try and get some of them back soo but we'll see.

Also, I just had a brand new idea for a churn and burn ig + ogads method. I don't want to share the method yet because 1 I haven't tested it, (but in theory 1 brand new account should reach 19,000 people per day) and 2 it won't work if everyone starts doing it. I just created one account that's doing it now and will share results soon.

~Luke
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Ouch!

Any idea what could have caused this?
 
IG did go through a major update on the back end. could be why.
 
washand said:
what date?
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Last week I believe on the 21st. they made some changes where it changed features which it seems like everytime they do that, it causes some problem. a few IG service providers I know of have had put their services on hold to do some testing since then.
 
NxPain said:
Last week I believe on the 21st. they made some changes where it changed features which it seems like everytime they do that, it causes some problem. a few IG service providers I know of have had put their services on hold to do some testing since then.
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I had another issue at that time: engagement dropped by almost 50%! Nothing changed, gained more followers and posted HQ pictures.
 
PChanger said:
UPDATE:​

Just got hit with a massive effing ban wave. Half of my accounts (15+) are gone, including all 7 of my 1 year old accounts that were at 17k each. Ouch.

Going to work to try and get some of them back soo but we'll see.

Also, I just had a brand new idea for a churn and burn ig + ogads method. I don't want to share the method yet because 1 I haven't tested it, (but in theory 1 brand new account should reach 19,000 people per day) and 2 it won't work if everyone starts doing it. I just created one account that's doing it now and will share results soon.

~Luke
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That's a shame bro, hope you can get it sorted or find out what caused it
 
UPDATE:​

IT WAS A BIO BAN!!!

In my last update I mentioned how I got about half of my accounts banned including 7 that were at 17k.... Well...

I GOT THEM ALL BACK LIKE A BOSS BUTT MOTHER FRANKER!!!! :D

...well the 7 that were at 17k at least! (that's all I really cared about anyway).

Long story short I originally thought that it was a Link ban on my YouTube channel (and it might have been) but mainly it was a bio ban!

I had all the bios on my 30 accounts identical/very very similar because I didn't think it mattered, but clearly now it does. That must have been a part of the ig update on the 21st. Bio bans are now a thing people. You have been warned.

Also, initial testing on my churn n burn ig spam account idea is working amazingly. I'll update you more on that later.

~Luke

P.S. Why isn't there a BHW app?
 
UPDATE:​

Ok, so since the ban I lost a lot of accounts, but (like I said in my previous update) I got all the big important ones back.

I tested out my churn and burn IG method a bit more and it doesn't work well (unless you're just posting a bunch of porn, but I'm not going to do that).

I've gotten a bit sidetracked, because I have a million things I want to do, but have like no time. Trying to keep up with my YouTube channel, all of my Instagram accounts, my eBay business, and start up a new Twitter auto-like service. (still looking for some people to test it out, so if you want to test it for free until I'm ready to start charging for it, read my thread here: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/t...-and-give-feedback-before-i-release-it.888538 then PM me.)

Instagram Accounts I Currently Have:

My personal account 17.2k > Now 23.5k (with no botting!) :D

7 x 1 year old accounts in the YouTube niche with around 16k > Now 18k followers each!

2 Month ish old accounts in the YouTube niche:
145 followers > KILLED BY BIO BAN
153 followers > KILLED BY BIO BAN
131 followers > Now 913 followers
98 followers > Now 809 followers
214 followers > Now 1173 followers
164 followers > KILLED BY BIO BAN
77 followers > KILLED BY BIO BAN
95 followers > KILLED BY BIO BAN
98 followers > KILLED BY BIO BAN
125 followers > KILLED BY BIO BAN
55 followers > KILLED BY BIO BAN
41 followers > KILLED BY BIO BAN
43 followers > KILLED BY BIO BAN
44 followers > KILLED BY BIO BAN
3 followers > Now 80 followers <----my settings are all out of whack. Kinda forgot about this account until just now. xD)

? old accounts in the YouTube niche:
1581 followers > Now 1,641 followers <---(bought this one with 1.5k fake followers and a bunch of them have dropped off, but it's been gaining a lot of real followers. Gaining real and losing fake at about the same rate. xD)
8573 followers > Now 8,132 followers <---(bought this one with 8.5k fake followers and a bunch of them have dropped off, but it's been gaining a lot of real followers. Gaining real and losing fake at about the same rate. xD)

2 Month ish old accounts in various niches:
683 followers > Now 1,322 followers <--(put lots of work into this one. Some manual)
308 followers > made it to 1,200 followers but then it got banned. (Probably because I was just posting scraped images without modifying them like at all.)
31 followers > Got to 450 followers and then it got banned. No idea why. It was actually a pretty legit account.
137 followers > Now 1,389 followers <--(this one is on full auto. I won't have to touch it for a year, and I have high hopes for it. Think it will make me a lot of money once it gets a few more followers.)
71 followers > Now 437 followers <--(surprised this one one isn't getting more follow backs, but whatever.)
135 followers > Now 1,043 followers <--(This one is literally just following people who have tagged f4f and l4l. Super surprised it hasn't gotten more follow backs.)
141 followers > Now 949 followers <--(Fitness niche. I have literally no interest in fitness, but I figured what the heck.)
1134 followers > Now 1342 followers <---(Suuuuper slow growth on this one and I get like no engagement [under 30 likes per pic] even though the pics are really good. May clear out the account and choose a different niche.)

Overall I'd say it's still going pretty well. There are a bunch of reasons I lost those accounts in the bio ban:
They were pretty much all identical
The pics were more or less the same (I didn't modify them at all)
The bios were all the same (I'm sure that's why they got banned)
They were all linking to the same place.

Since then, I've figured out a way to use a different link every time (that is not a redirect, since that doesn't work on IG), and coming up with different bios shouldn't be too hard. I'm going to make more accounts soon, just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Right now I'm mainly focused on the twitter auto-like service I'm trying to set up, because (as long as I can keep the accounts from getting banned and people are actually interested in using it) It should be able to start bringing in around $500 a month (already got the domain for it and everything: www.socialautolikes.com I haven't finished desining it yet though. It's pretty much just a wordpress template atm. xD). Once I get that setup though, I'll get back to the Instagramming! :D

~Luke
 
UPDATE:​

I trick-or-treated even though I'm 20. It was dope.

Happy Halloween! :D

~Luke
 
UPDATE:​

Everything has been going great and I haven't lost any accounts.

Finished setting up my website www.socialautolikes.com (which is for a service I made that gives you 100 likes on every tweet you send out.) I'm gonna upgrade to Jr VIP soon and start a sales thread in the marketplace. (Planning on expanding it to Instagram soon too.) :D

Other than that, nothing much is new. Here are my numbers.

Instagram Accounts I Currently Have:

My personal account 23.5k > Now 25.1 (with no botting!) :D

7 x 1 year old accounts in the YouTube niche with around 18k > Now 19k followers each!

2 Month ish old accounts in the YouTube niche:
913 followers > Now 1,070
809 followers > Now 975
1173 followers > Now 1,487
80 followers > Now 109

? old accounts in the YouTube niche:
1,641 followers > Now 1,668 <---(I had one day where 300 fake followers dropped off. That's why this one doesnt look like it's grown much.)
8,132 followers > Now 8,079 <---(bought this one with 8.5k fake followers and a bunch of them have dropped off, but it's been gaining a lot of real followers. Gaining real and losing fake at about the same rate. xD)

2 Month ish old accounts in various niches:
1,322 followers > Now 1,530 <--(put lots of work into this one. Some manual)
1,389 followers > Now 1,809 <--(this one is on full auto. I won't have to touch it for a year, and I have high hopes for it. Think it will make me a lot of money once it gets a few more followers.)
437 followers > Now 577 <--(surprised this one one isn't getting more follow backs, but whatever.)
1,043 followers > Now 1,332 <--(This one is literally just following people who have tagged f4f and l4l. Super surprised it hasn't gotten more follow backs.)
949 followers > Now 1,267 <--(Fitness niche. I have literally no interest in fitness, but I figured what the heck.)
1342 followers > Now 1,459 <---(Suuuuper slow growth on this one and I get like no engagement [under 30 likes per pic] even though the pics are really good. May clear out the account and choose a different niche.)

~Luke
 
This was a nice read Luke!
Lovely to see how you keep going even though the ban struggles and stuff.

I just have one question; what is the exact definition of a bio ban? Is it that the bio's are very similar to your other accounts?

Peace
 
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