Recent content by rkearn17

Why would I ask about it in a forum? I would just do it. I think it's being done TO my account BY competitors.

How would you counteract this sort of action?

Perhaps they never thought of it or tried. Is there cold hard data that shows whether it works

how does sending powerlikes cause phone verification

But theres no guarantee that a competitor can't nerf an account by spamming their top posts with "Don't show for this hashtag"

But those reports get reviewed by human staff from ig I imagine. Not only does that not kill the account, but the fake accounts you're using to report it

Imagine a competitor that hates your account. They make 50 accounts and go to your latest post. They click into every hashtag you use. If your post is showing up on top posts, They click the three dots and mark "Don't Show for This Hashtag" I know this has an effect on the account taking this...

Yes, I'm specifically talking about followers who have never commented or liked. I know even nothing has changed, engagement fluctuates +-40%. On some days you will get 1400 likes, others 600 likes. This is a normal variance. I am still skeptical when people say it works, when it can just be...

Exactly, I've been searching for a few days, and have come up without nothing but theories and guesses.

i am a dev. it's not much effort. i just need to know before and after if there has been any data that backs it up. Example: a decrease in followers + increase in engagement per post over a course of 15 days and 15 posts would be solid data

My engagement has been **** lately after weeks of incredible reach with hashtags. Theory is that I targeted likers and commenters. With hashtags performing so well, crappy followers started jumping on board. I am going to start scraping my own posts and in a few months, all non-engagers will be...

Is this happening to everyone, or just botters?

swipe up option will get you 1 view maybe. ig encapsulates then url click to their in-app browser, meaning there is no youtube login session, stopping them from subscribing and liking. i rather tell them about the channel or a new video and have them open the youtube app.

I was thinking this because instagram is owned by facebook. Facebook definitely has a penalties when you try to take users off FB to youtube. Any post with mention of youtube gets no reach.

If this is true won't we all eventually get banned? if not in a few months then in a few years?