Recent content by Tommy T

Very true

Yes, I read that paper months ago. This "2 month" jailtime is nonsense and unfounded.

The browser and app use different login APIs, so perhaps there are different blocks there. Maybe the app block will go away in a few days.

Instagram started initiating unfollow blocks early last week, this means that the previously high limits of unfollowing are no longer allowed. I suggest you let your account rest for a bit.

Yes. There are more specifics about that research paper here: https://blog.goldnitro.com/2019/06/08/how-instagram-deals-with-automation/ Note that the Facebook research paper is from 2018 and their strategy certainly evolved since then.

So you're able to log-in via the browser and not the Instagram app?

What's the error message?

You may need to let your account rest for a couple days and try relinking it. What's the error that you're seeing in the EB?

We run hundreds of accounts on automation. This "2 month" time limit is simply not true. Instagram enforces two different types of activity blocks now: 1) Session blocks - This is when you're able to follow and like from the Instagram app but not through your automated tool. In this case...

What do you mean Instagram banned your device? What is the error that you're seeing?

I guess the question then becomes, why does it matter or why does it look suspicious? Maybe it just means that you should be running automation on platforms like osx, windows, ios, android, etc.

If you're using Jarvee, it appears that API unfollows are blocked and you need to switch to use the EB. YMMV though

Are you using a proxy for these unfollows? If so, what kind?

How are you extracting this device ID? My understanding is that this is Instagram generated and you'd have to capture and decrypt the SSL network traffic to get ahold of it. Getting around the SSL is the hard part here.

Instagram runs experiments with different buckets of users. There is almost always a control group that isn't affected by anti-automation blocks. That's why you may see one account blocked and not the other. This means that while your luxury page isn't receiving blocks or resets, it will...