Changing MD5 and metadata
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ownz
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It depends, how IG is generating the MD5 Hash exactly. Like image file size, image dimensions, meta data, color depth...
Only deleting the meta data won't work. I'm using MD5-Hash-Changer from ewwink (search on Github). It works absoulte stunning without any problems.
Posting daily the same photo to all my accounts without engangement drops or shadowbans.
Only deleting the meta data won't work. I'm using MD5-Hash-Changer from ewwink (search on Github). It works absoulte stunning without any problems.
Posting daily the same photo to all my accounts without engangement drops or shadowbans.
Right now before I post I:
-delete metadata with BatchPurifier,
-rename files with Ron's Renamer,
-change MD5 with the program you provided.
Do you know the tool that would do it all at once? It's not that timetaking but it's always less to do.
Also, just curious, why would you upload same photo over and over? Was that just for test purposes?
Thank you for your help. I appreciate it.
ownz
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No, sorry! I'm using also 4 different tools for my purpose. But like you said, it's not really time consuming,
so I haven't investigated time for the one and only perfect tool.
My workflow:
- Delete metadata with Batch Purifier
- Change time of the pictures with EXIF Date Changer Lite
- Rename the files with a simple .bat script
- Change MD5 with MD5-Hash-Changer
For instance, I have a lot of hot babe accounts. With this method, it's possible to post the same high quality babe picture to 30 accounts.
All of these accounts are focusing another country. It's always the same picture, but with adjusted hashtags in native language for the country.
At the end of the day, the same babe picture generates italian, french, english... leads.
Without the workflow, IG would know the correlation of all the accounts -> shadowban, engagement drops, account blocks.
lol, I´m reposting many memes of other accounts / editing them with my logo, still getting 20% of my followers as likes (on my current account I get on some of the trending latest pictures 40-60k likes); the site has 330k followers..
I haven´t got any shadowbans for reposting pictures ^^
(well, these are memes, but still no shadowban for that)
Thank you for giving that valuable info guys. One thing I'm curious about, what's picture time? Isnt' that changed along with other metadata or it doesn't belong to metadata?
And by the way, I switched from BlazingProxies to HighProxies (from 0.8$ to 3.2$ per proxy lol) yesterday and created first test account using new proxy. Then I added all the profile info and set likes, follows and like comments to 0-35 and grow 35 daily. Today morning I got PV and gonna go get another sim card.
Could 0-35 and grow 35 daily be too fast?
And second question, is pv the part of growing accounts? Like even if I get the super duper best proxies I still must be prepared phone verifications?
Sorry, with that I can´t help you.
But one thing what I´ve never understood: Why everyone tries to get 30+ sites big, that´s, in my opinion, useless.
Try to get 3-5 private accounts big.
Just autopost/followforfollow/c4c, etc. won´t get you big, you need to connect to other influencers/sites, do SfS, get a job on a 500k+ Instagram page or anything else, but pushing this many pages won´t get you over 200k+ (I barely know any influencers who achieved smth like that)
ownz
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I assume you are using a reposter app? In the first step they are downloading the picture / video from the original posting account to save it afterwards to your camera roll.
Due to this behavior the most apps change automatically the MD5 Hash of this picture. It is sufficient to add a logo like you said and the MD5 hash has changed.
Creating accounts with datacenter proxies could cause many problems. Better create your accounts with your home residential ip or mobile 4g/lte ip. Verify directly your
E-Mail from IG with the same ip you created the account. After verification, change profil pic, maybe bio also with the same ip. After these steps, switch to your datacenter proxy
and warmup the account very slowly. 0-35 actions are not too much for warmup with human delays. Many factors play a role which can cause EV or PV. When you create accounts with low quality mail providers like mail.ru, onet.pl or o2.pl you may force a lot of PV already in your warmup phase. It's also very important to use a proxy within the same country after creation. When you created the account with a usa residential ip and switch directly after creation to a russian one, IG could flag your account from the beginning, because it's not a normal behavior.
Yes, in the warmup phase PVs could happen very often even with a grown account when you push the actions too hard. Like you said, the best thing is a private sim card. It's always the best to PV the account with the same number. If you are using services like smspva and get PV's every day, then it's only a question of time when IG will totally block your account. It's not a normal behavior. No one changes his telephone number every day. If you want to grow big with a lot of accounts u need a service like smspva. At this point, you need to minify PV's in the warmup phase/grown phase. If you get daily PV's your setup is wrong.
Depends on the strategy. I have never said anything about my account size. A very common strategy in adult niche is the churn and burn method. Grow very fast, because the accounts won't last long. In my case, only 7 accounts are smaller than your described 330k account. I'm focusing on the long term methods ;-)
So far I was creating accounts using gmx.com mail. And it was in fact 0-35 actions but per feature. That means that it stacked up to 0-105 when you take liking, following and liking comments into account. But after all you recommend to invest in residental ip just for account creation, right?
I used SMSPVA in past but my accounts got banned everntually. Today I opened a dispute with SMSPVA on PayPal and I said that they use numbers multiple times. Got back all my money in 10 mins. I recommend doing same to everybody who fucked up their accounts by that service. Now I only use real SIM cards since you can buy cheapest ones for around 1.35$ here in Poland.
No, I´m literally screening the pic, going into my photo editing software, editing it with my logo and that´s it.
And I still managed to have over 6m+ followers over the last couple of years.
ownz
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When you screening the pic, then it has automatically a new MD5 hash ;-) for better understanding why OP and me needs the described workflow, open your webbrowser, safe a meme from another IG account and post it without any modifications like adding a logo. Just let it original. If the meme is already reposted by some other accounts, you'll notice a huge engagement drop, because instagram likes new and unique content. Only a few of your follower will see your post, because it's duplicate content. (Dont do it! It will f*ck up your engagement... info was just for clarification).
6m+ followers is nice. Keep up the good work
105 actions a day for warming up is in my opinion a lot. I warmup first days with 30-50 actions. For example, 40 follows and 10 likes.
I have never tested gmx, no experiences. I'm using gmail.com for all accounts.
If you have the possibilty to get residential/mobile proxies for growth and further usage, it's the best you can get. I just replied to your written specification of your actual proxy state
With resi/mobile you can push really hard after warmup and if your setup (account creation, proxy, bot delays) is good, then you will receive less action blocks or PV's than on datacenter proxies. This is my experience about the last 4 years.
1.35$ for Sim Cards is a good investment.
KraftyKyle
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Figured I'd post here in case it's helpful to anyone... My Instagram scraper changes the hash of each file when downloading all files from a username or hashtag collection. It's not quite as advanced as the workflow you have laid out, but might do the trick if you're just looking for an MD5 hash change. If you want something specific / added onto the output of my tool, feel free to post on my thread.
ChiefT
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- Dec 14, 2018
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Hi Ownz,
Question: how do you scale this?
I mean if you repost 1 picture. Duplicate this picture 30 times, change meta-data, MD5, etc. for all of these.
How do you upload these pictures efficiently back to the bot you use?
I’m in a phase now where I need to learn about reposting, but I can’t find much about how to scale changing meta-data, MD5, etc.
florafigromanholiday
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- Nov 5, 2023
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Guys what's the best way to have such a workflow on MAC OS? Which apps do I use on MAC OS to change MD5?
Also, I think Tinder and other dating platforms do not like when you delete METADATA.
This is just my assumption but I think it's better to have NEW METADATA. What are the apps for MAC OS ?