ShadowBan - a new algorithm instagram ...be aware!

Burt Gomez said:

I stopped using a bot about 2 years ago, but I still use the limit of 30 hashtags per post.

According to IG, they allow up to 30 hashtags and mention this when describing their best practices. I typically do 3-5 in the original post and add the rest in the comments underneath. Why would they punish posters for taking advantage of the maximum amount of hashtags allowed?

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GhostMint said:

Interesting feature if this is true, wouldn't be surprised with all the updates and cracking down on bots they've been doing lately. Reddit has being using the shadowban for some time now and it's really effective for them.

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EagerToEarn said:

They consider it as spamming

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Basic said:

I think this explains Instagram's Shadowban - https://later.com/blog/instagram-shadowban/

(I have nothing to do with this website, just something I found while searching for answers)

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Noah Hawryshko said:

Can we see your data? So far you've made a lot of claims about the inner-workings of Instagram's anti-spam algorithm, but you haven't provided any evidence of it. You were already asked once for evidence by another user and all you did was respond with a website that links to a login panel.

This all seems really suspect as I've likewise tested this myself and am almost certain that shadow-banning doesn't exist on Instagram photos. It definitely exists on comments, but I've done almost all the of things you said are supposed to trigger a shadow ban (on multiple different accounts) without anything negative happening comparatively.

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Jonathan Graham said:

I have been shadow banned. It is 100% real without a doubt. You are mistaken. Photos come up on followers accounts under hashtags but on accounts where they are not following you they do not come up. I have tested this with three different accounts.....

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