Instagram suspended our account, one we've never posted from, just added a link to https://pixelfed.org in the bio.
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I am not surprised.
// For example... it's going too far as a bot or spam countermeasure. That's the only reason I don't want to create an Instagram account. 
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@pixelfed I had a hell of a time making an Instagram account for my improv team - they just kept insta-banning it. I have no idea why, it's so annoying :(
@pixelfed you guys are doing something right :)
@pixelfed This has happened to me thrice. I honestly don't understand how people are able to use Insta. Not because it's bad, but because of how difficult it is to keep an account for more than a week.
take it as a win, dont stay on that shithole
@pixelfed Inst... Who??
@pixelfed I had an email saying that the other day too. I think it was because I don't use it. 😂
@pixelfed I found no official Meta rule banning Pixelfed or links to rival platforms. Reports from 404 Media, Engadget and Daring Fireball say Meta/Facebook removed some pixelfed.social links as “spam” in 2025; Engadget reports Meta later called that removal a mistake. The relevant official rules are Instagram’s Community Guidelines and Meta’s Spam/Inauthentic Behavior policies against spam, scams, and artificially boosting likes, follows, shares, reach, or engagement.
Let go!
@pixelfed if you got suspended by the Markhole, you've done everything right
@pixelfed They're probably trying to hide Pixelfed... Not surprising from meta
@pixelfed Start sharing your user data with brokers, insert ads into Pixelfed and introduce AI to your Android app.
They will probably reactivate your account after you have done this. 😅
@pixelfed Mine is finally almost gone. Full removal in a few weeks. They did the hard work for you.
@pixelfed if pixelfed joins the diabolic data buisenes, then pixelfed would be welcome
@pixelfed I heard Instagram are mass purging inactive account.
Lots of influencer are repoeting thousands of lost followers.
@pixelfed i had uninstall instagram and started uses pixelfed as a healthier alternatve
@pixelfed they're sore losers
@pixelfed LoL. They aren't even hiding behind a mask anymore.
Just wait until they get a private army like Russian companies!
Let me confirm your suspicion.
Yes, it was suspended exactly for the reason you believe it was.
We've been cracking down on service providers that provide products or services in direct competition with our own.
Even if we restore it at a later time, expect to be more easily scrutinized.
Let me confirm your suspicion.
Yes, it was suspended exactly for the reason you believe it was.
We've been cracking down on service providers that provide products or services in direct competition to our own.
@pixelfed maybe time to actually work and push updates to pixelfed ? :)
@pixelfed I have had several test accounts without any posts and all of those were closed in a month or so. Banning dormant accounts is one way instagram is trying to prevent all kind of scraping and bot accounts from emerging on their platform. So I would say you would have been better off by posting something
@pixelfed Maybe they need room on their servers for their shitty AI.
@pixelfed In a way I see that as a good thing. Obviously the work being done by Pixelfed and other federated platforms is being viewed as a threat to the monoliths that run these big tech platforms. Keep up the fight, you'll have my support as long as you do
@pixelfed They must be super scared of you as a competitor.
@pixelfed This is exactly how a good phish would appear.
Maybe it's not allowed not to post? 🤔
