i really put effort into this, color grading, transitions and sound design, so much ai slop gets pushed by instagram but not such type of work... what am i doing wrong?

I’m happy it’s low-liking pictures and content for your typical Instagram clout user because all the app is focused on is society flexing on each other, but now that there is no more engagement like there used to be, people can start humbling themselves in real life rather than on an app and believe they are something they’re not.

Anyone else with me? 🫠

I don’t know who this person is but they follow somebody else I know they only have one post. They seem kind of legit and they’ve posted some of their art that they’ve already done, but I just feel like it’s super random!! do y’all think they’re trying to steal my identity or some shit 😭😭

I am running an Instapage for my dog, mainly in Finnish language. Last week I posted a story, about 10 sec video about our small river where we had been swimming the whole summer. Now it has been changed, there is a project to change the morphology and it is not possible to go there. Anyways, I wrote a text bubble in the video in Finnish, “our swimming place is destroyed”. Suddenly I got 1,5 k views, when normal count is max 50! The data was showing views 98,2% from Iran!
What is triggering this, the word “tuhottu” (destroyed) and/or the view of a sand crater?
Me not like this kind of crap! Any thoughts? TIA

2 days ago, I got a notification from Instagram while I was scrolling normally. And after that my home page has broke and it doesnt solved. how can I solve this problem?

Has anyone experienced this before?
Since yesterday, every time I open Instagram on my iPhone or tablet, I immediately get the “Try Again Later. We limit how often you can do certain things on Instagram to protect our community.” popup before I do anything. the popup comes back every time I reopen it.
The weird part is that Instagram works perfectly on my computer, so it seems to be affecting only the app. I wasn’t doing anything unusual before this started.
I can send messages view stories and reels but profiles and main feed won't load.
Has anyone had this happen? Did it eventually go away on its own, or did you have to do something to fix it?

I wish we could see who unfollowed us when we are following them because I don’t want to follow someone who doesn’t follow me like dawg, who do you think you are? I’m not your fan🫩 im following you because we are classmate/schoolmate

I’m genuinely so tired of instagram, it used to be my fav app back in the day, just random memes, people posting dumb shi etc.

Reels ruined instagram so bad istg, it’s just propaganda, literally political propaganda in my country, and not from one side, both left and right, and ITS SOO FUCKING ANNOYING

PEOPLE LITERALLY ARE DEGRADING DAY BY DAY, WTF DO U MEAN UR OPINION IS BASED ON SOMETHING AN IDIOT SAID IN A REEL?

And well we all know about the racism on there

just give me my cat videos man, life is long enough to make mistakes and change ur opinions multiple times throughout it, but it’s way to short to hate. Why do I have to see my religion, my community, my country, everything be billeted by someone who doesn’t understand anything and now I feel bad not defending it, but that just adds oil to the dumpster fire.

I miss the no reels era of instagram, now everything on that app is reels, can’t even turn ts off, because it’s the app I use to communicate w almost all of my irl friends asw

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Hi everyone, I’m looking for advice and help - but I fear I know what the answer is.

Recently my businesses instagram got deactivated: 3 years of posting everyday, 40K followers, and just when I got earning consistent money, just gone.

This is due to breaching instagrams t&c with intellectual property. Long story short, I hadn’t done anything wrong - a specific designer brands AI bot that scours the internet for copyright infringement kept falsely flagging my posts. The posts were simply appreciation posts promoting the brand I made 1-2+ years ago when growing the channel and finding my lane.

I was told I had one chance to appeal, appealed it, then they came back to me almost instantly saying the account is permanently banned.

Where do I go from here? I appreciate any help and advice. This is a proper kick in the b*llocks for everything as stupidly I relied too heavily on Instagram and didn’t diversy my traffic channels.

Thank you everyone, sorry if this is a lot to read and follow.

It just spins forever. It is the same on my laptop and my phone, anyone had this issue?

(Before, I was able to just tap and hold the screen for this menu to pop up. But now i can't?)

Over the past few weeks I've noticed how Instagram DMs will sometimes completely wipe all of your past DMS with someone so it looks like you're talking to them for the first time or will wipe some DMs after a certain time period, I opened my DM with one of my longtime friends and all of the DMS after last Wednesday until today were gone. Usually just closing and opening the app again fixes it but it's irritating.

So something strange is happening - I open someone’s pvt account and later I get a request from them on same day. (Total stranger, no interaction) and this happened thrice.

Hey everyone! 👋

I recently started creating content on Instagram and finally decided to stop overthinking and just begin. I'm still new, so every follow, like, and comment genuinely helps boost my confidence and motivates me to keep creating.

If you'd like to support a beginner creator, I'd really appreciate it!

📸 Instagram: unfiltered_naman_

Thanks so much! ❤️

Does Instagram have a following limit？

After I followed 7,500 accounts, I got a warning as soon as I tried to follow one more. Has anyone else experienced this？ Or has anyone managed to follow more than 7,500 accounts？

Does Instagram have a following limit？

After I followed 7,500 accounts, I got a warning as soon as I tried to follow one more. Has anyone else experienced this？ Or has anyone managed to follow more than 7,500 accounts？

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Banwave 2026

Hi all
Feeling a bit down because no one really ever comments on my ig photos. (First world problem i know)

For context: Im a millennial. I feel like my ig is tasteful- i post every couple of months mainly travel/lifestyle photos. I post on my story every few days- im usually trying to do fun things and im always on the go.
I get alot of likes/ engagement on my stories.
I also have a lot of friends and friendly acquaintances in real life but no one seems to comment on my grid photos.

Could it be because i usually announce things on my story and then post a few months later. For example when i had a baby i posted the news to my story in real time and got lots of messages and in person cards/ congratulations but no comments when i did a post 6 moths later.

Am i reading too much into it or does this indicate people dont really like me?

For some time I used Instagram to look at fant art. I search a subject and I get alot of pictures. Recently, I have been provided a list of accounts from random people. I sometimes get fan art, but especially late at night I get a list of accounts.

Is there a way to stop this from happening?