Instagram bans

mclarkie

gdmoney said:

CloWithTheFlow23 said:

cooldude255220 said:

I'm wondering whether there should be a sub-board for social media comps, given how few us us can enter the many IG comps being posted on the main board!

I've been wondering this too.

I think it would be really useful, both to those who are social media compers and those who are not.

Also think that it may be a good idea to have a separate Social Media Advents sub as well.

Can't you just ignore those with IG in the title?

Yes It's easy to do, just Bookmark the non IG ones,  then open your bookmark folder in the forum, via account & settings and work your way through the list

saajan_12

EB1234 said:

But it's not me who is breaching their ts and cs, it's the companies who are all asking people to repeatedly tag who are breaching the ts and cs

Huh? If a company's advert said "we suggest you steal from your neighbour to buy our product" and you do that, its still illegal for you to steal. The police will naturally first target that. They might find a more efficient way to stop the companies from advertising so people are less encouraged. But that doesn't change the fault of the people stealing. 

CloWithTheFlow23

mclarkie said:

gdmoney said:

CloWithTheFlow23 said:

cooldude255220 said:

I'm wondering whether there should be a sub-board for social media comps, given how few us us can enter the many IG comps being posted on the main board!

I've been wondering this too.

I think it would be really useful, both to those who are social media compers and those who are not.

Also think that it may be a good idea to have a separate Social Media Advents sub as well.

Can't you just ignore those with IG in the title?

Yes It's easy to do, just Bookmark the non IG ones,  then open your bookmark folder in the forum, via account & settings and work your way through the list

I use bookmarks, however it would be really handy to have all the social's comps in one list.

Bookmarks function is ok but you can't sort it at all, e.g. by end date, which can be really annoying and is very user unfriendly IMHO.

I've often wondered if there was a good reason why social's comps don't have their own sub board, and have yet to come up with one.

I think that for IG compers in particular it would make a lot of sense to have those comps in one list, as most of us are constantly eeking out our entries in order to avoid bans. Having a sub would make it much easier to pick the ones you want to prioritise.

I'd actually much prefer a sortable bookmarks folder but in lieu of that a social's sub wouldbe great.

EB1234

Well that's useful to know, thank you, I think it's best to have it against the ts and cs all round and then everyone is clear otherwise companies are constantly asking you to do sth that's against instagram's ts and cs which is confusing 

StarTrix

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We'd be banned after two tags.

Haribobo19

I got banned on the 2nd, got unbanned on the 6th and then got banned again after entering FOUR competitions, I only tagged two people in the posts too so it's not like I'm tagging as many as other people (I've seen some with 10+ tags in separate comments)

I've completely abandoned all hope of entering IG advents now and just doing the other social ones instead. It's disappointing though because there are a lot more on IG than the others.

Meta literally encourages businesses to post competitions to encourage interactions (commenting, liking etc.) with their pages, so it does seem very unfair that we are being "punished" for doing something that they actively encourage. 

Freelikeabird

Haribobo19 said:

I got banned on the 2nd, got unbanned on the 6th and then got banned again after entering FOUR competitions, I only tagged two people in the posts too so it's not like I'm tagging as many as other people (I've seen some with 10+ tags in separate comments)

I've completely abandoned all hope of entering IG advents now and just doing the other social ones instead. It's disappointing though because there are a lot more on IG than the others.

Meta literally encourages businesses to post competitions to encourage interactions (commenting, liking etc.) with their pages, so it does seem very unfair that we are being "punished" for doing something that they actively encourage. 

It's interesting that this specifically mentions 'tag two friends' considering it's the tagging aspect they seem to have an issue with people doing! Very mixed messages.

mclarkie

My second ban lifted today, I thought I'd be careful this time and only enter comps like Boohoo and B&Q, who don't ask for friend tags.  And guess what, I'm barred from posting again. So It can't just be the tagging of friends that results in a ban but perhaps replying too many posts in a certain time period or something. I dunno?

I literally give up!

annat

So just avoided a suspended account again and this will be my third, 3 day ban in 2 weeks!! Restricted on Facebook too for the last 24 hours!!! What the actual? Has our lovely Martin ever raised this one? it would be so appreciated

Freelikeabird

I had a comment removed and have been given a 3 day ban for leaving a non-competition related comment on a company's post *eyeroll* It was a positive comment which was relevant to their post and I didn't tag anyone in it. Oh well!

And of course when I go into the account settings further it says my account is not restricted in any way and has not breached their community guidelines etc. Still can't post though!