Instagram has a frustration loop. I know that, because it is triggered on my account: for every action I take, no matter how minor, it makes me log in again. Every link I click, everything I do, I get to make a detour through the login screen.
It started with "suspicious activity detected on your account", followed by "your account has been disabled", and while it won't state the actual reason for this, the only realistic reason listed in their official rules would be that I posted something that offended someone.
There is one problem with this explanation though: I never posted _anything_. I follow a few people, that's all I do on instagram. So I filled in codes, sent them photos of myself, and eventually received access to the account again - but now it makes me log in again for absolutely everything I do. I can't believe they would do this by accident, or that it would be a bug. Clearly they identified me as a miscreant, and while they couldn't get enough evidence for an execution, they can sure as hell punish me for whatever misdeeds they imagine I committed.
I suspect what caused the problem was that occasionally you come across links to pictures on instagram. Apparently following those is suspicious enough that it warrants triggering a frustration-experience. Of course, being part of Meta also means that if they decide to shut down my instagram for good, I'll also lose access to my Facebook account, which I use to communicate with a few faraway friends.
Of course the world moved on from Facebook, and everybody is now on Instagram. I suppose I would be as well - if only it let me...
Could be, but I'm an extremely minimal user. Surely volume counts for such a thing? I check the site once or twice a week, and look at some holiday pics of friends for a few minutes, for crying out loud...
It started with "suspicious activity detected on your account", followed by "your account has been disabled", and while it won't state the actual reason for this, the only realistic reason listed in their official rules would be that I posted something that offended someone.
There is one problem with this explanation though: I never posted _anything_. I follow a few people, that's all I do on instagram. So I filled in codes, sent them photos of myself, and eventually received access to the account again - but now it makes me log in again for absolutely everything I do. I can't believe they would do this by accident, or that it would be a bug. Clearly they identified me as a miscreant, and while they couldn't get enough evidence for an execution, they can sure as hell punish me for whatever misdeeds they imagine I committed.
I suspect what caused the problem was that occasionally you come across links to pictures on instagram. Apparently following those is suspicious enough that it warrants triggering a frustration-experience. Of course, being part of Meta also means that if they decide to shut down my instagram for good, I'll also lose access to my Facebook account, which I use to communicate with a few faraway friends.
Of course the world moved on from Facebook, and everybody is now on Instagram. I suppose I would be as well - if only it let me...