Last twelve posts) / 12) / number of followers ((total likes for last twelve posts + total comments for Using these last twelve posts, we can calculate our engagement ratio as: If you look at Instagram’s JSON data feed for your account, the platform believes you are only as relevant as your twelve most recent posts. After gaining an average of 60 followers per day, our account began losing as many as 20 followers per day after the action block and rarely had a day in the black.ģ. If you’re putting out good content regularly (which I think we were doing a decent job – judge for yourself at ), you’ve done your best with hash tags and you’re still not gaining followers, it poses the question:ĭoes anyone out there really care, and is Instagram’s model more broken than ever? This chart shows the total number of followers gained per day for our account. It points to a serious problem with Instagram.
Yes, you can still use your apps to find that jerk who unfollowed you even though you had “liked” twenty terrible pictures of his ugly stupid kids. What you do have to do is change your ways.īe mindful of Instagram’s hourly and daily limits and abide by them (there are theories elsewhere on the Internet about these limits, but the last I heard was to keep it under 200 “actions” per day and no more than 20 follow requests in an hour). No, you don’t have to delete your apps.Ĭheck your Instagram settings and you’ll see that your automation apps aren’t recognized as linked accounts. If you were using an app for automated follow/unfollow tasks like us, this activity is probably what landed you in jail. Has this happened to you too? Let us know in the comments!) (AUGUPDATE: Two of our readers told us today they have been action blocked from unfollowing as well, which we’d never heard of. So the alternative is to block you from following anyone for a while. Well, it would honestly be kind of weird if Instagram tried to stop you from unfollowing someone, because let’s face it – sometimes you pick up some real weirdos (I’m looking at you, guy who only takes pictures of people on the toilet). Why would Instagram block you from following others merely for batch unfollowing? The second reason might make you scratch your head. If you’ve been banned from following other accounts, you’ve likely done one of a few things:ġ) You followed way too many people too quickly, orĢ) you unfollowed too many accounts at once, orģ) evolution has given you super-fast hyper fingers and you’re secretly an X-Men.
FAQ – answers to the most frequently asked questions.The private profile theory – one possible solution.Oops, I did it again – blocked for sharing your account with a service.Gettin’ nerdy with it – what happens during an extended block?.The waiting is the hardest part – how long will you wait?.A’ight stop watcha doin’ – what you need to do (or don’t do) now.How did this happen?! – we break down why you got blocked.Beware the “fixers” – no one but you can fix this.We restrict certain content and actions to protect our community. (ADA text for screen readers: “Action Blocked. Look familiar? You can hit ‘Tell us’ until your finger is a bloody stump, but it won’t do you any good. We’ve been there, and despite all of the advice out there on the interwebs, there are really only two things you can do to get yourself out of Instagram’s penalty box. Stop mashing your index finger into the “Tell us” button, take a deep breath and relax. So you’ve been action blocked on Instagram? Welcome to the club.
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