Whoops got my nikki.scarlet account suspended from Instagram lol

So, I mostly don’t use the big social media platforms anymore. I have RSS feeds set up to follow a few specific Twitter users, but I only check in on Facebook once every couple of months or so, and most of the time I don’t even remember I have an Instagram. But there were a few people on both FB and Instagram that I wanted to keep up with if possible.

So I’d found a browser extension that claimed it would allow me to follow Instagram remotely, RSS style, and I thought, “Cool, I’ll give that a try.”

I didn’t realise the extension actually logs in through your Instagram account and Instagram’s servers can tell that it’s doing so, and logging into Instagram with a 3rd party app is a violation of their TOS.

I also didn’t realise that attempting to set up a new account under a similar-but-different email address and user name will just result in your new account being immediately suspended, too, but probably should have guessed.

I have something like 180 days to appeal. I was clearly in the wrong on this one, though, so I’m not sure how effective it’d be. And also I’m not sure how much I really care. Like I said, most of the time I genuinely forget Instagram exists, and I really only casually wanted to be able to follow a few people’s accounts. The last picture I posted there was from 2016 or thereabouts. If I do end up wanting to start posting images, I can easily set up a gallery of my own on this website. It just doesn’t seem that vital to me.

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So, yeah. If you do see a Nikki Scarlet on Instagram, it probably isn’t me. 😅