u/Grand_Specific_201

hey stranger on the internet,

6 months ago. I had everything. A stable long term relationship with the best boyfriend ever. A freelance partnership with my industry idol. We broke up, I broke down but I still kept pushing, became the youngest managing editor for marketing at an international magazine (volunteering job.) my ex started dating another girl and that sparked a whole new drama in college cuz she has the same name as me. i didnt care. i was making a lot of money with my tutoring jobs, and id also picked up another freelance job. all this while somehow maintaining a 8.5 gpa in college as a full time student.

friends never really related to me but that was fine. id started dating again and that was going well. then that relationship did not work out either cuz he turned out to be a misogynist. somewhere down the line i realised i was not happy. i was not over my ex and all these jobs all at once got exhausting. my personal finance habits were shit so id no savings. the freelance gigs slowed down and ultimately stopped completely. my sem ends exam were horrible. i lost the internship i was supposed to get for the summer. i permanently lost my instagram account. i finally somehow managed to make a new one after 9 failed attempts but i cant repost my old memories or link it to my own credentials.

i live away from home usually but im back home now living with my emotionally abusive parents and my prodigy brother who has got a full ride scholarship for football. i cant afford quality therapy since im not making any money and my parents dont believe in obviously. i feel like im watching my life from the passenger seat and the car is going off the deadend and there’s nothing i can do.

ill take literally any and all advice. the brutalest reality check. just no more hang in there and it will get better or any of that. i cant w that shit. my first priority is getting back on my feet financially. if anyone has any advice, pls pls lmk

guys thinking of making a telegram gc for all those who’ve lost our accts to discuss strategies on getting our accts back, making new ones that dont get banned and just supporting each other through this like a real community.

what do u think

any advice? ive been permanently suspended over 5 times now 😭😭😭😭
i got no idea how this cooldown system works but im getting a new phone as well soon. i just want to be able to use my account, post as before and add my old network.
i havent had any luck recovering any of my disabled accounts so i really dont wanna trigger another suspension on this account. it’s existed for a while as my grandma’s account but she doesn’t use instagram and it doesn’t have a lot of followers but it’s been around long enough to not be triggered as a bot.

QUESTIONS

1. does instagram flag devices and IP addresses or identities?
2. how should i gradually add my network back to not allow linkage back to my original main?(because that will trigger the ban)
3. if i post new content/my face and stuff, do i still run the risk of being banned?

EDIT: GOT AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF RESPONSES (THANK YOU SOOO MUCH) I'll try to get back to all of you soon. Unfortunately, got roped into some personal family stuff but ill write back to all of you starting next week or so to confirm interview slots!

im an aspiring journalist. im also a victim of the banwave myself. and as of today, i am writing an article about this. if u were also banned unfairly for CSE, integrity issues, etc. tell me ur story, it would be great great help and if u insist, ill keep ur identity anonymous.

feel free to reach out to me via dms where we can discuss a time to set up an online google meet call.

looking forward to hearing from u

in an endeavour to retrieve my permanently suspended account, i made my dearest best friend get meta verified.

consider this paradox,

u gotta be meta verified on ur own account to be able to appeal ur own account that has been suspended???? like how does that work.

first of all these racist people just assumed i cant speak english because im from india and told me that the support guy would ‘assist’ me in hindi. In india, we speak myriad languages and dialects varying from state to state and i just so happen to be one of those people who aren’t very fluent in hindi so naturally i got screwed.

this guy tells me the same thing the AI chatbot kept telling me, himself concluded that we had a productive conversation and closed the ticket. i kept explaining my concern, reiterating my predicament to deaf ears. folks i give up today. im not gonna be trying anymore, not even making a new account cuz they will just ban me again like they did the first 7 times.

what did u do and can u use ur account like before? post ur face follow old friends, etc