Wow, fuck Instagram

[cashew]

So apparently Instagram no longer allows alias or anonymity on their accounts. What a load of bull. The only reason I was even using it is because a friend insisted that I use it so she could send me silly Instagram posts.

This is why I hate modern social media.

Edit:

Actually, now that I think about it, I think I've been through this mess with Insta when trying to follow tanithryudo and Insta banned my account. Seriously, what a fucking bullshit platform.

Edit2:

Went back and check and nope, that was Facebook, who owns Instagram, so I'm not even surprised at the same bullshit practice. Anyway, point is, everything owned by Meta is horrible and I wish there was a better alternative.

Comments

[tanithryudo]

Eh? I don't have an instagram account. You sure it was me?

[tanithryudo]

I mean, I don't think there are a lot of social media apps nowadays that don't force you to use some kind of real life ID/validation to set up an account.

At least most of the Chinese apps I've set up since getting into the CN fandom are like that.

I have a secondary facebook account set up using an anonymous hotmail email, but only because it was created like years ago when requirements weren't that strict.

[sailorstarsun]

I was confused by this at first, because Insta doesn't have my real name on it anywhere, and it's not linked to my (now lying dead and unused) Facebook account at all. But if you mean no anonymity because of phone numbers, that is true. I did need to give my number to get my account, but I guess I never considered giving my phone number as part of giving up anonymity (though I guess it does mean they can track me down if they want to for some reason).
It's a fake-ass name on my account, though, as well as a fake-ass birthday, which is all I really ask for.