Dec 08, 2022 15:00:00

Now you can see if you've been shadowbanned on Instagram

The function “

account status ” implemented by Instagram in 2021 is used by “users with professional accounts such as companies and creators” to determine whether their content is recommended to users other than followers, or whether their content is recommended to Instagram. We have announced that we will be expanding it so that you can check if it violates the guidelines for recommendations . With this extension, you will be able to check whether your posted content is subject to ' Shadow Ban ', which makes it invisible to other people, only for professional accounts.

Helping you understand what's going on with your account
https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/instagram-outages-and-account-status

✅ Account Status Updates ✅

We're expanding Account Status so professional accounts can understand if their content may be eligible to be recommended to non-followers.

Here's how to get to it: Profile -> Menu -> Settings -> Account -> Account Status pic.twitter.com/QbxjQF06vR

— Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) December 7, 2022

A feature called 'Account Status', available only to Pro accounts, will allow users to review content that has been removed from their accounts and to appeal those decisions directly from the app. Implemented in October.

And with the update on December 7, 2022, from the account status, ``Whether the photos and movies you posted can be recommended to non-followers'' ``Whether the photos and movies you posted violate the guidelines for recommendations 'It is now possible to request a re-investigation when a guideline is violated even though I do not remember it.'

Instagram said, ``Many creators have found that having Instagram recommend their content is a great way to reach new fans and grow their audience. It's important to understand and know if what you post or what you have on your profile may be impacting your reach to non-followers.'

With the account status enhancement, you can check whether your posted content is subject to a 'shadow ban' that makes it invisible to others. Instagram doesn't use the term 'shadowban', but Leah Haberman, a lecturer in social marketing at the University of California, Los Angeles, said, ``This is to counter theories that shadowbans are taking place on Instagram. It looks like a move, but is there any basis to trust that Instagram is showing the truth?'

*this seems like a move to combat shadow banning theories but is there any reason to think they'd trust Instagram to show them the truth?

— Lia Haberman (@liahaberman) December 7, 2022

Also, when Instagram announced the extension of the account status, the official account of the privacy-specific messenger application ' Signal ' posted a tweet that raises questions about the transparency that Meta advocates.

When we made Instagram ads to show you just how you got targeted, we got our ad account disabled. But now Facebook is putting it right out there. https://t.co/HKHdgpXFXr pic.twitter.com/yUjyj2wIF6

— Signal (@signalapp) December 7, 2022

In 2021, Signal posted an ad that mocked Facebook's targeting ads on Instagram, and the ad account was banned. Signal protested, but Facebook claimed that the ban was ``a Signal fabrication.''

A company that tried to advertise ``Facebook collects so much personal information'' is banned by Facebook-GIGAZINE

In response to the tweet, Andy Stone, an executive at Meta, said, 'When you say 'put it out', it's how advertising works on the services we offer. This is neither a new page nor new information.In 2014 we launched a tool called 'Why am I seeing this ad?' I made an appeal.

Also, what you call 'putting it out there' is us sharing how ads on our service work. This is not a new page, nor is it new information. For example, we launched the 'Why Am I Seeing This' ad tool in 2014.

— Andy Stone (@andymstone) December 7, 2022