Can’t access your Instagram account or use certain functions? You’ve probably broken some social network rules. Wait while the sanction takes place. Or make a claim to plead your case!
Are you unable to use certain Instagram functions? Or, worse yet, log into your account? Do not seek: you are punished! The social network has in fact several retaliatory measures against users who break its rules. Sanctions that range from the inability to make a comment or add music to a story to blocking the account. In one case, all you have to do is wait for everything to return to normal. In the other, you have to request a reactivation of the account …
Why is an Instagram account blocked or limited?
As on all social networks, activities on Instagram are governed by rules, searchable on a dedicated page. And when a user does not respect them, he can be penalized. However, unlike its parent company, Facebook, for which everything is black and white, Instagram has implemented graduated retaliatory measures ranging from temporary limitation of functions to deactivation of the account.
- Thus, the social network temporarily blocks some functions when certain limits are exceeded. Limits which are not clearly stated and which translate into cryptic messages such as “This feature is temporarily blocked” Where “We are restricting the frequency of certain actions you can take on Instagram to protect our community.”. From experience, these blocks occur during abuse: for example, if you use a forbidden hashtag, if you include a large number of hashtags in a post, if you make too many posts in the same day, if you will copy to the channel the same comment, or if you subscribe or unsubscribe to too many accounts too closely. In these cases, you can still access your account and view your news feed, but some features are disabled for a period ranging from a few hours to several days. After this period, the sanction is lifted and the functions are reactivated automatically. You just have to wait … It is better, however, to quit the application and no longer perform any action for a few hours or until the date displayed by the alert message.
- On the other hand, if you violate the “Instagram community standards“, especially with prohibited publications, your account can be deactivated – without being deleted, which prevents you from accessing it. The rules stipulate in particular that you can only publish your own photos or videos. The use of your real name is not compulsory, Instagram formally prohibits any identity theft. Attempts to purchase subscribers or likes are totally prohibited. It is obviously prohibited to praise terrorism or violence in general, posting nude photos, inciting hatred, offering or allowing the sale of weapons, drugs, sexual services or even live animals. is not mentioned explicitly, the use of certain third-party applications (subscriber management, statistics, etc.) may result in the deactivation of your account, is. Instagram does not accept this kind of interaction with your account. all these cases, the account is t disabled and its access is purely blocked. But, unlike the limitations of functions due to abuse, there is no point in waiting wisely for everything to be in order, because this measure is not temporary. To reactivate your account if you are struck by this blocking measure, you must make a complaint to Instagram which will examine your case. And we will have to wait to know the verdict …
If you break Instagram community rules, your account can be deactivated: it is not deleted, but deactivated, and you can no longer access it. To reactivate it, you must make a complaint to the social network.
- Provide your full name.
- Add themail address associated with your account.
- Enter your username – the one that is usually displayed after the Instagram.com address.
- Add your phone number mobile.
- Finally, indicate in the last field of the form the reasons for which you think there is an error.
- Finally click on the blue button Send to validate and send your complaint.
- Wait while the Instagram teams review your request. This phase can indeed take several days, even several weeks …