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These scammers using Mr Beasts popularity, generosity, and (mostly) deep fake AI to scam people into downloading malware, somehow do not go against Instagrams community guidelines.

After trying to submit a request to review these denied claims, it appears I have been shadow banned in some way or another as only an error message pops up.

Instagram is allowing these to run on their platform. Intentional or not, this is ridiculous and Instagram should be held accountable for allowing malicious websites to advertise their scam on their platform.

For a platform of this scale, this is completely unacceptable. They are blatant and I have no idea how Instagrams report bots/staff are missing these.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Why do people use Instagram

[–] JigglypuffSeenFromAbove 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I don't know about OP and other countries, but where I live it's got to a point where companies are basically sharing everything on Instagram only. A lot of them don't even have official websites, and those that do have websites don't update them and leave them to rot and die.

Wanna know which concerts are coming up to your favorite venue? Instagram. Wanna see the full menu and prices for your favorite restaurant? Instagram. Wanna chat with a human and get a real reply? Sorry, they'll only answer your DMs on Instagram.

It's infuriating, so I keep an Instagram account just to follow those brands and know what's up. I also follow some close friends, but I don't interact with anyone and I don't have any posts, they all think I'm weird in that sense, but I don't care.

[–] b3an 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So…. Facebook: RESKINNED Edition

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yep. Funny that facebook saw the writing on the wall and bought it years ago. A shame that so many people fail to learn from their own mistakes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

different thing to scroll through when bored

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Everyone will have their personal reasons, but a large portion of IG users are bored nobodies with nothing going on in their lives, so they fill the void with narcissistic selfie posting and banal responses to celebrities posts.