Could you elaborate?
When I tag one of accounts for a shoutout post, I can put in the first letter of the account and it often shows up as the first account – in the past week I have to type in more letters for it to show up in the search. This tells me it the feed does not really know what accounts I prefer, even when I tag it everyday.
Translated to the feed – those accounts we engage with most often should by nature come up first or near the top of the feed, this is not happening now – hence low ER across the board. This also effects explore to. Every one my accounts hit explore, with only a few hundred seen. This is way, way below normal.
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Hey I’m wondering if the problem is because my @handle used to be on an old account that was shadowbanned. So I made a fresh account on a new phone and new IP but I switched over to keep my original @handle on the new account. Could this mean that IG has also flagged the new account as spam like the old one was?
the account is shadowed, not the name i think. plus the shadow should of lifted if over a few weeks
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Usually when people can’t view or find your page means that you’re shadow and/or have a low trust score.
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I don’t see how I can have a low trust score on a brand new account created on a new phone.
Do you think that it will get fixed with time?
You are shadowbanned my friend.
Been there. You gotta wait your time, but it will be fixed. Only matter of time.
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@handle is not the account name – its @alexanderthegreat – read the first thread,
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new accounts have really no trust score – it takes few months to get it established
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But @alexanderthegreat isn’t showing either!
Only similars.
If he recently switched names, and no one else has taken the old name yet, the bann follows the account, which includes ealier used names. Until someone else takes that username. That is my experience. As mention I have tried thsi before. Bit the shadowbann is only temp. He just has to give it time.
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Showed up for me first yesterday
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In this case, this right here is true.
I managed to used another account and I foubd you.
In my case On the IG mobile app your #9 on the list for me
And in browser you are #27 on the list.
So what @Alexnvo says in this case is true. But it’s funny on the first account I tried I couldn’t fibd you at all, I scrolled all the way down.
Result from IG app:
Result from browser:
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you also used the ‘@’ at sign in the first one – that is why @alexanderthegreat – first one not alexanderthegreat
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@Alexnvo Naa I am good. It was wrong picture that I uploaded, but I did remember to remove @ . Was due to copy paste from here.
Here back at the first account, not showing up for me on this one. Here is the screen again from the first profile without @
Scrolled all the way down.
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weird – almost as if you are blocked from that account
Micky I don’t quite understand what you said here.
Let me clarify how I got the handle @alexanderthegreat.
About a month ago I had an Instagram account that was the original @alexanderthegreat. This account got flagged from doing some spam-like actions and the trust score became very bad (terrible engagement but no shadowban that I was aware of).
I was upset so I decided to start a completely new IG account on a brand new phone and IP so that I would not leave any trace to my original account with the low trust score. So, I bought a brand new phone with a new data plan and made a new IG account, but I decided to keep the handle @alexanderthegreat because I liked it so much.
So, I simply changed the name of the original @alexanderthegreat to some other @handle and then right after I did that, I created my new account on my new phone with the name @alexanderthegreat.
Now I have the problem where people cannot find my username. But I have done nothing spammy or bad with my new account. The only thing is I am using the same name. Does the low trust score become attached to the @handle? Is that why I am not showing up on the searches?
I had issues finding you with the first account I tried, but I decided to test with another one of my accounts, and as you can see, I managed to find you. HOWEVER you do not end up on top of my search list, as you should. And
In your case this pretty much explains why:
Tell people who may not be able to find you to scroll further down the list, tell them to look all the way through the list to be exact. They will find you there. Now when they start visiting your profile more often, your profile will in the future automatically end up in their top searching list.
I just tried with a third account and I found you here too, but not on the top search list, again in the middle somewhere. But your new account is there. You are good.
@alex408
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