News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Instagram Threatened Removal of Verified Status for Posting Snapchat Content. Parent comment

Re:Instagram Threatened Removal of Verified Status for Posti... by privateSFacct on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:00AM (#21116051)
Isn't inviting folks to add you on another service how most of the scam / paid date etc folks operate? I used to get messages from random women asking me to add them on other services a fair bit.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Instagram Threatened Removal of Verified Status for Posti... by danShumway on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:04AM (#21116092)
Even assuming that's a valid reason to restrict a competitor, the phrasing is still deceptive.

If Instagram stands by their decision to block third-party links, then they should phrase it as, "we block third-party links", not "they're not currently supported."

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Instagram Threatened Removal of Verified Status for Posti... by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:03AM (#21116087)
Sure. (I mean, probably; I'm not an expert.) And if Instagram came out and said that that was not allowed then this point would be moot. The objection (in this subthread) isn't that they're banning the behavior, it's that they're being dishonest about it.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Instagram Threatened Removal of Verified Status for Posti... by swebs on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:07AM (#21116125)
>paid date

Well that's one way to phrase it.

[ Parent | on HN ]