Ask HN: How does my Instagram keep getting compromised?

Re:Ask HN: How does my Instagram keep getting compromised? by pkrotich on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:12PM (#29716857)

Perhaps incentives don't line up... but I'm wondering if social media sites like IG should make renting out usernames a thing - obviously there's a market for it. If I'm taking social media hiatus, for example, I wouldn't mind getting paid while away.

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Re:Ask HN: How does my Instagram keep getting compromised? by malux85 on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:21PM (#29716951)

Sooooo how does that work? I rent your username while you’re on holiday for a month and then spam your followers with crypto scams and viagra ads?

Or they decouple followers from the username so the username becomes a transient thing, which then gets ignored, and becomes worthless?

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Re:Ask HN: How does my Instagram keep getting compromised? by pkrotich on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:32PM (#29717038)

I prefaced it with perhaps incentives don’t necessarily line up… maybe there’s a clever way to go about it. I was thinking it will be pre-approved category of content… there’s already such model with sponsored content influencers post.

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Re:Ask HN: How does my Instagram keep getting compromised? by pmlnr on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:34PM (#29717054)

That is basically how domains work, but there are grace periods for recovery.

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