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Instagram account disabled for "impersonation", any advice?

My Instagram account was disabled for alleged impersonation but I didn't do anything wrong, and my appeal failed as well. I filed appeal with taking the video of my face but it got denied after a few hours and won't let me re-appeal and says all my data will be deleted. My account is several years old. I was posting on Threads a lot and I suspect some random person reported me for impersonation (even though I am just representing myself). Anyone have advice?
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Re:Instagram account disabled for "impersonation", any advice? by chasing0entropy on Thursday August 14, 2025 @08:22AM (#44899550)
Best advice is to avoid heavily investing in someone else's walled garden. Especially in what appears to be a permanent polarization of positions on what appears to be an incredibly biased platform. As an oprating philosophy, you should be able to generate a new number, stand up a new account, upload your data, and resume trolling in a matter of minutes.
Re:Instagram account disabled for "impersonation", any advice? by andsoitis on Thursday August 14, 2025 @08:36AM (#44899660)
If Instagram doesn't want to be in a relationship with you, do you really want to be a in a relationship with them?
Re:Instagram account disabled for "impersonation", any advice? by ripe on Saturday August 16, 2025 @08:43AM (#44922844)
If people you want to follow publish their updates on Instagram, you have no choice.
Re:Instagram account disabled for "impersonation", any advice? by pestatije on Thursday August 14, 2025 @10:50AM (#44901086)
id try a backup, new account, and keep going... have you not seen many users having several backup accounts?... that's the way to go
Re:Instagram account disabled for "impersonation", any advice? by 1oooqooq on Thursday August 14, 2025 @07:56PM (#44907122)
say good bye to your account. start fresh on fediverse.