John Colagioia
pixelfedInstagram suspended our account, one we've never posted from, just added a link to https://pixelfed.org in the bio.
atro_cityI think not!
Deus Figendi.jwdMaybe it's not allowed not to post? 🤔
Linux Is BestYes, we have also been cracking down an inactive accounts too.
Especially, if you're not part of the problem of us being a successful evil corporation, you're not welcome.
AJCxZ0
Hecker
Ludwig Vielfrass
miiko
Fluffy Kitty Cat
Tofm2
Zeno@pixelfed I have had several test accounts without any posts and all of those were closed in a month or so. Banning dormant accounts is one way instagram is trying to prevent all kind of scraping and bot accounts from emerging on their platform. So I would say you would have been better off by posting something
Jonathan Sullenberger@treedpea @pixelfed Unfortunately not true in some cases. I ran Longwalks 2.0 on IG for 11 months after Longwalks app shut down. The only thing I did was hit the like button a little too much early on, which earned me account restrictions that I didn't repeat. I just posted a family friendly community daily prompt & a related meme. I never showed my face, didn't let fake instahoes follow the page & didn't make money for anyone, & for that I suspect I was suspended & removed. And I'm better off.
KraftingLet me confirm your suspicion.
Yes, it was suspended exactly for the reason you believe it was.
We've been cracking down on service providers that provide products or services in direct competition with our own.
Even if we restore it at a later time, expect to be more easily scrutinized.
Toni Aittoniemi@pixelfed LoL. They aren't even hiding behind a mask anymore.
Just wait until they get a private army like Russian companies!
Kaito
🇨🇴🐈hercules@pixelfed i had uninstall instagram and started uses pixelfed as a healthier alternatve
Christian Yoga 
@pixelfed I heard Instagram are mass purging inactive account.
Lots of influencer are repoeting thousands of lost followers.
Emily Love 🏳️⚧️
AmapolaDrawsGaby@pixelfed yep, this happens to me while creating and setting up instagram for the first day, forced me to verify my face, put a fake one and disable ^ ^'
RLR
prealpinux 
@pixelfed Start sharing your user data with brokers, insert ads into Pixelfed and introduce AI to your Android app.
They will probably reactivate your account after you have done this. 😅
They will probably reactivate your account after you have done this. 😅
Buage
Daniel B 🏳🌈@pixelfed if you got suspended by the Markhole, you've done everything right
LukefromDC@pixelfed My advice is to close the account, and also close any other accounts on anything owned by Meta that you control. They cannot be trusted, so spend no further energy growing followers there that will get cut off anyway.
Export all possible useful contacts, attempt to reach followers with a post about where to go, but accept that that might be blocked. Give a week's warning, then shut down other accounts on Meta
mobidic@pixelfed I found no official Meta rule banning Pixelfed or links to rival platforms. Reports from 404 Media, Engadget and Daring Fireball say Meta/Facebook removed some pixelfed.social links as “spam” in 2025; Engadget reports Meta later called that removal a mistake. The relevant official rules are Instagram’s Community Guidelines and Meta’s Spam/Inauthentic Behavior policies against spam, scams, and artificially boosting likes, follows, shares, reach, or engagement.
Let go!
Auster
Ikkle Gemz Universe+@pixelfed I had an email saying that the other day too. I think it was because I don't use it. 😂
Catha
rev! 
Johan Moir (Mastodon)
M. McC
johnny garbanzo@pixelfed you guys are doing something right :)
Ron Bowes
O122
//I am not surprised.
NA
Kevin_Runforrest 
@pixelfed Thank god that when I left instagram I met pixelfed, definitely one of the best alternatives I've ever used
stevenray