I'm a performer, so I need my account for work and to book gigs. I've been locked out for almost a month due to a platform bug, and have tried and exhausted every possible avenue of support.
That seems about right for Meta. They probably broke it on purpose to see how many times you'll try to log back in before giving up. They do these types of tests to determine how much of a hold they have on their userbase.
I get this kind of shit dealing with LG and Samsung support too. It's like customer experience doesn't matter in this day and age. They've cornered the market
I'm not surprised. The only meta thing I use now is Insta in the mobile web, and they're clearly ignoring that trying to get you to switch to the app at any cost. They won't be reviewing this, or any bugs around it. Their solution is "JuSt tRY OuR aPP". Pass. When mobile web dies I'll be out for sure
Whether it's a surprise or not, users don't have a choice of what platform is most popular or effective at getting work. Many applications for gigs ask for links to your social media, it's the default portfolio that many clients look for.
All that artists can do is diversify to other platforms which have the same issues, and make a personal website which will probably get almost no traffic.
@Witchfire I used Instagram from 2016-2022, and it consistently got worse. Bugs that youโd expect to be patched quickly lingered for years as features like Stories, Reels, and now Threads get higher priority. DMs would consistently show me messages from 37 weeks ago that were supposed to expire after I viewed them the first time. The last straw was when they moved the Activities tab to the top so that Reels could have its own place at the bottom. Iโm not surprised that they donโt even maintain the login page these days.
How good is Pixelfed at handling adult content? I'm not even talking porn/full nudity, I'm talking things like blood, fire performance, and nipple pasties.
Instagram is terrible with anything that isn't kid friendly. For example, the #horror hashtag is banned and will get your post automatically flagged.
Well it is... Better than what you describe at the very least, given that it is federated using activity pub. You're pretty much guaranteed to find some place that shares your proclivities I'd wager.
It would vary by server, but pixelfed.social and pixelfed.art just require sexually explicit or violent images to be marked sensitive.
Edit: I think sensitive images or specific tags might not appear on the daily trending list though. For a while it was just a wall of dicks and now it's not. But those posts wouldn't be deleted and people wouldn't be prevented from seeing or boosting them either.
I did a little while ago just so I can keep up with my friends, shows, etc. It just feels like I'm left picking up the pieces though, and it has no reach :/
My main account is also still active and appears before my backup, so people are still trying to contact me via an account I have very limited access to.