Although I think moderation on Instagram and Facebook is excessive, I don’t complain often. I realize that I’m not their customer. The advertisers are the customers. I’m just the free product. By joining the platform I acknowledge that they can remove whatever they want, but that’s a hard pill to swallow when Meta is the only real game in town. Facebook and Instagram are really the only ways I can communicate effectively with a broad audience. I could post to other sites, but the platforms that would allow my content just can’t compete against Meta’s resources.
My Instagram account has had restrictions for well over a year and is almost never seen by non-followers even though I feel that I post within the guidelines. I’m even more careful posting on Facebook, but recently they threatened to restrict my account if I didn’t remove ten posts that were going against community standards. This time, they’ve just gone too far. Here are the posts I had to remove:
UPDATE: Recently on Instagram, I had additional restrictions placed on my account for sharing another user’s post in my stories. It didn’t seem to affect the account of the user who posted. Why would they penalize me for sharing it? I’m starting to take this all very personally. I think I’ll limit my efforts on Instagram.
I’ve set up an account on BlueSky, it seems like a much better platform than Instagram and it’s been growing incredibly fast adding about a million users per day. I’ll able to post my fine art nude work there without getting banned. Follow me there and I’ll be sure to give you a follow back.