In other news Zuckerberg protects advertiser's lies

[BarkingGhostar]

Leading up to the recent Amazon Prime Day Deals I was following the pricing on the Samsung 980 Pro. It was selling for on and by Amazon for $99.99. Then hours before the start of the Amazon prime Day they raised it to $120.xx and acted like this was a deal by advertising it as an Amazon Prime Day deal. And the price hasn't gone back down which only reiterates the fact that it wasn't a deal in the first place. I chose not top buy into it and instead found that they were selling the 980 Pro w/heatsink for $79.00. I bought two with the intention on removing the heatsink. So, I spend my wasted hours on Instagram--a Facebook company--and constantly see Amazon ads. Normally I wouldn't be bothered by those Amazon ads, but following the Amazon Prime Day Deals event they had the nerve to advertise the Samsung 980 Pro for $120. Almost mocking the buyers. Now here is where the nutter enters the butter ...

This afternoon I am on my secondary IG account, which is on a backup phone. I see this Amazon ad for the Samsung 980 Pro not once, but twice within minutes of one another. So, I decide to post an Opinion, calling out the Amazon ad lies and explain where I'm getting my peanuts from. I click submit and BOOM! Instagram immediately calls my post unacceptable (doesn't say how or why) and suspends my IG account for 180 days. One hundred and eighty (180) days!?! Seriously, is this not a form of over-protecting the advertisers that they cannot withstand one person voicing out against the ad and for a good reason? All I said was what I said above. No swearing. No name calling. No opportunity to edit my worded opinion. Banned. Half a year.

Anyone else experience this Mentos moment?

 

[Charmonium]

I don't do IG but it sounds like you got bot-swatted. And yes 180 days redonkulous,

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Sounds like the gift of freedom from another social media platform. After 180 days of doing more productive shit with your time you'll wonder what the hell you were even doing there in the first place.

I've personally passed that threshold with Reddit just recently, didn't even take 180 days.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Well, I was following some good people and the dopamine was kind of keeping me alive--and staying away from the Ambien bottle.

 

[AdamK47]

Sales tactics like that happen all the time. Stores will jack up the price of an item days or hours before the sale. Then on the date of the sale move it back down to the original price making it appear like a good deal.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I agree, and I am not shocked nor surprised. But the reaction of IG to essentially banning a good account was rather heavy handed. Why offer an opinion option (can be configured to not be offered) unless they are afraid of any in the slightest of bad opinion?

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Looks like they did you s favor and helped you kick a filthy pointless habit.

 

[mikeymikec]

You could use those 180 days to contact your congressperson to write legislation to stop the deceptive sales tactic. It's illegal in the UK, probably the EU too.

 

[dullard]

Is this the product for which you think $119.99 is not a deal? The one at its second lowest price in history of the product on Amazon?




https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B08RK2SR23?context=search&active=amazon

 

[deadlyapp]

Again - IG and most social media is driven purely by algorithms. If you make a comment and a bot reports it enough, they will ban you. If you care enough, you can get reinstated.

It has nothing to do with IG and everything to do with shitty people running bot networks and selling things / advertising.

 

[Stiff Clamp]

I'll go fuck myself