Post: #376

(01-31-2017 08:56 AM)Sourcecode Wrote:  Instagram deleted my account after two weeks. Right as I hit 700 follows.

Shit! Any reason?

Post: #377

(01-31-2017 08:37 AM)Franks Wrote:  Ran into a problem for my FollowLiker. Just started unfollowing everybody that one day...

I went through the IG Blog for FollowLiker and he suggested 2 days to start unfollowing. Not sure where I went wrong on this one though.

If you still had the follow and scrape users boxes checked on those days it only unfollowed people, then Instagram probably blocked you from following more temporarily.

My recommendation is keep following and unfollowing on separate days. Doing mass follows and unfollows on the same day simultaneously is a good way to get banned.

Curious if maybe that's what Sourcecode was doing as well?

Otherwise there are definitely some quirks with followliker and it doesn't always work like you'd expect it. Sometimes you really have to watch the activity log closely to see what the program is actually doing and try to debug it.

Post: #378

(01-31-2017 09:20 AM)WhatTheFuck Wrote:  If you still had the follow and scrape users boxes checked on those days it only unfollowed people, then Instagram probably blocked you from following more temporarily.

I run all the tasks at the same time. No problems so far. Also if you unfollow a 1000 people it will look weird if your following is 1000 more and 1000 less on different days.

Post: #379

I think there is a lot more leeway the more aged the account is. General consensus on blackhatworld is that it's risky, but still there are a lot of people following/unfollowing same day without issue. I made my account in July '16.

I have been really conservative so far only following or unfollowing no more than 600 in a day and always on separate days. I agree it looks weird that my following number is always changing though.

Tempted to run all tasks simultaneously and see what happens, but I really don't wanna get the ban hammer at this point after all the work I've put into my profile. Maybe I'm being overly paranoid.

Post: #380

Decided to browse the forum to see if there was any new schools of thought on game,

Was not disappointed

Post: #381

(01-31-2017 05:40 PM)Vinny Wrote:  

(01-31-2017 09:20 AM)WhatTheFuck Wrote:  If you still had the follow and scrape users boxes checked on those days it only unfollowed people, then Instagram probably blocked you from following more temporarily.

I run all the tasks at the same time. No problems so far. Also if you unfollow a 1000 people it will look weird if your following is 1000 more and 1000 less on different days.

As in you keep the unfollow and the follow boxes both checked? this makes it so that people follow and like your content but the people you follow stays within the same range? I tried doing that but it never works. Don't know why.

What I do now is just turn on follow until it reaches the amount of followers I have, usually 2 to 3 days and then turn it off and turn on unfollow until it gets to only the people I have on my white list so roughly 100 people, this usually takes 4 to 5 days. Rinse and repeat.

Post: #382

(01-31-2017 08:06 PM)WhatTheFuck Wrote:  I think there is a lot more leeway the more aged the account is. General consensus on blackhatworld is that it's risky, but still there are a lot of people following/unfollowing same day without issue. I made my account in July '16.

I have been really conservative so far only following or unfollowing no more than 600 in a day and always on separate days. I agree it looks weird that my following number is always changing though.

Tempted to run all tasks simultaneously and see what happens, but I really don't wanna get the ban hammer at this point after all the work I've put into my profile. Maybe I'm being overly paranoid.

I just got an account temporarily banned from following for the second time. The account is about 9 months old and I did 1000-1600 follows per day. After they banned me from following, I paused the FollowLiker task for 2 weeks and then resumed it as normal. Yesterday I got banned temporarily again. I guess I have to start small again and build up the number of follows.

My primary account has never got banned. I think a good idea is to not auto-follow everyday. I always follow for 3-4 days and then unfollow until my followings look real again (between 200 and 800 followings).

Post: #383

Would be funny if IG was reading this thread.

Go private?

Post: #384

(02-01-2017 06:12 AM)262 Wrote:  Would be funny if IG was reading this thread.

Go private?

I think a lot of people are already using the same strategy. Maybe they even read it in RVF. The Natural Lifestyles for example are clearly following the same approach to grow their page. I am pretty sure they read it here since they are in the whole PUA industry as well.

Post: #385

Just a shout out and thanks to Vinny, I met up with Vinny in Bogota. I'm a former dot-com CEO and realized pretty quickly that he was very technical on Instagram so I asked him to consult for me for a few days. I was pretty blown away, he helped me take my Instagram to the next level. Then we did day game , maybe 25 approaches, specifically focusing on Instagram closes and the reverse psychology of closing with Instagram and letting the girls chase you, using Instagram followers and posts as a DHV. It was easy, low anxiety, and a lot less complicated than the approaches I was accustomed to doing in the past.

I thought i was pretty on top of things, having lived in multiple countries and knowing indirect/direct day and online game strategies but Vinny opened up my eyes to how young girls in 2017 think and act, and how to capitalize on their immature ADD mentality. If any of you are struggling with taking this type of game to the next level, either on Instagram, or are a bit newer to day game approaches i'd highly recommend contacting him.

Catchup in Medellin Vin, talk soon

Post: #386

(02-01-2017 06:06 AM)RagnarLothbrok Wrote:  

(01-31-2017 08:06 PM)WhatTheFuck Wrote:  I think there is a lot more leeway the more aged the account is. General consensus on blackhatworld is that it's risky, but still there are a lot of people following/unfollowing same day without issue. I made my account in July '16.

I have been really conservative so far only following or unfollowing no more than 600 in a day and always on separate days. I agree it looks weird that my following number is always changing though.

Tempted to run all tasks simultaneously and see what happens, but I really don't wanna get the ban hammer at this point after all the work I've put into my profile. Maybe I'm being overly paranoid.

I just got an account temporarily banned from following for the second time. The account is about 9 months old and I did 1000-1600 follows per day. After they banned me from following, I paused the FollowLiker task for 2 weeks and then resumed it as normal. Yesterday I got banned temporarily again. I guess I have to start small again and build up the number of follows.

My primary account has never got banned. I think a good idea is to not auto-follow everyday. I always follow for 3-4 days and then unfollow until my followings look real again (between 200 and 800 followings).

Early on - accounts less than 1 month old. What should the ratio of followers and followings look like?

Post: #387

(02-01-2017 01:13 PM)tobehero Wrote:  

(02-01-2017 06:06 AM)RagnarLothbrok Wrote:  

(01-31-2017 08:06 PM)WhatTheFuck Wrote:  I think there is a lot more leeway the more aged the account is. General consensus on blackhatworld is that it's risky, but still there are a lot of people following/unfollowing same day without issue. I made my account in July '16.

I have been really conservative so far only following or unfollowing no more than 600 in a day and always on separate days. I agree it looks weird that my following number is always changing though.

Tempted to run all tasks simultaneously and see what happens, but I really don't wanna get the ban hammer at this point after all the work I've put into my profile. Maybe I'm being overly paranoid.

I just got an account temporarily banned from following for the second time. The account is about 9 months old and I did 1000-1600 follows per day. After they banned me from following, I paused the FollowLiker task for 2 weeks and then resumed it as normal. Yesterday I got banned temporarily again. I guess I have to start small again and build up the number of follows.

My primary account has never got banned. I think a good idea is to not auto-follow everyday. I always follow for 3-4 days and then unfollow until my followings look real again (between 200 and 800 followings).

Early on - accounts less than 1 month old. What should the ratio of followers and followings look like?

I wouldn't care much about a ratio but more about absolute numbers. In my opinion, following more than 500-800 people looks suspicious/uncool, no matter how many followers you have.

Post: #388

I'm going to give this a try. I'm going on a 4 month trip to Asia and Africa starting at the end of the month so this is a perfect time to start up IG game.

Looks like I should start with the follow looker app?

Post: #389

Yea i'm also on follow liker. nice steady increase and automated. watch some tutorials on youtube.

Post: #390

(02-01-2017 02:10 AM)Kid Strangelove Wrote:  Decided to browse the forum to see if there was any new schools of thought on game,

Was not disappointed

Thanks. Always uncovering new frontiers.

Post: #391

My account is 2 weeks old.

Since having FL:
day1- +9 followers, following +49, unfollows 0, likes 221
day2- +14 followers, following +48, unfollows 0, likes 370
day3- +8 followers, following +67, unfollows 67, likes 131

Is this a steady rate or do I need to up some numbers?

Post: #392

(02-02-2017 07:54 AM)tobehero Wrote:  My account is 2 weeks old.

Since having FL:
day1- +9 followers, following +49, unfollows 0, likes 221
day2- +14 followers, following +48, unfollows 0, likes 370
day3- +8 followers, following +67, unfollows 67, likes 131

Is this a steady rate or do I need to up some numbers?

Yea take it slow. Increase your follows 5-10 per day or 30-50 a week. The problem is that with IG rules are constantly changing your best way to tell is a temporary ban. If you get one you know you are moving too fast.

I reached 19k followers. Following about a 1000 per day growing about 200 per day.

Post: #393

(02-02-2017 07:52 PM)Vinny Wrote:  

(02-02-2017 07:54 AM)tobehero Wrote:  My account is 2 weeks old.

Since having FL:
day1- +9 followers, following +49, unfollows 0, likes 221
day2- +14 followers, following +48, unfollows 0, likes 370
day3- +8 followers, following +67, unfollows 67, likes 131

Is this a steady rate or do I need to up some numbers?

Yea take it slow. Increase your follows 5-10 per day or 30-50 a week. The problem is that with IG rules are constantly changing your best way to tell is a temporary ban. If you get one you know you are moving too fast.

I reached 19k followers. Following about a 1000 per day growing about 200 per day.

That's very cool.

What about your engagement rate though - is it good? Im using followliker too, and I found that getting followers is actually not that hard, I'm getting quite a lot followbacks, but my engagement rate is not that great - not that many likes & comments on pictures.

What do you do to increase likes? Do you use a lot of hashtags?

Post: #394

(01-31-2017 09:13 AM)Vinny Wrote:  @Franks: you started to follow less and less. Try changing the channel you were scraping.

Yeah lol, I just realized that I had the Media IDs on the "Scrap User" page instead of the "Video/Photo Scrap User".

Also, if you switch from one computer to another using FollowLiker, you have to wait 5 days. Had this problem when I reset my VPS. Just a heads up for whos using this.

Post: #395

Good pics/be good-looking.

Hashtags can help with exposure.

E.g. say you have 100 followers and upload a sick pic but don't use any hashtags. No one will know but your current followers

Let's say you post the same pic but with 30 hashtags - you might not necessarily get more likes/comments but at least the pic will have the potential to do so because it will be in front of more people (given that your profile is public)

Personally, my most liked pics are ones of me where I look cool/good. My least liked tend to be ones that aren't 100% visual - quotes, political stuff, etc.

Videos also tend to get less engagement. There's one exception of mine where I have thousands of views on one but it is kind of unique/cool and the thumbnail immediately draws you in. (Sorry hard to explain without going into detail)

Basically, just try to appeal to the lowest common denominator unless you're in some IQ 100+ niche, which I doubt cuz it's Instagram

Post: #396

I try not to hold the people I'm following to incredibly high standards but I do have a few rules. Anytime someone posts a picture of a quote, bathroom selfie, or a cat photo thats a 100% instant unfollow from me. Also another personal pet peeve is when people post pictures of their kids.

Post: #397

It is better to go for the top dogs when adding hashtags or people with massive followings or find more niched, smaller based followings?

Post: #398

Check on the Activity Log for FollowLiker too. Apparently one of the hashtags I added to scrap users from, didn't have anything to scrap from *about 1,600 posts in the hashtag*.
All I would see is:
"Scrapping/Finding user by search: boliviatrip" for the last 12 hours
It would only show a low range of 1-8 followers for my gains. 0 Likes.

MediaID's (from my account) would show up as "No results" within a few seconds. I haven't tried using other people's Media ID's to scrap off of.

I've only been scrapping from hashtags with the niche my account is based on. Added countries as the hashtag to scrap from and others like #Braziltrip, with posts ranging 10,000-50,000.

Post: #399

Hit over 100 followers. Whoever said it was like a computer game is spot on! I'm at the grinding and leveling up stage ha ha.

@Franks - what's your IG stats at the moment?

Post: #400

Been meaning to write this for a while now. This is my first post on here so bare with me. A little background about myself I’m a mid-20s, black American male living/working in the Middle East and was a big follower of Tariq Nasheed. Since he really doesn’t give out GAME like that anymore I started exploring other options and found this site. I would say I have above average GAME but Instagram has really changed everything.

I was semi successful sliding in DMs when I had just 1000 followers or so but I’ve been running follower liker since about August and now I have 12k. However now that I’ve changed the parameters I’m getting about 100 new follower a day. At this rate I’ll be up to 20k in a few months. At the moment I now I have girls DMing me. Usually asking travel tips or things like “what do you do for a living” but you can spin that if needed usually. Some look above average but most are average. My niche on IG is travel. I travel a lot compared to the average person so my ID looks pretty nice. I also shoot with a DSLR.

I’ll say now that I have somewhat of a following women are more responsive to my DMs. A few times I've been out with a female and we'll meet up with another of her firends and they say "look at this guys instgram, it's so nice" or similar things... I’ve probably meet up with 30 or 40 women off IG in the last year and a half from numerous countries.

Wanted to keep this short so if any more questions just reach out. Here is a screen shot from follower liker