Lately social networks have become a source of spam that reaches each user from their direct messages to the publications they make. Both the bots and the rewards distributed to the people who carry out this "advertising" work have increased. To know how to avoid spam on instagram it is a necessity.
This is an issue that can affect your Discord, Telegram, Facebook, and Instagram account. Now we will apply the methods offered by this last network to mitigate spam messages and comments.
Types of spam on Instagram
There are many reasons to spam on Instagram, there are people who make this a job. They usually try to sell you a product, scam or steal information that you initially did not want to share.
Some examples of accounts that are spam and only looking to get something from you, can be:
- If you do not know the person or he greets you as if he were a close relative, to ask you for money. You have to verify that the account is legitimate, before reporting it.
- Projects related to investment that offer you great benefits.
- Job offers for sending messages on social networks or posting statuses (or stories) offering a job.
- Users who pose as Instagram workers or another company you know, to request account information (passwords, security questions, email).
- When you are sent any link to a website outside of Instagram. If you don't know the account that sent you the link, don't touch it and report both the profile and the message.
If you've been through one of these situations and still haven't reported the account in question, follow the steps I'll explain below to learn how to leave reports and help with the removal of spammers.
Report spam posts and comments on Instagram
One of the main tools that Instagram offers to end spammers are the report buttons. These send your removal request (from the profile, message or publication) of a certain user, to support.
These reports are anonymous, the person receiving the report does not know who sent it. With the exception of reports related to intellectual property infringement, if you submit a report about it, your name will be linked as the complainant.
Report spam comments on Instagram
If you receive spam, threatening or offensive comments on your posts, you have the possibility to remove it from your view with a report (it will be decided later if it is also removed for other people). Follow these steps:
- Find the post in question and enter the comments.
- If you're on Android, tap and hold on the comment you want to report.
- Tap the comment icon that has an exclamation mark.
- Tap where it says “Report this comment.” Then he will ask you to explain a little more the reason for this complaint.
As I mentioned, after the report the comment will disappear for us, but it may still be visible to another Instagram user who enters our post. It will only be completely removed when someone from support determines so.
Report spam messages on Instagram
When they write to you about a product, project or any other type of advertising that you have not requested, you have the option to report and block the offending user. Follow these steps:
- Open the conversation that the spam user started.
- Long press on the message you want to report, usually they only send one.
- Tap the “Report” option.
- Select the reason for the complaint and send it by touching the “Send complaint” button.
You can collaborate with the Instagram community in case the user has sent you a publication, also reporting it (if it seems correct). After doing so, report the message in question as explained above. Instagram support will review a maximum of 30 messages from the conversation you had with that person. In the event that you have not responded, they will only find the spam message and take action.
Report an Instagram profile
It is a very useful method to root out one of these users:
- Tap the name of the user who sent you a message or commented on one of your spam posts.
- Already in your profile, touch the icon of three vertical buttons that is in the upper right.
- Tap the “Report” button and indicate the reason.
It should be noted that the reports are generally processed by Instagram support staff, who must receive thousands of requests per day. The time for them to process our report, analyze the situation and take some action can be long, but in the end it is the right thing to do to help clean up the social network.
There is also another more extensive form of restrict an instagram user, in case you prefer this method.
Filtering comments and spam messages on Instagram
If you have a business or company account on Instagram, you can access the privacy settings of your account and use special filters for both direct messages and post comments.
Follow these steps to automatically submit comments that have a keyword like “follow me” or “check this out” for review.
Delete comments and messages that contain certain words on Instagram automatically
- Sign in to Instagram from the app.
- Go into account settings.
- Tap the "Privacy" section.
- Tap the “Filtered Words” option.
- Scroll down and you will be presented with the option of a custom list of words. Separate each word or phrase by a comma, so that the algorithm can filter the comment as long as there is at least one of these words (or phrases).
- You can choose whether to hide all comments or all message requests. You can also activate both filters at the same time, that way your account will already be protected from the main sources of spam.
Prevent mentions in comments or spam posts
- Sign in to Instagram from the app.
- Go into account settings.
- Tap the "Privacy" section.
- Tap on the “Mentions” option.
- You have to choose between being mentioned by the people you follow on Instagram or not being mentioned by anyone.
And here we come. The information in this article comes from the instagram official support, who has crafted a solution for every situation.