

The problem now is – she can’t even change the link. Now she can post photos, but nothing else – no captions, comments, or follows.Īpparently this has been going on since April 2015. Etsy links not allowed on InstagramĪ reader was informed by Instagram that /shop/ URLs are not allowed. So if this is what you’ve been trying to do, you know you should stop trying. Other types of links are still allowed.” source This was a rare use-case, and not the way our platform was intended to be used. Now attempting to type one of these links to a Snapchat or Telegram profile, within the Instagram app’s website field on a user’s profile, results in the following message…Ī spokesman for Instagram confirmed the change to TechCrunch, providing the following statement: “We’ve removed the ability to include ‘add me’ links on Instagram profile pages. Previously Instagram users were able to include ‘add me’/’follow me’ links in a website section on their profile page, directly linking out to any other profiles they had on third party social services’ apps. TechCrunch announced this on March 3, 2016: Instagram has disabled the ability for users to encourage others to follow them on Snapchat or Telegram.

You can’t post links to Snapchat or Telegram One was a makeup site with a lipstick color named “Nude.” While I can’t say that was the reason, it may well be.īelow are some verified banned website links. I suspect the instagram AI is crawling the sites and taking words out of context. Unfortunately, I’m hearing more and more about blocked links from legitimate sites.

Like a lot of restrictions on the platform, it may have to do with an influx of spammers, as well as the tender age of many users.
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