If you got an Instagram in-app notification that says “It looks like you shared your password with a service to help you get more likes or followers, which goes against our Community Guidelines. Change your password to continue using Instagram. If you share your new password with one of these services, you may get blocked from following, liking or commenting.” and their variations, you are not alone.
Tens of millions of Instagram profiles sees this “Your Account Was Compromised” IG message, whether they indeed participated in inauthentic activities or not.
It will look something like this:
No, this doesn’t mean someone hacked your Instagram account, so don’t panic and instead – read on.
How to solve it? #
Here are known ways to stop getting “Your account was compromised” IG message:
- Give yourself a break from “autofollow” ,“auto-like” and “auto-comment” activities for at least 72 hours and a maximum of 7 days.
- After pausing auto-comment,you can resume by using word variations under comments or DMs.
- Link your Instagram account with Facebook
Let’s go into more details for each method:
1. Take a break #
Since overdosing activity on your Instagram will be the most common reason why you received “Account Compromised” message, it will be a good idea to take a break from following, liking and commenting.
For how long?
We recommend stopping all activities at least for 48 hours although in some cases, the block might last longer, up to 5-7 days.
2. Comment/DM variations #
gramplanner.com Provides full support for rotating texts using spinning syntax (or spintax) which is a feature that allows the definition of dynamic text that can change value every time they are published. This allows the construction of more fluid and natural conversations in order to avoid repetitive messages that negatively affect their automation.
To define a rotating text, simply create groups of delimited values between braces (the {and} characters) with the options separated by pipes (the vertical bar |).
An example of spintax is:
- {Hi | Hello}, thank you for following my profile on Instagram. It’s {very good | great | cool} to be together here.
This syntax can output any of the following values:
- Hi, thanks for following my profile on Instagram. It’s great to be together here.
- Hello, thanks for following my profile on Instagram. It’s great to be together here.
- Hi, thanks for following my profile on Instagram. It’s cool to be together here.
- Hi, thanks for following my profile on Instagram. It’s great to be together here.
- Hi, thanks for following my profile on Instagram. It’s great to be together here.
- Hi, thanks for following my profile on Instagram. It’s cool to be together here.
Use when you enable Auto Comment ,DM (people) and Welcome DM.
3. Link Instagram with Facebook #
If you haven’t done so yet, try to connect your personal or business Instagram account with your or brand’s Facebook page account.
Often, Instagram accounts that were receive such a message are not associated with any Facebook accounts, and Instagram might see it as a trust issue. Addressing it, you are showing Instagram more credibility that indeed you are a real person using an account and not a bot service.
