How to Avoid Looking Like A Bot On Instagram

Instagram is on a mission to cleanse its system of all those robotic and fake accounts that deplete its credibility and lower the quality of the online experience for users of the platform. If you or your brand is using an instagram account that is deemed to be a bot account, you’ll be on the chopping block too. But how do you avoid being tagged as a bot on Instagram? First you need to be aware of the signs that suggest that an account may be managed by a bot rather than a real human being. And then of course, you need to ensure that your account does not reflect any of these signs.
 
Weird Stats
Strange stats can be a sign that an account is being managed by a bot. Bot accounts tend to have certain stats. For one, the typically have a significantly higher number of people that they are following than people who are following them. An account that is following 4000 people but only has 200 followers is very likely to be a bot account.  Additionally, they often have a low level of engagement despite also having high engagement metrics.
 
The type of followers attracted also serves as an indicator of a bot account. Suspicious follower profiles have avatars missing, have very little or no engagement outside of the page and originate from weird locations around the world. These followers also may not even seem to be inclined towards or interested in the page’s content. An example of this is followers who seem inclined towards sports following a page that is dedicated to organic gardening.  If the followers seem suspicious then the account is likely to be tagged as a bot account. Bot accounts also tend to have very few comments despite having a high number of views.
 
Unauthentic Posts
Your posts need to have an authentic or organic appearance online. Bots can never truly replicate the human element in content creation. Bot posts tend to be unoriginal (they can be found in identical appearance elsewhere on the internet). They may also reflect an erratic variation in topic. In other words a post today may be focusing on an auto topic and then tomorrow there is a switch to food. This is because owners of bot accounts often switch the use from time to time to suit the new purpose they’ve found for the account.
 
These bot managed posts also tend to appear based on a very precise schedule. Human beings can schedule their social media use and be meticulous in following schedules but humans will miss the timing by a few seconds or minutes or even days every once in a while.
 
Sporadic bursts of high volume activity are another indicator of a bot Instagram account.  If you suddenly find yourself with lots of content to share especially after a hiatus from Instagram, you should really consider spacing them out, instead of posting all at once.
 
Inability to Comply With the Selfie Verification Request
 Instagram’s latest method of distinguishing between bot and authentic accounts is the selfie submission. You can prove your account isn’t a bot account by uploading a video selfie. Accounts that fail to meet this requirement will be considered bot to be accounts and subject to deletion. This video selfie should be of a high quality, unedited and it should show all angles of your face. This selfie video will undergo a human review to determine its authenticity and by extension your account’s eligibility to remain on Instagram.
 
Don’t wind up among those who will be frantically seeking to restore culled Instagram accounts. It is far less stressful and more advantageous to update your account and do a bit of revamping that to start over from scratch.
 

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