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Post by cakediva on Apr 7, 2023 19:05:25 GMT
I have my business one and it is not private - it is my marketing tool so I need it wide open.
Last year I started a personal one and have it set to private. But I’m wondering about privacy settings. I’d prefer to use it for any of those “like and share” contest things instead of the business one, but you need it to be an open account for a lot of that. Same with tagging a business when I want to share a purchase on my personal account.
Is yours private? If it’s public do you have many issues with it?
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Post by katlady on Apr 7, 2023 19:08:35 GMT
I have my business one and it is not private - it is my marketing tool so I need it wide open. Last year I started a personal one and have it set to private. But I’m wondering about privacy settings. I’d prefer to use it for any of those “like and share” contest things instead of the business one, but you need it to be an open account for a lot of that. Same with tagging a business when I want to share a purchase on my personal account. Is yours private? If it’s public do you have many issues with it? My account used to be public, but I made it private when too many Russian bots started following me. I have a public account that I use for tagging businesses and doing “like and share” for prizes. |
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Post by Ryann on Apr 7, 2023 19:09:05 GMT
My account is public, and the only annoyance is the fake accounts that follow my account that show profiles of sugar daddy "men", scantily clad "women" and "doctors" that talk about their love for god and dogs. I just block them and move on. Rarely do they actually contact me direct via DM. When they do, just block and move it. Takes a few seconds. No big deal.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Apr 7, 2023 19:18:09 GMT
My account is public, and the only annoyance is the fake accounts that follow my account that show profiles of sugar daddy "men", scantily clad "women" and "doctors" that talk about their love for god and dogs. I just block them and move on. Rarely do they actually contact me direct via DM. When they do, just block and move it. Takes a few seconds. No big deal. Same. There's so much garbage on almost any social media site. I'm the queen of scrolling and ignoring. I consider it part of the price for using sites like that. |
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Post by jediannie on Apr 7, 2023 19:52:54 GMT
My account is public, and the only annoyance is the fake accounts that follow my account that show profiles of sugar daddy "men", scantily clad "women" and "doctors" that talk about their love for god and dogs. I just block them and move on. Rarely do they actually contact me direct via DM. When they do, just block and move it. Takes a few seconds. No big deal. Same. There's so much garbage on almost any social media site. I'm the queen of scrolling and ignoring. I consider it part of the price for using sites like that. And another same, my public account gets the same bots but I just remove and block. |
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pantsonfire
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Post by pantsonfire on Apr 7, 2023 19:55:36 GMT
I have an open one to share crafts and another that is my private. I like it that way.
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Post by tracylynn on Apr 7, 2023 20:05:31 GMT
Mine is open, but I really only share my cross stitching on it, rarely anything else.
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Post by padresfan619 on Apr 7, 2023 20:58:19 GMT
Mine is private with only about 100 followers because I like to occasionally post pictures of my son but I want to keep his digital footprint small. I don’t get any spam and very rarely get strangers requesting to follow me.
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Post by MichyM on Apr 7, 2023 21:30:01 GMT
Mine is public, and always has been. When I notice a new follower, I look at their page. If it looks/feels even slightly off, they're toast. Lots of scammy men. I post a pic of myself maybe once every few years, and in general don't post other people's pics either.
Speaking of IG accounts, I hope you don't mind if I ask a question as well. I've been considering starting a separate page for my crafty stuff. I don't sell, so it's not for that, but I'd like to go into further detail of how the craft was made, maybe inspiration for it, and generally post more frequently about jewelry, crochet, and card-making. Do you prefer if your friends/people you follow separate their accounts like this. Or do you prefer it being in one place?
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Post by cakediva on Apr 7, 2023 21:42:56 GMT
Mine is public, and always has been. When I notice a new follower, I look at their page. If it looks/feels even slightly off, they're toast. Lots of scammy men. I post a pic of myself maybe once every few years, and in general don't post other people's pics either. Speaking of IG accounts, I hope you don't mind if I ask a question as well. I've been considering starting a separate page for my crafty stuff. I don't sell, so it's not for that, but I'd like to go into further detail of how the craft was made, maybe inspiration for it, and generally post more frequently about jewelry, crochet, and card-making. Do you prefer if your friends/people you follow separate their accounts like this. Or do you prefer it being in one place? So once upon a time I had a cake friend who started a fitness journey. And half his photos would be shirtless shots of him on his cake page. So I messaged him and said that I loved he was on this journey but maybe a separate page was a good idea - because I follow him for cakes….not shirtless fitness pics. Now he has a separate page. Thats why I started the personal page - I see fun things I want to Instagram but they are not on brand or anything related to my carefully curated work page. I have no problem following two accounts by the same person. I have two friends ho have 3 accounts - personal and two business (separate) pages. And I follow them all. Not an issue for me! |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Apr 7, 2023 21:56:10 GMT
Speaking of IG accounts, I hope you don't mind if I ask a question as well. I've been considering starting a separate page for my crafty stuff. I don't sell, so it's not for that, but I'd like to go into further detail of how the craft was made, maybe inspiration for it, and generally post more frequently about jewelry, crochet, and card-making. Do you prefer if your friends/people you follow separate their accounts like this. Or do you prefer it being in one place? Thats why I started the personal page - I see fun things I want to Instagram but they are not on brand or anything related to my carefully curated work page. I have no problem following two accounts by the same person. I have two friends ho have 3 accounts - personal and two business (separate) pages. And I follow them all. Not an issue for me! Just my opinion... If you have an actual business, like cakediva does, I think it's smart to keep that and your personal stuff separate. She has done a really good job of creating an image for her business and I can see why she wants to keep that unadulterated. But in general, for non-business accounts, I like to see the "whole" of a person. Unless you have some crafty passion that totally consumes you, I'd fold occasional craft projects into your regular Insta. I really enjoy variety in personal accounts. |
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Post by Gennifer on Apr 7, 2023 22:47:24 GMT
Mine is public, and always has been. When I notice a new follower, I look at their page. If it looks/feels even slightly off, they're toast. Lots of scammy men. I post a pic of myself maybe once every few years, and in general don't post other people's pics either. Speaking of IG accounts, I hope you don't mind if I ask a question as well. I've been considering starting a separate page for my crafty stuff. I don't sell, so it's not for that, but I'd like to go into further detail of how the craft was made, maybe inspiration for it, and generally post more frequently about jewelry, crochet, and card-making. Do you prefer if your friends/people you follow separate their accounts like this. Or do you prefer it being in one place? I don’t mind following two accounts. What I dislike is when my friends autoshare the same pics/content to multiple platforms, so I see a picture both places. |
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Post by milocat on Apr 7, 2023 23:10:50 GMT
My account is public, and the only annoyance is the fake accounts that follow my account that show profiles of sugar daddy "men", scantily clad "women" and "doctors" that talk about their love for god and dogs. I just block them and move on. Rarely do they actually contact me direct via DM. When they do, just block and move it. Takes a few seconds. No big deal. For me it's the opposite, they DM me. Not that it happens much, I guess with under 300 followers I'm not much of a target. |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Apr 8, 2023 12:56:07 GMT
I don’t mind following two accounts. What I dislike is when my friends autoshare the same pics/content to multiple platforms, so I see a picture both places. Boy do I agree with this! I have a friend who comes to mind. She has a personal account, a “business” account (laughable as it’s mostly a folly of hers), and now just started an “I’m a grandma” account. And they all have the same damn posts every time. I’ve declined to unfollow any as she has so few followers anyway, but I’m low-key aggravated every time I have to scroll past her duplicate posts. Don’t get me started on the people who automatically share every Insta post to Facebook too. Ugh. |
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Post by auntkelly on Apr 8, 2023 13:46:06 GMT
My account is public. I have lots of hunky doctors who follow me because I am so beautiful!  I don’t even bother blocking them. I just ignore their messages. I’ve never had any problems. |
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Post by nightnurse on Apr 9, 2023 23:51:49 GMT
[/quote]Just my opinion... If you have an actual business, like cakediva does, I think it's smart to keep that and your personal stuff separate. She has done a really good job of creating an image for her business and I can see why she wants to keep that unadulterated. But in general, for non-business accounts, I like to see the "whole" of a person. Unless you have some crafty passion that totally consumes you, I'd fold occasional craft projects into your regular Insta. I really enjoy variety in personal accounts. [/quote] I’m the opposite! I follow a bunch of cup makers and I want to see cups, not their politics, husbands, shopping hauls, jokes, or their kids (though occasionally I do like to see the dogs!). I do get that it’s my preference though |
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Post by Zee on Apr 10, 2023 2:45:15 GMT
I don’t mind following two accounts. What I dislike is when my friends autoshare the same pics/content to multiple platforms, so I see a picture both places. Boy do I agree with this! I have a friend who comes to mind. She has a personal account, a “business” account (laughable as it’s mostly a folly of hers), and now just started an “I’m a grandma” account. And they all have the same damn posts every time. I’ve declined to unfollow any as she has so few followers anyway, but I’m low-key aggravated every time I have to scroll past her duplicate posts. Don’t get me started on the people who automatically share every Insta post to Facebook too. Ugh. I have a "folly business" too 🤣 which is really just me trying to get a hobby to pay for itself and to use for a tax shelter when it inevitably fails. It works for presidents, why not me? 😜 My accounts aren't the same content though. And I try not to share them to FB but sometimes it gets reset to share, which is totally annoying to me. Both are public, I don't care if bots follow me or not and I delete the DMs every now and then without reading. |
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Post by katlady on Apr 10, 2023 3:14:51 GMT
I don’t mind following two accounts. What I dislike is when my friends autoshare the same pics/content to multiple platforms, so I see a picture both places. Boy do I agree with this! I have a friend who comes to mind. She has a personal account, a “business” account (laughable as it’s mostly a folly of hers), and now just started an “I’m a grandma” account. And they all have the same damn posts every time. I’ve declined to unfollow any as she has so few followers anyway, but I’m low-key aggravated every time I have to scroll past her duplicate posts. Don’t get me started on the people who automatically share every Insta post to Facebook too. Ugh. If they are all the same posts, you can put one of her accounts on mute, then you won't have to see duplicate posts. |
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