{"id":119,"date":"2021-12-15T14:39:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T11:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/files2.tojikon.net\/files-cloud\/2019\/10\/03\/how-to-shadow-ban-an-instagram-follower\/https:\/\/files2.tojikon.net\/files-cloud\/2019\/10\/03\/how-to-shadow-ban-an-instagram-follower\/"},"modified":"2021-12-15T14:39:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T11:39:56","slug":"how-to-shadow-ban-an-instagram-follower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tojikon.net\/en\/119-how-to-shadow-ban-an-instagram-follower\/","title":{"rendered":"How to shadow ban an Instagram follower"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Social media isn\u2019t the easiest to navigate. If you post often, you have to worry about visibility but also the people who follow you and how you interact with them. It\u2019s a breeding ground for bots and trolls and the more visual a social media platform is, the more they tend to pile on. Most social media platforms have a blocking feature but blocking isn\u2019t always the solution. Persistent trolls make new accounts all the time since they\u2019re free. A much better option is to shadow ban a troll. Here\u2019s how you can shadow ban an Instagram follower.<\/p>\n

Shadow ban on Instagram<\/h2>\n

Open Instagram and navigate to the post that has a comment from a troll. Swipe left on the comment and you will see a button with an exclamation mark. Tap it. In the menu that pops up, select the \u2018Restrict username\u2019 option. This will effectively shadow ban the user on your account.<\/p>\n

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What is a shadow ban?<\/h2>\n

A shadow ban is where a user is essentially speaking into a void. They\u2019re able to see the content you post but any comments that they leave are invisible to you, and to all your other followers, as well as other accounts that are able to see it. To the shadow banned troll, they\u2019re simply being ignored. To you, you don\u2019t have to bother with ignoring rude, or offensive comments, or spend time deleting them. It saves you a lot of headache to say the least.<\/p>\n

Why shadow ban?<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re dealing with a persistent troll, a shadow ban is better than blocking. This is because when a troll has been blocked, they know it. They\u2019ll likely create a new account and get back to their trolling. With a shadow ban, the user is unaware that the comments they are posting are not visible. For all they know, they\u2019re no longer getting any interaction.<\/p>\n

A shadow banned user can check if they\u2019ve been shadow banned if they have a second account. All they\u2019d have to do is check your account to see if comments from the shadow banned account are visible or not. Other than that, there\u2019s nothing that the user can do. A user that\u2019s been shadow banned cannot appeal the ban however, when they post a comment you do have the option to approve it and allow it to be visible on your posts. This means more curation work for you but the user still won\u2019t know that a comment is visible because it was allowed to be by you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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