#WHY DO I HAVE TO WRITE SO MANY TAGS. HASHTAG SUFFERING

[connanro]

batman: the knight #9

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NPSS Weibo Q&A (20240831) Part 4

This is a Q&A session held on Weibo. People will tag their questions with the hashtag #南派三叔藏海花在线答疑# (#NPSS Zang Hai Hua Online Q&A#) and NPSS will look through the tag to pick some to answer. The event started at 1500 hours on 2024 August 31st.

Folder with screenshots and big compilation google doc is here. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here.

1608

Q: Man crush, honestly, do you think that West Lake Vinegar Fish is delicious? Can you finish a plate of Vinegar Fish from Louwailou by yourself?

A: Actually, I really can’t. At most, I can eat two bites. But I’ve heard that they’ve improved their recipe lately and now it’s very delicious.

1609

Q: Shu, how long do you spend online from day to night? Your mental state is great. (T/N: “great” as in “wow what a mental state!”) A: I actually have too many things to write but well, I’m a liuliang celebrity, aren’t I?

1609

Q: The unbeatable, most handsome man crush in the universe, may I ask if Wu Xie would get caught by Xiaoge and Pangzi for sneakily buying game currency in LOL so he can buy skins? A: You can’t skimp on skins no matter how poor you are. Everyone understands this.

1611

Q: Sanshu, you have written about so many places in China, have you considered letting the Iron Triangle go tomb robbing overseas? A: I’ve written a movie script previously. The three of them were kidnapped and brought inside a pyramid. I was prepared to direct it myself but there was an Ebola outbreak right when the filming site in West Sahara finished construction.

1611

Q: I’ll post this again. Lei, can you invite the original singer to perform Three Days of Silence next year? People go to the bathroom three times (T/N: this is the proverb meaning to visit a place persistently until you get the result you want), why don't you go to the bathroom three hundred times. After all, there’s still more than 300 days till the next 817.

A: I visit once per day? Won’t it make me look like a loan shark?

1613

Q: When will this Q&A end?

A: It won’t end. I will answer at any time.

1613

Q: Shu, you’ve previously said that you’ll slowly delete the drafts on your public account. Can you not delete them? I really like to read the drafts over and over again.

A: There isn’t enough space. There’s too many [drafts]. Even if I don’t delete them, you can’t find them either.

1615

Q: If Zhang Qiling could only say one sentence to Wu Xie in this lifetime, what would he say?

A: I can only say one sentence to you in this lifetime, go get paper and pencil, I’m going to start saying this sentence and try my best to not stop and tell you everything that I can say, don’t interrupt me, let’s see how long I can make this sentence, now listen up, Wu Xie, my plan is goes like this bla bla bla bla bla—

1616

Q: Do you think that you can write better than you have previously? Or has that best feeling stage passed? A: I can go back [to that state], but I will go insane. Once I go insane, I will hurt everyone, including you all.

1618

Q: Shu, I think you wrote the best when you were in the psychiatry hospital. Can you trouble yourself and fulfill us and go there again? A: Here comes the crazy guy.

1620

Q: I’m praying for Shu to get Tianshou today and update nonstop.

A: Once the Tianshou ends, there’s a great probability that I will go to Liuheta (T/N: a culture park in Hangzhou, West Lake area) and run around naked.

1623

Q: What were the first impressions Zhang Qiling and Wu Xie had of each other?

A: Wu: Wah, it’s a show off. Zhang: Looks like there’s a layman on the team.

1624

Q: Man crush, if you were to choose a birthplace in DMBJ, would you choose the Golmud Sanatorium or the Bronze Gate?

A: Are these birth places? What is my mom thinking?

1629

Q: Which one do you like more; going to work or going to jail? Can you write while you’re in jail or write while you’re at work?

A: What’s the difference?

1631

Q: Shu, what do you think ZHH means to you?

A: I was suffering a lot when I wrote ZHH. It was before my mental breakdown. I went crazy after finishing it.

60 questions in! /laid flat on the ground. Only 60 questions in... and the list keeps getting longer. On one hand, I kinda regret spacing these out so much but on the other hand... I need something to fill my days between the ZHH updates. Maybe I'll do double updates tomorrow! Who Knows!

[mayullla]

I’m so glad you liked what I sent in again for the Three Wishes part 2 (genie yandere)! I really like that I was able to help you cause your writing talent is way too good. (And as a fellow artist…I get what it’s like to be in a roadblock and the frustration that comes with it).

I actually really love reading more unusual or less well known fairy tales and mythology, so I could always send some more your way so you don’t have to do any research. (You can be lazy! Yay!) Though if you’re up for that, I think it’d be easier if I just messaged you privately instead of going back and forth with anon asks (if that’s comfortable with you of course).

I also like Reader’s “suffering” too in yandere stories. I always like stereotypical HEA, but my version of “suffering” is more so that the yandere wins (and Reader doesn’t die either or is heavily abused to the point where death is the better option. I hate where there is no heavy “dere” in yanderes, cause if it’s just “yan,” it’s just an abusive piece of shit).

That’s absolutely understandably about not wanting to focus on the Prince, I was just throwing it out there in case you wanted to make him a new important OC. And changing the Prince into a different profession also is perfectly fine. (Heck in the original story, pretty much the main reason the Prince was out and about was because he was scholarly-like. Having a deep and wide fascination with all the world had to offer. The dude really just wanted to go on an adventure and learn more).

And I’m glad 6.e. made your heart explode with delight! (I also have a guilty pleasure of thinking about all the fucked up things yanderes can do to their lover/others).

🩷🩷🩷

Do whatever you feel comfortable ask if you wanna stay anon or dms~ If you are thinking about spam this blog doesn't get many to to be fair. But yeah it is probably more comfortable in dms.

But just a heads up I personally don't know when I would actually start posting here again just yet. While I am slowly getting back to writing rn but I am taking the chance to write some longer stuff or more personal (deranged really) without pressuring myself to post like one or two fics every week. (also started another hobby of journalling soo) If you don't mind just exchanging ideas and stories then yeah~ ^^

Another reason why I dont want to deal with tags, hashtags and proofreading

But yeahhh hmm I deff placed a few readers in a "better death than this" while also adding to it that the reader in my head still has a fear of death but no real bad abuse???? I THINK- lmao Ehh I guess it is more so I love the idea of yanderes having control over where the reader is I guess, so controlling the area where they are, or maybe the controlling the mind or movements, or arranged marriages :p All my wips that i am working on currently is just that right now. Either one or a mix of them.

[chierafied]

20 Questions: Writer’s Edition!

Thanks so much for the tag, @blitheringmcgonagall​ and @the-dream-team​! 💙💙💙 I was really hoping to get to do this one lol

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How many works do you have on AO3

300 (though I’ve yet to post 8 fics from my backlog there)

What’s your total AO3 word count?

1 281 330

How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

Three. SessKag (Inuyasha), Jily (Harry Potter) and IchiRuki (Bleach)

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

If I did the REAL top 5 fics by Kudos it would be all SessKag and my answers overall are very SessKag heavy as is so I went with top 2 SessKag, top 2 Jily and top 1 IchiRuki instead.

1. Life After Loss

This was not the happily ever after Kagome had always dreamt about. This could not be happening to her, not after everything they had gone through... She never knew that her whole world could screech to a complete halt in a blink of an eye.

SessKag, M, Chapter Fic, 98k words

2. Stranger Than Fiction

The books have been all the craze recently, boasting an epic adventure set in the chaos of Sengoku Jidai. Kagome has steered clear from them; she has spent quite enough time dwelling in the past as is. However, when her roommate and a die-hard fan  of the book series laments the latest plot twist, Kagome realises that the accursed books might be hitting even closer to home than she ever suspected. 

SessKag, T, One Shot, 913 words

3. #Jily

Twitter seemed awash with the hashtag Jily. Lily blinked at in confusion, until she realised it was one of those silly couple monikers people had  bestowed on her and Potter. …Though there was a small dissenting crowd following a tweet from Potter’s bandmate Sirius Black: Jily? Hah! More like LAMES. 

Jily, G, One Shot, 2,991 words

4. Much Tweeting About Crushing

James has a hopeless crush on his neighbour and tweets about it, which is fine. Until Evans follows him. 

Jily, T, One Shot, 3,050 words

5. Miscalculation

Rukia planted her elbows on the table and steepled her fingers. “I want my brother to think we’re dating so I can get him off my back.” Ichigo scoffed at her. “That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.” 

IchiRuki, T, Two Shot, 1,820 words

Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

Yes and no? 😅 For a long time I had a policy that I’d reply to comments if I had something more to say than just “thanks”.

Nowadays I reply to nearly every comment I get on AO3. I feel if the people bother to take the time to comment, the least I can do is thank them and I’ve made some friends in the comment section along the years too. But all that said... since I went on my hiatus I haven’t really been replying to my comments on Dokuga much, the clunky reply system there makes it feel like a big hassle which makes it feel draining. 😅

What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

Hmm, Probably either Foil (SK) or Vagary (SK)?

... And I just realised Vagary is another one I never posted on AO3 argh when will the backlog end???

What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

Probably Life After Loss, all things considered. 💙

Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you’ve written?

I’ve never written proper crossover, i.e. characters from different series interacting but I’ve written crossover fusions i.e. charas from series 1 in the setting of series 2, such as Disney AUs etc.

The craziest one would be probably the SessKag Star Wars AU because I’m not a Star Wars fan and know very little of it but it was requested so... 🙈

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

I got Anon hate at one point from an anti-shipper on my IchiRuki fic on FFnet, it was wild. 🤣

And maybe not as far as hate but the notorious plot twist on Chain of Love (SK) was very much criticised to the point where even years later when I got a comment notification for Chain I would inwardly flinch. 😅

Do you write smut? If so what kind?

I don’t.

I have written and will write a sex scene if the story requires it (most recently in Do I Remind You Of Somewhere You Wanna Be, SK). But they are never explicit in nature, I’m not naming genitals or anything lol. The thing is, if I have to write sex I want to keep it... tasteful, for the lack of a better word. So a term like smut, with connotation to dirtiness would never apply to my writing.

(Back in the day, because I don’t write explicit scenes I did not consider my sex scenes “lemons” either. Which is why I’m still cackling about the fact that Chain once won the 1st place award for a best lemon scene.)

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Yes, I have. Chain was posted on Wattpad without my knowledge or permission. It is wild having to file a DMCA over a fanfic. 😂

Have you ever had a fic translated?

I have! Some of my SessKag one shots have been translated to Spanish, I believe!

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I’ve tried, with a close IRL friend of mine, but as our attempts never got very far I wouldn’t say I really have. 😅

What’s your all time favorite ship?

Oof, that’s a tough one. Maybe IchiRuki?

What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

Probably the Bodyguard AU (JL) and the Shotgun AU (JL)? I love both of these stories a lot but I’m very much in the beginning with them and both are ideas I’ve had for years yet have never really been able to actively work on?

What are your writing strengths?

Hmm. I feel my writing style leans towards short and simple so it’s easily approachable? I think I’m pretty good with dialogue. Sometimes, I can do a lot with very few words. And I think I’m fairly good at slipping in little details or giving a sense of backstory, even if it’s a short one shot?

What are your writing weaknesses?

I suffer from a perpetual lack of motivation that I try to combat with having a writing routine. I’m slow to update because unless I’m inspired which never happens or am on a deadline crunch I am perfectly comfortable just adding 300-500 words to my WIP and calling it a day. I loathe editing so I rarely do much else than a cursory proofread before posting.

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

My initial thought is why? 😂 I mean I guess I don’t mind but I feel using another language in the fic should be justified and done in moderation. Personally, I probably wouldn’t write dialogue in another language.

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Okay so the first fic I ever actually wrote/published was a 2nd gen arranged marriage fic for The Belgariad and The Malloreon, my favourite book series growing up. The fic, which fizzled out after 2 or so chapters, was deleted years ago lol

SessKag came second. 😉

What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

*vaguely gestures at the 300+ fics* It’s pretty much impossible to choose among my children but if you put a gun to my head I’ll say Life After Loss.

Tagging: @drosselmeyerwrites @mythicamagic @sagemcmae @stormielikeweather @wbficaholic

[whitehotharlots]

It’s impossible to square the circle of #BelieveWomen

Let’s think back a month ago, to what turned out to be a pivotal moment in the 2020 campaign: Elizabeth Warren’s bizarre claim that Bernie told her a woman could not win the presidency.

The dishonesty of the attack on Sanders was so manifest that the takes barely need to be re-enunciated: her campaign was stalling so she lied about Sanders, hoping to re-focus media attention on herself while riding the most cynical aspects of MeToo into a poll bounce. Bernie faced an accusation, and since the only properly woke response to an accusation is immediate and uncritical acceptance, he was going to be dinged no matter what happened afterward. (Only, hilariously, he was not dinged. It was actually Liz whose campaign was ruined by the stunt. And this signals, I hope to god, an end to this bullshit). 

This is all very basic. Good writers have already covered it. You don’t need me to rehash it any further.

I would like to talk, however, about how this highlights larger and more fundamental problems within the #BelieveWomen/#MeToo cinematic universe--problems that must be confronted if the people who seriously believe in the goals of these movements wish to accomplish anything other than securing book deals for a handful of shitty writers. My framing device here will be a concept introduced by Rogers Brubaker and Frederick Cooper, in their 20-year-old critique of identity politics. This has to do with the split between hard “identity,” a fixed and firm conceptualization of identity that carries immense rhetorical weight but does not hold up to theoretical scrutiny, and soft “identity,” which views identities as protean and constructed--a more theoretically sound concept that has very little purchase in everyday discourse.

To start with an aside: it’s important to note that the malignant strains of identity politics presently infesting liberalism have been around for decades. It’s just that they didn’t have much utility until the Obama years--when it became clear that the promises of Hope and Change really just meant more means testing, more austerity, mass deportation, the wanton destruction of the planet, and an acceleration of our Forever Wars. The Democratic Party had to shift gears. In response to a crushing defeat in the 2010 midterms, their media apparatus decided to aggressively pursue identitarianism. This came with two benefits: 1) It allowed them to differentiate themselves from Republicans and motivate supporters while still sharing 98% of the GOP’s policy positions (this is where we get the logic about it being, like, so important for kids to see Black Panther); and 2) it provided an easy means of discrediting any material politics (“if we broke up the banks tomorrow, would that create more trans CEOs?”). Very little has changed within cultural studies-based understandings of identity over the last 20 years, as will be demonstrated from our review of Brubaker and Cooper’s piece. 

Brubaker and Cooper posit that

 “Identity,�� is both a category of practice and a category of analysis. As a category of practice, it is used by ‘lay’ actors in some (not all!) everyday settings to make sense of themselves, of their activities, of what they share with, and how they differ from, others. It is also used by political entrepreneurs to persuade people to understand themselves, their interests, and their predicaments in a certain way, to persuade certain people that they are (for certain purposes) ‘identical’ with one another and at the same time different from others, and to organize and justify collective action along certain lines. (4-5)

As a category of practice, identity is morally neutral--its goodness or badness depends upon what ends its evocation is utilized toward. The trouble is when this category of practice is spun into a foundation of analysis, at which point the conception of identity becomes reified, made to appear as sort of an inatlertable given.  “We should,” the authors note “avoid unintentionally reproducing or reinforcing such reification by uncritically adopting categories of practice as categories of analysis” (5). 

Now, you may be fine with the notion that identity markers are un-transcendable, that they serve as the primary or perhaps even exclusive determining factor of a person’s being, worth, or moral stature. That’s what’s called an essentialist point of view. There’s trouble, though, because essentialism is (at least nominally) rejected within most bodies of academic thought. The more prevailing frame is called constructivism, which posits (correctly, I feel) that there’s nothing magical or inevitable about identity groupings, that they are instead social constructs and can therefore eventually be transcended even if their present-day effects are very real. This, the authors note, points to the fundamental contradiction of how identity is actually understood:

We often find an uneasy amalgam of constructivist language and essentialist argumentation. This is not a matter of intellectual sloppiness. Rather, it reflects the dual orientation of many academic identitarians as both analysts and protagonists of identity politics. It reflects the tension between the constructivist language that is required by academic correctness and the foundationalist or essentialist message that is required if appeals to ‘identity’ are to be effective in practice. (6)

Basically, “identity” has been formulated in such a way that it can be utilized in a essentialist sense even while its purveyors issue rote denials of its essentialism--like how someone can shamelessly use the #VoteLikeBlackWomen tag while claiming to not regard black women as ideologically monolithic. Or, more generally, by asserting that social problems can only be addressed by listening to Oppressed Group X or Y, (which is done most commonly as a response to left-materialist suggestions for change), as if all members of those groups would understand each issue identically and would suggest the same response. This is a dishonest and incoherent approach to politics, but it prevails because of its utility--that is, because it poses no real threat to existing power structures.

Here we find a rhetorical move that is foundational to contemporary identity politics: leaning on popular but theoretically indefensible understandings of terms and slogans while claiming that we actually understand these terms and slogans in obscure ways that are unpopular and rhetorically weak. Simply put: this is a lie. 

Brubaker and Cooper go on to explain that “weak or soft conceptions of identity are routinely packaged with standard qualifiers indicating that identity is multiple, unstable, in flux, contingent, fragmented, constructed, negotiated, and so on. These qualifiers have become so familiar--indeed obligatory--in recent years that one reads (and writes) them virtually automatically. They risk becoming mere place-holders, gestures signaling a stance rather than words conveying a meaning” (11). And the parallels here to Intersectionality are manifest--like how class is perfunctorily nodded toward but never substantially engaged with, or how what is purported as a means of understanding a multitude of identity positions is, in practice, a victimhood hierarchy that’s used to determine the (in)validity of people’s actions and observations. As long as we keep allowing people to hide within this double-conceptualization, we will continue promulgating an understanding of social problems that contradicts itself so fully that it cannot lead to any actionable analysis. 

This is fairly obvious now, in 2020, with identitarians having taken control over our liberal institutions and failing miserably at enacting any but the most superficial of changes. But in 2000, Brubaker and Cooper pointed out the simple fact that “weak conceptions of identity may be too weak to do useful theoretical work. In their concern to cleanse the term of its theoretically disreputable ‘hard’ connotations, in their insistence that identities are multiple, malleable, fluid, and so on, soft identitarians leave us with a term so infinitely elastic as to be incapable of performing serious analytical work” (11). And so they wondered, naturally, ““What is gained, analytically, by labeling any experience and public representation of any tie, role, network, etc. as an identity” (12)?

I find the answer pretty simple: leaning on an intellectually dishonest understanding of identity allows writers to cosplay as radicals without giving up any comfort, status, or power. Liberal leadership (by which I mean, those with power in academic and media spaces, as well as the center-right mainstream of the contemporary Democratic party) embraces this charade, as they realize it poses no threat of disruption or upheaval. Conservatives (Republicans, and more generally those in power in business and finance sectors, as well as the military), however, despise this, and are ideologically unaware enough that they regard it as an actual threat, and react to it with physical and fiscal violence (mass shootings are domestic terrorism are conspicuous examples, but selective austerity is much more commonplace and causes more harm on the whole). But now, most terrifyingly, a whole generation of young humanists have found themselves inculcated into this belief system but utterly unable to interrogate its foundational contradiction. They don’t realize it’s a grift. 

This is why the left-leaning criticisms of Warren’s’ campaign stunt fell so flat, even when they were being issued by writers with whom I usually agree. Warren was accused of cynically misappropriating the #BelieveWomen mantra. Writers explained that, actually, everyone knows that we shouldn’t seriously believe every claim by every woman, that the hashtag is instead meant to encourage people to simply be more empathetic and less dismissive to women who claim to have suffered abuse. This is the same fundamentally dishonest contradiction we find in the split between hard and soft identities. The hashtag isn’t #BeSomewhatLessIncredulous. It’s #BelieveWomen. It a blunt mantra, a demand so intense and absolute that no one could possibly take it literally--that it sometimes comes packaged with some post-facto qualifiers does not change this; it just makes its purveyors seem dishonest.

Warren’s stunt failed because most people could see through it. We recognize self-contradiction as easily as we recognize cynicism and hypocrisy, and unless someone has an awful lot of charm we tend to react negatively to all of those traits. A movement founded on such a flimsy edifice is never going to attract outsiders and is never going to achieve anything of value. It’ll elevate a small number of people and make everyone else even less likely to engage with social justice going forward. 

[the-middling-place]

Nomenclature

Let’s talk words! When I first started searching witchy hashtags, I was struck by certain words, and their slightly askew-of-mainstream definitions. This is one of my favorite features of English – the ability to adapt and change wordforms and meanings to suit the needs of the moment or movement. The witchcraft community is adept at it, to my delight. But, as in all things witch, I eventually needed to parse and un-layer these phrases, in order to gauge their relevancy to my craft. I was inspired to further contemplation by the following blogs: @asksecularwitch @upthewitchypunx and @lazywitchling. If you find this topic engaging, definitely check them out! This will be an ongoing series, with individual posts given to individual words for ease of discussion (also I, ah, have a lot to say). I’ll be tagging these #witch words Now let’s get into some nitty-gritty :)

I’m gonna start with my favorite, and perhaps most contentious? Cleanse

I no longer use the word ‘cleanse’ in relation to my magical practices (and with diminishing frequency in other arenas). On the one hand, it has a new-agey meaninglessness. Cleanse your body of heavy metals! Cleanse your mind of negative thoughts! Cleanse your space of bad energy! Cleanse your life of toxic people! Aside from the impossibility of such goals, ‘cleansed’ becomes an emotional experience that has little to do with the actual state of things. I feel this in the call for a witch to energetically cleanse everything in sight, as if simply existing and experiencing the world makes everything dirty. As if the work that our tools and ingredients do somehow taints them. I never felt so sure that my accoutrement needed to be cleaned after completing every assignment. I’ve never wanted to wash away the knowledge my tarot deck has collected after years of use by myself and my grandmother. What, exactly, are witches trying to be rid of?

What am I doing when I rid myself of energy? What does that mean, what do I intend to accomplish, and what do I actually do? If I decide I need to remove something, is it necessary to cleanse? And what does that entail? Beyond the buzzword, “to cleanse” does have meaning. And this is where we get to the sinister element of cleansing. Think a bit about the word. What does your heart conjure when you hear the phrase “a cleansing”? For me, nothing good. I think of ethnic cleansing. I think of purity culture. I think of Christian dogma and an association with suffering and Godliness. I think of themes which suggest that to be worthy you must be clean, and that cleanliness comes through trial, pain, and acceptance of an oppressive world. Not my cup of tasseomancy.

‘Clean’ comes from Germanic language. In Middle High German, kleine meant fine, excellent, or small. From there it entered Anglo Saxon as clæne or clene, and on to Middle English as clenè or clænè, meaning clear, pure, chaste, or bright. This is what you do when you cleanse: purify, refine, chasten, make small. In my days as a baby witch, I often found cleansed objects to be empty and listless, a husk. I believe this etymology is why.

What words do I use, then? Depends on the goal. If we’re talking objects, I like to use terms like ‘refresh’ or ‘reset’. I want my tools to feel like they’ve been to the spa and been rejuvenated to their resting glory. Notice I say ‘resting’ rather than ‘former’ -- I try not to imply that the work done has lessened them, as experience usually strengthens a being. I acknowledge that it may have tired or otherwise depleted them. A soak in moonlight, soundwaves, or selenite is meant to uplift and restore them.

If we’re talking about my space or person, I usually use ‘banish’. ‘Ban’ is the root word that gives us bandit, banish, and abandon – the themes of outlawry. It has a long and somewhat convoluted etymology that I won’t recount here (see sources below), but it has meant, across various languages: to proclaim, to prohibit, to curse, to exile. There are possible connections to Latin and Sanskrit words for ‘to speak’ and the Greek word ‘I say’. For me, this is pretty powerful stuff. By banishing an entity, I proclaim right of domain, and exile them from that domain. Exile is a permanent and non-negotiable condition, only revokable by the exiler. I may use several layers to aid in banishment (burnt herbs, laid thorns, solid wards for after), but a stong (or strongly felt inner) voice makes it smooth like butter. I believe this etymology, of voice and the power to prohibit, is why so many witches find surprise success when they bang a pot and yell GTFO. (I wanna be super clear here that I have done this in complete silence -- you do not need to speak to have a voice!) I like banish because it is powerful and effective, but also because it is kind. I am removing something from my space, but not with the intent to harm. Banishment is not death, nor assault. It is simply a command to go elsewhere.

What words do you use? Maybe you cleanse, because it makes you feel clean, fresh, and bright. Maybe you need to wipe the slate clear as an important step in your magical practice or spell crafting. Maybe you restore, because you use the heck out of your tools and they need maintenance. Maybe that word connects you as a builder to your craft. Maybe balance would somehow reflect your values and path. There are so many delightful options! Refit. Treat. Pamper. Reclaim. Soothe. Resurrect. Wash. Train. Retool. Teach. Temper. Fortify. . .

Last thought -- I’ve been asking why I rid myself of the energy that I do. Why I baby certain kinds of objects and not others. Talk of cleansing crystals runs rampant, but rarely do I see suggestions on how to cleanse plants, and never have I seen the suggestion that ribbon or jars be cleansed. We cleanse our wands, but not the pens we write our sigils with. We cleanse our space, but not our food. Why? Why, why, keep asking why! This is what’s great about exploring your word choices – it gets you asking a lot of other questions.

Sources

Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Rev. Walter W. Skeat, Oxford University Press Inc., New York, 1999

www.etymonline.com

[notawomanagod]

73 questions.

I was tagged by @halseyassthetics and @anf-stuff

I tag @feeblej0y @savemeyourfprayers @imhalseymusic @corditeandshrapnel @twinzmoon @peacelovehalseytaylor and anyone else who wants to join!

On a scale of 1-10, how excited are you about life right now?

5, i was looking forward to a lot of things that have now been cancelled :(

Describe yourself in a hashtag?

#annoyedsensitivebaby

If you could do a love scene with anyone, who would it be?

probably halsey let’s be honest

If your life was a musical, what would the marquee say?

she’s trying her best!

What’s one thing people don’t know about you?

my sister and i are two years apart but we share the same bday

What’s your wakeup ritual?

i turn off my alarms one after the other + wake up 2 hours later than planned

What’s your favorite time of day?

10pm-2am because it’s my chill time with myself

Your go to for having a good laugh?

watching jenna marbles, anya, or jackie aina

Dream country to visit?

the u.k. because i was supposed to go this summer but it was cancelled :( (also japan!)

What’s the biggest surprise you’ve had?

being so sad about missing the one direction tour in 2013 but my parents surprised me with tickets :’) it was my first concert + i got to see 5sos as well

Heels or flats/sneakers?

my converse or docs

Vintage or new?

both but vintage is cooler

Who do you want to write your obituary?

no clue

Style icon?

harry mf styles

What are three things you can’t live without?

music, movies/shows, and family

What’s one ingredient you put in everything?

pepper

What 3 people living or dead would you like to make dinner for?

that is a loaded question even if i were willing to make dinner lmao

What’s your biggest fear in life?

not finding satisfaction for myself

Window or aisle seat?

window

What’s your current TV obsession?

atypical (2 out of 3 seasons done)

Favorite app?

spotify

Secret talent?

no clue

Most adventurous thing you’ve done in your life?

definitely going to concerts last minute which i’ve done a couple times

How would you define yourself in three words?

empathetic, conflicting, creative

Favourite piece of clothing you own?

probably sizzy rocket’s old jacket

Must have clothing item everyone should have?

a band t-shirt i mean c’mon

Superpower you would want?

shape shifting

What’s inspiring you in life right now?

books! i’ve picked up reading again and missed it so much. i’m also finding a lot of inspiration through music and pinterest.

Best piece of advice you’ve received?

my mom has reminded me that i need to look out for myself, even though it is my nature to please everyone else. i’m going to be with me the rest of my life, so why make myself suffer?

Best advice you’d give your teenage self?

don’t be a fucking pushover and let others make decisions for you. be ok with who you are and don’t feel bad about yourself when people don’t understand.

A book that everyone should read?

so you want to talk about race by ijeoma oluo

What would you like to be remembered for?

being kind and loving life, also my art

How do you define beauty?

embracing your true, authentic self

What do you love most about your body?

my eyes and my hair when it behaves

Best way to take a rest/decompress?

watch a show, make some tea, or read

Favourite place to view art?

in a museum/gallery

If your life were a song, what would the title be?

clementine by halsey

If you could master one instrument, what would it be?

guitar *my guitar glares at me where it’s been in the corner for months*

If you had a tattoo, where would it be?

arm

Dolphins or koalas?

dolphins but i also love koalas

What’s your spirit animal?

dragon (my chinese zodiac, my school mascot, and my fav mythical animal)

Best gift you’ve ever received?

my record player

Best gift you’ve ever given?

i’m bad at remembering these but i guess any art i made

What’s your favourite board game?

cards against humanity (i’m counting it as a board game lmao)

What’s your favourite colour?

blue

Least favourite colour?

orange

Diamonds or pearls?

diamonds

Drugstore makeup or designer?

uh designer if i could afford it

Blow-dry or air-dry?

air dry when i’m lazy but blow dry if i’m going somewhere

Pilates or yoga?

neither

Coffee or tea?

coffee but ily tea

What’s the weirdest word in the English language?

there’s too many

Dark chocolate or milk chocolate?

dark chocolate

Stairs or elevator?

stairs if it’s only a flight or two + elevator when i’m at my school apartment where i live on the 7th floor

Summer or winter?

summer

You are stuck on an island, you can pick one food to eat forever without getting tired of it, what would you eat?

bread

A dessert you don’t like?

if it has raisins i don’t want it or any dried fruit for that matter

A skill you’re working on mastering?

working through my feelings because whew she’s a lot, she being me

Best thing to happen to you today?

i made some bomb chocolate chip cookies

Best compliment you’ve ever received?

a couple people have said i’m a good friend which i value a lot

Favourite smell?

lavender

Hugs or kisses?

hugs

If you made a documentary, what would it be about?

music

Last piece of content you consumed that made you cry?

watching atypical

Lipstick or lip gloss?

lip gloss

Sweet or savoury?

both

Girl crush?

which one??

How you know you’re in love?

idk you tell me

Song you can listen to on repeat?

my number 1 on repeat rn is forever... (is a long time) by halsey

If you could switch lives with someone for a day who would it be?

zendaya because she’s probably the coolest person alive

What are you most excited about at this time in your life?

spending time with my family and my dog, it’s all i can really do i guess

[scattered-imagination]

Villain Aizawa x Amnesia Yamada

An RP/Storytime @shouta-light are working on right now ;-)

Shouta and Hizashi are both barely starting their Hero careers, with Shouta working for an undisclosed underground hero, and Hizashi Interning at Endeavors agency.

Shouta points out that Endeavor and his agency are a sham and that he doesn’t treat his sidekicks well. Hizashi knows this, but because of the risks and liabilities of his quirk, not many agencies want to have him as an intern. Endeavors agency is a good way to get a foot in the door and prove himself. especially with how difficult Endeavor can be as a boss.

Shouta nods but warns Hizashi to find another agency quick. Hizashi agrees.

one day:

Hizashi is exhausted after 4 villain attacks during his 8 hour shift. Endeavor has been bullheaded and prideful, and Hizashi is so close to letting the man have it. just when he is about to clock out, endeavor drags him off to a massive villain attack downtown. Hizashi, although tired, agrees. 

hizashi manages to get all civilians to safety while endeavor and another sidekick take care of the villains...most of them. there is no right of endeavor or any other hero when three villains corner Hizashi and say, “nothing personal” before Hizashi feels pain rush through him and he blacks out...nothing left.

the attack is being broadcast live all over the news, when they report that a sidekick from endeavors agency has been hurt and is in critical condition.This is the news broadcast that flashes across Shouta’s phone and he immediately dons his hero clothing and rushes to the attack site. everything is destroyed and there is endeavor talking to the press with lies and fake sympathies. Shouta tries to rush the other, but is held back by Nemuri who came because she was worried as well.

Endeavor begins to speak:

“Sadly, sidekick Present Mic has been captured by the villains. but rest assured we will get him back”

the reporters are satisfied and leave, but Shouta and Nemuri hear endeavor talk to his agent about how they will have to find a new sidekick. Shouta bristles and marches up to the other, asking what hes going to do about Hizashi. Endeavor states that Present Mic will be looked for but that the agency doesnt deal with ransoms and then walks away shooing the two off.

Shouta and Nemuri go to Principal Nezu and tell him the situation. the principal is so angry and promises to deal with it. 

But sadly...the next day the villains appear, on live TV facing endeavor, with Hizashis bloody jacket and directional speaker. they throw the items at Endeavor and tell him that “what a shame that a young hero had to die because of him”

everyone is shocked... Shouta is absolutely wrecked and frozen in grief. the next day at school Nezu brings everyone into an assembly dedicated to Hizashi.Shouta gets angrier and angrier, storming out as kids who didn’t know the real hizashi speak of him.

He never goes back to UA again

*Fast forward 10 years -- so Shouta is around 26 years old*

Shouta is now a villain know as eraserhead... a name Hizashi suggested he use but he never told his agency about. he spends all his time taking down and exposing corrupt heroes. any hero that takes pride in the spotlight is not a hero at all.

his ultimate mission...destroy endeavors life, his public reputation, his family, and ultimately kill him. its his fault that his best friend died at the tender age of 16... Hizashi could have done amazing things!

And Shouta...shouta never got to tell Hizashi that he loved him...had ever since they met at the sports festival.

one day, during one of free days, Shouta decides to visit the next down and relax where no one will recognize him. he is drawn to a hole-in-the-wall coffee shop that says “Wake Up!~” he walks in 

Hizashi?!?!?!

he stands frozen as he see’s what looks like a carbon copy of his former best friend. he doubts that it is..before he see’s the scar across the others neck...the scar that he got from one of their classmates during a training session. Hizashi was in so much pain and Shouta had punched their classmate out cold before helping the other to recovery girl

the scar stayed...by Hizashi’s request, to remind him to be careful no matter what. shouta hated that scar

but now...it showed him that Hizashi was alive.

he rushes his friend, so thankful that no one is in the cafe and grabs him by the shoulders, screaming at him

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN

WHY HAVEN’T YOU CALLED

DO YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED I HAVE BEEN YOU DAMN COCKATOO

Hizashi just blinks at him, scared and embarrassed. he apologizes...and asks who Shouta is. Shouta stands there frozen and confused. he makes Hizashi sit down and asks him what the last thing he remembers?

Hizashi shrugs and says he remembers applying to UA...but he must not have gotten in. His foster guardians told him his quirk destroyed the training area and he didnt get in... everything after the application is a blur and his foster guardians told him it was because of his troublesome nature. once Hizashi turned 18 he got out of the situation and when to school in business to open up his own shop. he wanted to be a hero and a radio host...but his quirk is dangerous so he decided to just open a coffee shop and teach English on the weekends. 

Shouta is so angry and confused, before telling Hizashi that he will explain everything later... but hes a friend from the past. hizashi gets excited and asks him to come back next time hes in town so they can catch up.

Shouta nods, and spends a bit more time with Hizashi. for the next year Aizawa goes back to the coffee shop every weekend to talk with Hizashi. Hizashi slowly regains some of his memories...others are too painful to remember. Shouta feels his feelings increasing for the other, and hes happy to see that Hizashi is interested in him as well.

but before anything else....Shouta needs to figure out why Endeavor never followed up after “Hizashis Death”. leaving his best friend to flounder in the world on his own, probably in the grips of those villains for a year or two... the abuse the other must have suffered. he splis his time between investigating/taking down endeavor and spending time with Hizashi, slowly moving into a relationship with the other

Shouta finally has Hizashi back

and no one 

was going to take him away

((2nd Place for Erasermic Plot Bunny! feel free to ask more questions!

message me if you want to write this story or use it. 99.9% I will say yes, just please tag me so I can read your beauty!

Hashtag for this plot: #ErasermicVillainAmnesiaAU

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[staycatcher]

Loving Seungmin Hours

A ask game for lovely stays who bias Kim Seungmin of skz or suffer from his bias wreckory💓🤠

Use the hashtag: ‘loving seungmin hours’ so we can see all your answers!!

Note: if you can’t see any emojis, just ask the question instead! Also the examples I gave aren’t the answers I’d give, but just to help give you ideas how to answer them or explain the question!

🆒) How did you get into kpop? How did you get into Stray kids?

🚮) How trash are you for Kim Seungmin and stray kids on a scale from one to ten each? (Ex: 10 for Seungmin, 10 for stray kids)

🆙) What other groups do you stan? Fav songs from them?

🆕) When you first got into stray kids, who’s names would mix up or have a hard time remembering?

🆗) Who were your first stray kids biases before you stuck with Seungmin?

0️⃣) Whats the age gap between you and Seungmin? How does that make you feel? (If you’re not comfortable sharing your age, just say younger, older, or don’t answer!)

✊) Do you also stan Day6, if so what’s your fav songs from them? Do you have a day6 bias?

🧲) What about Seungmin drew you in?

🤔) Who else are your biases and bias wreckers besides Kim Seungmin? Aka who is threatening Seungmin for the ult title!

🤠) When did you realize Seungmin owned your ass heart and/or soul?

🔎) Pros and Cons of having him as your bias / bias wrecker?

👤) Does Seungmin remind you of someone, if so who?

☺️) Do you have any nicknames for Seungmin? What are they?

🐚) Fav aesthetics? (Ex: peaches, green, the smell of rain, laughing so hard it hurts)

📋) List a bunch of aesthetic things you think of, when you think of Seungmin, and a seperate one for skz! (Ex: for seungmin: sunsets, daisies, cookies, smell of old books. For skz: late nights, forest, cityscape, spicy food, smell of good cologne) (I had to keep it short lol)

📻) Dedicate a song to Stray Kids and explain why you chose the song! Dedicate a song to Seungmin and explain why you chose the song!

🎫) Have you ever been to a concert? A kpop or stay kids one? (IF YOUVE SEEN SKZ LIVE YOURE OBLIGATED TO SHARE IF YOURE READING THIS AND TAG @writenowskz in it;))

📢) Rant about how much you love him!!!

👋) Tell him off for ruining your life!!!

💭) Something about Seungmin that you think about a lot?

🗯) What’s your fav thing Seungmin’s ever said or done?

💬) If you met Seungmin, what would you want to tell him?

‼️) Whats something you want him to know / remember?

😃) Describe how Seungmin makes you feel using only emojis!

👀) Fav Seungmin moment? Fav stray kids moment?

💲) Have you bought any skz cds and which members’ photocard(s) have you pulled if so?

🔊) Songs that you think Seungmin shines in? (Can include covers he’s done!)

🎧) Fav stray kids song and album in general?

🎙) A song you want stray kids to cover? A song you want Seungmin to cover?

💽) Fav mixtape track? And what 3racha song do you want to be a future mixtape track?

🎬) Fav stray kids clip / video? Fav Seungmin clip / video?

📕) Fav era / concept for stray kids? Fav era / concept for Seungmin?

🙅‍♀️) Least fav era / concept for Seungmin? Fav era / concept for stray kids? If not applicable, what concept would you hope they and he never do?

👟) Fav outfit Seungmin has worn?

👞) Fav outfit other stray kids members have worn?

👠) Least fav outfit Seungmin has worn?

🥿) Least fav outfit other members have worn?

👕) A piece of clothing / outfit / something he and other members have worn that you want to steal?

👖) A piece of clothing / outfit / something he and other members have worn that you want to burn so it never sees the light of day again?

✂️) If you could style Seungmin, how’d you style him? (Crack Ex: I would make him wear 80s short shorts, cowboy boots, and I would slick back his hair with shiny, thick gel) Do it for the rest of the members as well, if you want!

👑) Fav hairstyle on Seungmin?

🎩) Fav hairstyles in the other members?

🖌) Fav haircolor Seungmin rocked? What is a color you hope to see him sport in the future?

🖍) Have you or do you dye your hair? Fav color you’ve dyed it, if so?

💋) Fav facial feature of his? How many kisses would you give him on that spot ;)? (2nd part optional <3)

😉) Fav physical feature of his that’s not his face? (Ex: I think he has nice shoulders)

🗣) What’s your fav thing about Seungmin’s personality? Fav quirks of his?

🍪) How do you feel about Seungmin’s mole?

🥛) Do you have any moles or beauty marks yourself?

😆) Fav Seungmin meme?

🥴) What meme / vine / tweet gives you Seungmin vibes?

😝) What’s something Seungmin does / has done that make you wanna yell “ME!”

😗) Out If all nine members, who do you relate to the most?

💌) Write Seungmin a confession / love letter!

💞) Fav ship with Seungmin? (Platonic and/or romantic)

💕) What would your relationship dynamic be like? (Plantonic and/or romantic)

💗) Do you personally think you and Seungmin are compatible? (Plantonically and/or Romantically)

💖) Would you rather have Seungmin as your best friend or significant other? Pick another member of stray kids to fill up the other title. (Ex: I would have Seungmin as my best friend and Changbin as my significant other)

💝) Do you believe in true love or soulmates?

❣️) What would you give him at a fan sign? (Ex: A flower crown and a letter)

💔) Saddest Seungmin moment / moment that made you emo?

❤️) Recommend your fav Seungmin content made by stay! (Fics, moodboards, edits, users, youtube videos, crack, etc)

🧡) If you had one day with Seungmin, how would you spend it? Where would you go? What would you do? Etc.

💛) What’s something about Seungmin that you think should be talked about more?

💚) What would be your dream Seungmin fan interaction? (Ex: he blows you a kiss at a concert)

💙) How do other Seungmin stans make you feel? Are you friends with any? If so tag them and tell them how much you love them!!

💜) Do you have a fav Seungmin au? (Ex: Prince! Seungmin)

💟) Ship yourself and your mutuals with the members of stray kids!

🖤) What’s something Seungmin does that makes you lose your mind?

🏆) If you fought Seungmin, who would win? (Physically and/or verbally)

🥊) What would be the cause of you and Seungmin fighting? (Physically and/or verbally)

⚡️) Which Hogwarts house do you think Seungmin belongs in? What is your Hogwarts house in comparison?

🛍) Pretend you’re going on a shopping trip with Seungmin. Which stores would you hit up? Do you think he’d be helpful? If he bought you an ugly jacket, would you wear it? (Wow I really threw Hyunjin under the bus lmao)

🧭) If stray kids landed in your hometown, where would you take them? (Yes you can sit next to Seungmin whenever you’d like ;))

🙄) How often are you blown away / irritated by other’s stupidity?

🍼) Are you babey? How does the word ‘uwu’ make you feel, do you use it?

😶) Do you have a resting bitch face? Resting sad face? Or are you cursed with an approachable face?

😐) What is your main emotion / emotion you feel the most? Does Seungmin change that?

🧀) Remember when Seungmin was an MC on After School Club? Did you like him on there? Did you miss it?

😎) Rapper Seungmin. Thoughts?

🕴) How does Seungmin’s Dance to day6’s shoot me make you feel? Have you ever done the dance yourself, if you haven’t pls do it now and share your experience!

🎤) Do you like to sing? Are you any good?

🎹) Do you play any instruments? How long have you been playing them?

🎼) Go to kaoroke song? How embarrassing are you at kaoroke?

🚘) Fav song to blast in the car? Who’s in the car with you?

🤘) What’s a song you really wanna see live?

💃) Fav song to dance to?

👣) How good are you at dancing / choreography?

📷) Do you like photography?

🎞) What are some of your hobbies?

🌟) What are your personal talents / skills?

🎓) How good were you at school? And what’s the most trouble you got yourself into at school?

⚾️) Do you play any sports? Support any teams? Fav sport? How do you feel about baseball?

🐶) Do you have a dog, or a pet in general? Can you please show us a pic of them if so?

👹) Are you the type of person to annoy or get annoyed?

👺) Are you the prankster or are you the one who gets pranked?

🤪) Everyone has a person who they tease. Who is someone you tease? (Unnecessary Ex: Seungmin teases Changbin)

😈) Evil Seungmin or Soft Seungmin?

💀) Fav evil thing he’s done?

😇) Fav soft thing he’s done?

💄) Barefaced Seungmin or Madeup Seungmin?

👔) Casual Seungmin or Dressed up Seungmin?

💣) Are you a hard stan or a soft stan? If you’re a mixture of both, tell us your percentages (Ex: 3% soft stan, 97% hard stan)

💉) Thoughts on tats and piercings? Do you have any or plans on getting any?

🔪) Kill or be killed? Die for or kill for?

🔫) Weapon of choice?

💪) Beat up or give a stern talking to?

🙏) How forgiving are you? Do you hold grudges?

💍) Do you prefer to woo or be wooed?

🌺) Do you blush easily / get flustered? Or do you make people blush / get flustered?

😳) Are you shy? What situations make you shy, if not?

😀) Things that make you :D?

🤓) Are you an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert?

☹️) Are you an optimist, pessimist, realist or opportunist?

💯) Are you a perfectionist?

🔮) Fav mythical creature? If you and Seungmin were mythical creatures / beings, what would y’all be?

⚰️) Vampires or werewolves? (This is a serious, valid question, okay? It tells a lot about someone)

🎃) Fav Holiday? How do you spend it? Any holiday traditions?

🍂) Fav season? Your fav aesthetics for that season? (Ex: Winter: snowflakes, fuzzy socks, hot cocoa, ugly sweaters, smell of cinnamon)

👻) Do you like horror movies? If so, what’s your fav and which are you excited for seeeing when it comes out?

🐭) Fav Disney movie? If Seungmin and yourself were characters in that movie, who would y’all be?

📺) Do you watch Kdrama? If so, what are your favs?

📽) Your Fav variety show? Have skz appeared on it, if so tell us your fav part of that ep?

🍰) Fav dessert? Would you share it with him or tell him to get his own?

♈️) Whats your astrological sign / birth chart (if you know your birth chart)? Are your signs ‘compatible’ with his? (Ex: I’m a Virgo and so is he so we’re comparible! I don’t know my birth chart so I’ll leave it at that)

👯‍♀️) Whats your role in friend groups? (Ex: Carefree gay uncle who’s house is the fun one to hang out at)

👄) What languages can you speak? Please say ‘hi, I love Seungmin’ in each ;)!

❄️) Have you ever seen snow in person? How do you feel about snow?

🌼) Fav flower and/or plant?

🌱) If Seungmin were a plant, what plant would he be? Why? (Ex: he’s a cactus flower, cuz he can be prickly to his members cough cough changbin cough but he has a heart of gold, and can grow despite the driest of deserts!) feel free to say which plant you’d be as well!!

🌾) Do you go on walks? Do you listen to music while you do it? Where’s your fav spot to go?

✈️) Dream vacation?

🐤) Are you a morning bird or a night owl?

🏞) Mountains or beaches?

☂️) Rain or shine?

🐱) Cats or dogs?

📱) Mobile to desktop?

💻) Vlive or YouTube?

🍽) Breakfast in bed or late night takeout?

🏙) Country side or city?

🎀) Play with someone’s hair or have your hair played with?

☀️) Do you burn or tan? (Either way please take care of your skin and wear sun block!)

☕️) Tea or coffee?

📖) Books or movies?

🔥) Cool or hot?

[aimmyarrowshigh]

aheavenlyrush replied to your post “I’ve been on tumblr since 2012 and I was even a John Green fan for a...”

i checked and it happened in 2015

aheavenlyrush replied to your post “I’ve been on tumblr since 2012 and I was even a John Green fan for a...”

i saw that jg post on my feed and i had no energy to comment on it but truly when i saw that you had i felt such relief!! i remember making that one post about stiefvater defending him and telling teenage girls to be quiet and the response to it still fucking haunts me i swear

Oy, was it really that recently? The last three years have taken 900 years. And yeah... Maggie Stiefvater’s post about it was a Really Bad Look, and iirc that was the environment that spawned the beginning of the batshit “Keep YA Kind”* concern-trolling thing (yep, also 2015) that was mainly used to silence girls and women and people of color whenever the four white cishet men in YA fucked up between 2015 and 2018, when it finally publicly came out that most of them were, yk, fucking up because they’re legitimately horrible people and maybe the people calling them out should have been taken seriously.

* The other notable “why the fuck is this happening???? why is HE the one getting the sympathy here?????” events from “Keep YA Kind,” which, listen, I would bet you anything that it was very very nearly called “Keep Kidlit Kind” until the only person involved with 1/4 of a braincell managed to realize the acronym on their Twitter handle looked REALL BAD:

Andrew Smith, a straight white adult man, says out loud with his human adult man mouth, that he knows he can’t write female characters well and relies on fetishization and stereotypes because he never really met a girl until his daughter (??? SO WHAT IS YOUR WIFE, ANDREW? CHOPPED LIVER?) and, being as that is Bullshit and also his books were also being lauded as though they were Infinite fucking Jest Jr. even though the interview in question was for a book in which mutant grasshoppers take over the earth and a teenage boy gets trapped in a bunker with a teenage girl who eventually has to git to birthin’ babies she doesn’t want and isn’t medically prepared to have safely For The Good Of Humanity, he’s called out.

He’s called out mostly on a technical, writing level at first, even! Like, “Here’s how to write a female character: you write a fully considered, well-rounded character. They’re a girl.” And Andrew Smith FLIPS HIS SHIT, does some op-ed about how his mother used to beat him so he can’t see girls as people, and makes his twitter private. The “Keep YA Kind” sycophants support him HARD.

And then this happens to pop up on a mysterious Twitter that just HAPPENS to start while HIS twitter’s offline...

NOTE: Jay Asher, author of 13 Reasons Why, was literally dropped from his publisher and SCWBI for being a sexual predator. So like, I don’t think he was bullied, I think his predation was being remarked upon. Like, idk, maybe that he was being called creepy or sth idk idk idk

And then when A.S. decided to unsockpuppet to promote his next book, The Alex Crow, which is about mutant crows and a bunker or whatever:

The “asshole” in specific that Andrew Smith was calling an asshole was delightful human being and fellow author Kate Messner, who, coincidentally, was one of the victims to come out against Lemony Snicket’s sexual harrassment, so she’s had a BULLSHIT time just trying to do her JOB of being an author while female.

Which leads to Tommy Wallach! All-around fucknut! Whose major interest seems to be being That Guy In Philosophy 101 Who Always Has To Be Devil’s Advocate, Even Though No One Asked, and has a deeply vested interest in making sure that teenage girl readers -- who are his target audience, because he chose to write YA, as an adult man who made a choice in what he wrote and chose to make it YA, and not, like, any of the hundreds of genres that AREN’T largely written about and for teenage girls, yk -- know that teenage girls are Dumb. Victoria Schwab actually wrote an essay for YA Books Central about the incessant problem that IS/WAS Tommy Wallach called “We Need To Talk About Tommy” back in -- you guessed it! -- 2016, but it’s offline now and I’m not going to go Wayback it rn.

I’m just going to copypasta YAinterrobang’s Wallach timeline because he’s exhausting, he reminds me of undergrad.

Wallach’s continual pattern of behavior is worth discussing, especially in the context of sexism in YA and the continual marginalization of “diverse” voices in the community despite the efforts of the We Need Diverse Books movement.

Wallach’s problematic behavior runs back over a year, starting with a defense of Andrew Smith where he ignores the opinions of author and advocate Tessa Gratton in favor of a dictionary definition of sexism. (Andrew Smith’s behavior and the fallout around his statements have, of course, already been documented on YA Interrobang in “The Curious Case of Andrew Smith, Twitter & sexism.”) Wallach postures that women are inherently “other” from men, accuses Gratton of “gin[ning]up the controversy” and explains that he is a feminist because he was “raised by a single working mother and she’s still my best friend in the world.”

[View Wallach’s defense of Smith and attack on Gratton as a .pdf.]

Fast forward to later that year. Author Justina Ireland takes to Twitter to discuss a book where she feels the black character is self-hating. Ireland, being black herself, is asked about the book in question; she says that it’s Wallach’s debut novel We All Looked Up. Though Wallach is not tagged, he swoops into the conversation and demands Ireland provide proof that his character Anita is self-hating before claiming that author Dhonielle Clayton, who is also black, is friends with him and “engaged” with him on the issues in the book.

Clayton later stated publicly that she had not done any sensitivity reading on We All Looked Up.

What brought Wallach’s behavior to the attention of the YA world as a whole came this past November in the wake of the horrifying terrorist attacks in Paris. When the hashtag #prayforparis went viral, Wallach responded with multiple social media posts and a blog post about how atheism was the only belief that could make the world a better place. (Though Wallach argues that it is not, in fact, a belief: “The fact that we have a word for it makes it seem like it’s equivalent to other belief systems, but it’s not. The absence of something is not equivalent to the thing itself.”)

[View Wallach’s comments on atheism as a .pdf.]

After Wallach Tweeted that he was a “a rabid atheist, and the world would be a better place if more folk were” – a Tweet he subsequently deleted before deleting his account in its entirety – he doubled down in a block post that outlined all the way religions failed and all the reasons atheism was awesome.

Those who tried to explain to him why this behavior was – to say the least – problematic found themselves quickly blocked or shut down; at once point, Wallach tried to explain anti-Semitism to Jewish author Hannah Moskowitz before claiming that “if [her]parents are atheists and [his]dad is Jewish, [he’s] as much Jewish as [her].”

(For those wondering, Wallach blocked me during this incident despite being friendly with me and having taken my advice previously; while he did believe me in regards to his behavior towards Justina Ireland, which you can see in Tweets above, my snarky comment to him about “the only good people are the people who are exactly like me” was, apparently, too much for him to take. As Wallach’s account has since been deleted and I purged my social media account in January, that interaction is no longer publicly available.)

Take this behavior in comparison to author LJ Silverman, who recently received a sea of anti-Semitic hate mail – including crude manipulated images of her in an oven – for Tweeting that she was worried about the upcoming election in the context of history. Wallach painted himself to be the victim, somebody “attacked” for insulting all of the religious folks in the YA community, while Silverman, who simply shared a worry plaguing her, became a victim of virulent trolls.

While Wallach deleted his social media accounts after this, there were no public consequences to his actions despite ill-will from the YA community at large. If another member of the YA community had spoken out – one of our Catholic or Islamic or Jewish or Mormon authors, for instance – the backlash would have been substantially worse, possibly career-ruining.

Wallach’s career, however, was not ruined; he recently landed a six-figure deal for a book trilogy centered around a “holy war.”

And thus, we return to Wallach’s dismissive comments on suicide – which, it turned out, were neither new or original. In a blog post deleted after it came to light during this discussion, Wallach rated “the top ten literary suicides (organized by emo-ness)” which included all of the characters of HBO’s Girls – “It’s really just a fantasy of mine.” – and, ranking at number one, Sylvia Plath – who is not a character but a real person who suffered from depression before taking her own life at a young age.

[View Wallach’s post on suicide as a .pdf.]

“I’m only going to talk about the fact that a successful YA author found it appropriate to glorify, romanticize, and mock what for many of his readers is among the highest causes of death,” wrote Schwab in her “We Need To Talk About Tommy” post. “That this author could be so very careless and flippant and insensitive about such a very serious issue is abhorrent. That two years after penning this post he still sees suicide as something to be made light of, to be used as a marketing tool.”

Simon & Schuster made no public comment about any of Wallach’s comments. His career, save for making enemies of some fellow authors, seems relatively unscathed by his callous actions.

Anyway, the moral of the story is, like, if you wanna read books by straight white dudes, go for it, but check them out from the library. Spend your book-buying money on books by women, nonbinary/other folks, and dudes who aren’t straight and/or white. Straight white men, PARTICULARLY in categories of literature that are largely targeted towards girls and women, and largely written by girls and women -- but published, edited, and marketed by other straight white men -- are lauded FAR above what they’re actually worth, as like, storytellers or human people go.

The Glass Escalator is a one-way trip to wonderland, but YA is a skyscraper that was built by women and I PROMISE you, whatever book by one of these dudes you’re considering reading, there’s a better version by a woman and/or person of color on the shelves nearby that just didn’t get 1/10th of the marketing money.

And of course there should be an effort to be kind on social media, but “keep YA kind”... to whom? To the people who were being silenced when they were pointing out legitimate problems with the behaviors of men in social power? (And one of whom, in the case of Jay Asher, was LITERALLY DANGEROUS BC HE IS A SEXUAL PREDATOR.) Like, really? There had to be a hashtag campaign to silence dozens of people with legitimate, not-bullying-just-pointing-out-problems-that-are-problems-with-stuff-you-did-dude problems, to make social media feel more comfortable for four middle-aged straight white men?

As though the outside world isn’t comfortable enough for middle-aged straight white men????

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Mass unfollow on Instagram in 2020 ( SOLVED)

A tutorial on how to mass unfollow on Instagram on AUTOPILOT!   While we can all agree that Instagram is a great social media platform to run a business on, it is also important to have your Instagram account looking professional. Sometimes this could mean having to unfollow a lot of users, particularly those who  did not follow you back , and since they do not interact with your posts, they could be causing your engagement to suffer. You might also be looking to unfollow users who, although they followed you back, do not like or comment on your posts.

 Sadly, Instagram does not come with the functionality for mass unfollowing users. As a matter of fact, Instagram discourages users from unfollowing too many people within a short period. If you attempt to manually unfollow, say, 500 users at one go, you could in a best-case scenario get an unfollow block that could last a day and in a worst-case scenario your Instagram account could get banned for violating Instagram’s terms of service.

  What’s the Instagram Unfollow Limit per Day?   Before embarking on the choice of Instagram unfollow app, its important to know the limits. Instagram unfollow limit varies for new and old Instagram accounts.

 For accounts that are more than 6 months old, the Instagram mass unfollow limit is  2000  per day with a gap of 12-22 seconds between each unfollow.

 For accounts that are less than 6 months old, the unfollow limit is  500  per day with a gap of 36-48 seconds per day. The per-hour limit is between  60-200  accounts.

  Why would you need to perform a mass unfollow on Instagram?   On Instagram, people make snap judgments based on what they see from your channel. One of the ways people judge your page is by the number of people you follow.

 Following too many people can signal that you’re a spammer, you poorly use an automation tool, or that there is something generally bad about your channel that is making people not want to follow you back.

 Whatever the reason is, following too many people without having an equal amount of followers is a signal to people that there is something fishy about your page. Fishiness is not how you build a successful Instagram page.

 If this situation describes you, a quick and easy way to redeem your page is to perform a mass unfollow on Instagram.

 Now, this is where you need a tool that you can set up to gradually unfollow on Instagram on autopilot.

    The best app to mass unfollow on Instagram   There are quite a few apps out there that claim to be the   best Instagram unfollow app  . They boast of having the functionality to mass unfollow on Instagram, however, you want to stay away from these apps because apart from the possibility of your Instagram account getting stolen, you risk having your account  permanently  deleted. If you want to mass unfollow on Instagram, you need a tool that will unfollow for you gradually on autopilot. An intelligent  tool that mimics how a normal Instagram user  would unfollow.

 Personally, I use JARVEE and have been since 2017 for all my social media automation needs. It’s a tool that I use to find out   who unfollowed me on Instagram   and it’s also the only tool I use to   unfollow everyone on Instagram  .

 You can get JARVEE  absolutely free  and use it for this purpose during the trial period. With JARVEE, you can have your account unfollowing users that you choose to while you focus your attention on other important areas of your business. The cool thing about this   social media automation tool   is that apart from unfollowing users on Instagram, you can also use it to grow, not just one, but several Instagram accounts on COMPLETE autopilot!

 Besides unfollowing everyone, Jarvee can also serve the purpose of   removing followers on Instagram  . It does this by making use of its ‘block’ feature. You’ll only need to set it up and it’ll do the rest for you on autopilot.      It doesn’t end there.

 JARVEE allows you to automate your social media activities on other platforms as well, including:

    Facebook    Twitter: it makes it super easy to   grow your business on Twitter      Pinterest       Youtube     Tumblr     Quora    and  LinkedIn  Google+   READ ALSO:   How to make money on Tik Tok in 2020  

  How to start mass unfollow on Instagram using JARVEE   NOTE: To make this tutorial quicker and a lot easier, grab the free trial of JARVEE NOW! and start following along.

      The first thing you need to do is to     get the  free trial of JARVEE    (don’t worry, they won’t ask for your credit card). Install it on your PC and login with the information sent to your email when you first registered. Once you are logged in, you will need to add your Instagram account(s) on JARVEE.  To add your account on JARVEE, click on  SOCIAL PROFILE  on the left Menu bar.  Now click on  ADD PROFILE  and select  INSTAGRAM .  Fill in your Instagram login details and click  VERIFY.   Once your account is  VALIDATED , you can now click on  TOOLS  on the left Menu bar. Here you will see all the accounts that you have added on JARVEE.  To set up auto unfollow, click on the name of the account whose users you want to unfollow.  A new interface will appear with all the features available for Instagram. Since we are only interested in auto unfollowing, you’re going to click on the  UNFOLLOW  tab.  Here you have a myriad of options to go with (see image below)      Once you’re done choosing your preferences, turn the STATUS on and sit back while JARVEE does the magic for you.   If you get stuck or need any assistance, feel free to leave us a comment below in the comments section and we’ll help you out.

  Before You Do A Mass Unfollow On Instagram, Read This   Today, Instagram has become so anti-spam and controlling that even regular users are affected by Instagram’s strict rules and restrictions on anything that might potentially be spam.

 Instagram has become tougher to spam and spam-like behavior on the platform during the years. And they won’t hesitate to take action if necessary.

 Let’s look at some useful ways that you can avoid getting permanently or temporarily banned or even block on Instagram.

   What is an Instagram shadowban?    Typically, when you get banned from Instagram, you receive a notice that your account is reported. However, you don’t receive any notification with an Instagram shadowban; you only see your engagement decreases.

 Another clear clue that your account might be shadowbanned is when your hashtags don’t work. Instagram punishes accounts that are not playing fair or those who might have got unlucky by simply using the wrong hashtags, etc.

   How can I beat the Instagram shadowban?      1. Don’t mass follow and like    While this article is about mass unfollowing on Instagram, there is a risk associated with a mass following, For instance, by trying to grow a notable number of likes and followers at one time, you will receive a temporary block from Instagram. The reason for this would be because they considered the limits on follows and likes.

 PS: Kindly note these figures religiously:

   The maximum number of likes per hour is 60.   The maximum number of follows per hour is 60.  The maximum number of messages per hour is 60.  But if your account is just new, the limits are different:  A maximum number of likes per hour is 30  A maximum number of comments per hour is 30  A maximum number of following/unfollow per hour is 30.   Violating Instagram rules causes a temporary block. It involves limiting the profile’s function; You can’t comment, like, follow or write in Direct Messages for some time (from 2 hours to 2 weeks). If you are lucky to get blocked temporarily, don’t do anything with your profile, Just give it a little rest before it is completely restored.

   2. Don’t share Images/Videos Violating Social Network Rules              Photos and videos with naked bodies, sexual content, and violence are considered unsuitable. Whatever your goals are, posting such inappropriate content can get you banned, so be careful.

   3.User complaint    Someone might find your account a threat, so they click the Report button. If other people report your account too, Instagram will sooner or later block your profile. People would complain of different reasons such as mass liking, mass following, abuses, inappropriate content, spam, etc.

   4. Complete your Instagram Profile    Add a little bio in your profile. Also, make sure you have a real profile picture. This brings validity to your profile and avoids unnecessary focus on your account from Instagram.

   5. Post Regularly    You must post pictures on Instagram and remember that posting regularly is what matters. An active display of social profiles can mainly save you from getting blocked.    Jarvee    can save you the trouble by auto-scheduling posts so that you can focus on other matters.

   6. Copyright Infringement    Copyright is a serious issue on Instagram. All pictures in your account have to be either yours or permitted by the owner. If you want to share someone else’s picture, tag him/her in the photo (provided he/she has an Instagram account). If you use pictures for a commercial purpose, you have to ask the owner’s permission too. Additionally, if you post a video with music that you don’t have the rights, Instagram will certainly remove it.

 If you ignore the copyright rules, the author can report you to Instagram for using the photo without their permission, and you would be blocked for copyright infringement.

   7. The different IP address and device    If you log into your account from various devices and approve it via SMS, Instagram is less likely to ban you. Though, if you log in with different devices and IP-addresses, Instagram may think scammers hacked your account. The social network responds to it instantly and blocks the profile for your own safety.

   8. Perform reasonable actions    Keep your follow/unfollow activities balanced. Bulk actions might seem aggressive, which may deactivate your account, and even worse, that you might get temporarily blocked.

 In some cases, all you should do is giving some rest to your account. Try to log in after some time such as 24 hours. It would help you to return your account.

   9.Verify your email    This is an easy but highly crucial way to avoid getting blocked or banned. When you verify your email, you prove that you are a real person.

   10. Do not comment too many emojis         For some reason, Instagram doesn’t like it when you comment emojis excessively. Limit yourself to leave fewer emojis per comment.         11. Do not copy your comments over and over    Instagram keeps an extra eye on repeated comments. The reason is that Instagram may consider you a bot.

   12. Do not spam-comment    As I mentioned commenting is Instagram’s biggest problem when it is about spam on the platform. While spam-liking is used as a way to get more attention to the accounts, it isn’t harmful to anyone. However, Instagram is pretty strict with how many comments you leave on posts in a short time.

   13. Do not spam-like posts    Liking a large number of posts in a short time is known as a spammy action. But when you start liking excessively, it is a sign to Instagram that you’re acting spammy.

  If you’re new to Instagram   If you are new to Instagram, before you start following other profiles, make sure you post for yourself. Generally, a good start includes posting pictures regularly.

 What should you do for not looking spammy?

 · Avoid editing your captions after posting a photo.

 · Stop using hashtags in your comments put them in the caption.

 · Don’t post too many posts every day (up to 3).

 Related:    

https://socialtipster.co/mass-unfollow-instagram/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mass-unfollow-instagram

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Mass unfollow on Instagram in 2020 ( SOLVED)

A tutorial on how to mass unfollow on Instagram on AUTOPILOT!   While we can all agree that Instagram is a great social media platform to run a business on, it is also important to have your Instagram account looking professional. Sometimes this could mean having to unfollow a lot of users, particularly those who  did not follow you back , and since they do not interact with your posts, they could be causing your engagement to suffer. You might also be looking to unfollow users who, although they followed you back, do not like or comment on your posts.

 Sadly, Instagram does not come with the functionality for mass unfollowing users. As a matter of fact, Instagram discourages users from unfollowing too many people within a short period. If you attempt to manually unfollow, say, 500 users at one go, you could in a best-case scenario get an unfollow block that could last a day and in a worst-case scenario your Instagram account could get banned for violating Instagram’s terms of service.

  What’s the Instagram Unfollow Limit per Day?   Before embarking on the choice of Instagram unfollow app, its important to know the limits. Instagram unfollow limit varies for new and old Instagram accounts.

 For accounts that are more than 6 months old, the Instagram mass unfollow limit is  2000  per day with a gap of 12-22 seconds between each unfollow.

 For accounts that are less than 6 months old, the unfollow limit is  500  per day with a gap of 36-48 seconds per day. The per-hour limit is between  60-200  accounts.

  Why would you need to perform a mass unfollow on Instagram?   On Instagram, people make snap judgments based on what they see from your channel. One of the ways people judge your page is by the number of people you follow.

 Following too many people can signal that you’re a spammer, you poorly use an automation tool, or that there is something generally bad about your channel that is making people not want to follow you back.

 Whatever the reason is, following too many people without having an equal amount of followers is a signal to people that there is something fishy about your page. Fishiness is not how you build a successful Instagram page.

 If this situation describes you, a quick and easy way to redeem your page is to perform a mass unfollow on Instagram.

 Now, this is where you need a tool that you can set up to gradually unfollow on Instagram on autopilot.

    The best app to mass unfollow on Instagram   There are quite a few apps out there that claim to be the   best Instagram unfollow app  . They boast of having the functionality to mass unfollow on Instagram, however, you want to stay away from these apps because apart from the possibility of your Instagram account getting stolen, you risk having your account  permanently  deleted. If you want to mass unfollow on Instagram, you need a tool that will unfollow for you gradually on autopilot. An intelligent  tool that mimics how a normal Instagram user  would unfollow.

 Personally, I use JARVEE and have been since 2017 for all my social media automation needs. It’s a tool that I use to find out   who unfollowed me on Instagram   and it’s also the only tool I use to   unfollow everyone on Instagram  .

 You can get JARVEE  absolutely free  and use it for this purpose during the trial period. With JARVEE, you can have your account unfollowing users that you choose to while you focus your attention on other important areas of your business. The cool thing about this   social media automation tool   is that apart from unfollowing users on Instagram, you can also use it to grow, not just one, but several Instagram accounts on COMPLETE autopilot!

 Besides unfollowing everyone, Jarvee can also serve the purpose of   removing followers on Instagram  . It does this by making use of its ‘block’ feature. You’ll only need to set it up and it’ll do the rest for you on autopilot.      It doesn’t end there.

 JARVEE allows you to automate your social media activities on other platforms as well, including:

    Facebook    Twitter: it makes it super easy to   grow your business on Twitter      Pinterest       Youtube     Tumblr     Quora    and  LinkedIn  Google+   READ ALSO:   How to make money on Tik Tok in 2020  

  How to start mass unfollow on Instagram using JARVEE   NOTE: To make this tutorial quicker and a lot easier, grab the free trial of JARVEE NOW! and start following along.

      The first thing you need to do is to     get the  free trial of JARVEE    (don’t worry, they won’t ask for your credit card). Install it on your PC and login with the information sent to your email when you first registered. Once you are logged in, you will need to add your Instagram account(s) on JARVEE.  To add your account on JARVEE, click on  SOCIAL PROFILE  on the left Menu bar.  Now click on  ADD PROFILE  and select  INSTAGRAM .  Fill in your Instagram login details and click  VERIFY.   Once your account is  VALIDATED , you can now click on  TOOLS  on the left Menu bar. Here you will see all the accounts that you have added on JARVEE.  To set up auto unfollow, click on the name of the account whose users you want to unfollow.  A new interface will appear with all the features available for Instagram. Since we are only interested in auto unfollowing, you’re going to click on the  UNFOLLOW  tab.  Here you have a myriad of options to go with (see image below)      Once you’re done choosing your preferences, turn the STATUS on and sit back while JARVEE does the magic for you.   If you get stuck or need any assistance, feel free to leave us a comment below in the comments section and we’ll help you out.

  Before You Do A Mass Unfollow On Instagram, Read This   Today, Instagram has become so anti-spam and controlling that even regular users are affected by Instagram’s strict rules and restrictions on anything that might potentially be spam.

 Instagram has become tougher to spam and spam-like behavior on the platform during the years. And they won’t hesitate to take action if necessary.

 Let’s look at some useful ways that you can avoid getting permanently or temporarily banned or even block on Instagram.

   What is an Instagram shadowban?    Typically, when you get banned from Instagram, you receive a notice that your account is reported. However, you don’t receive any notification with an Instagram shadowban; you only see your engagement decreases.

 Another clear clue that your account might be shadowbanned is when your hashtags don’t work. Instagram punishes accounts that are not playing fair or those who might have got unlucky by simply using the wrong hashtags, etc.

   How can I beat the Instagram shadowban?      1. Don’t mass follow and like    While this article is about mass unfollowing on Instagram, there is a risk associated with a mass following, For instance, by trying to grow a notable number of likes and followers at one time, you will receive a temporary block from Instagram. The reason for this would be because they considered the limits on follows and likes.

 PS: Kindly note these figures religiously:

   The maximum number of likes per hour is 60.   The maximum number of follows per hour is 60.  The maximum number of messages per hour is 60.  But if your account is just new, the limits are different:  A maximum number of likes per hour is 30  A maximum number of comments per hour is 30  A maximum number of following/unfollow per hour is 30.   Violating Instagram rules causes a temporary block. It involves limiting the profile’s function; You can’t comment, like, follow or write in Direct Messages for some time (from 2 hours to 2 weeks). If you are lucky to get blocked temporarily, don’t do anything with your profile, Just give it a little rest before it is completely restored.

   2. Don’t share Images/Videos Violating Social Network Rules              Photos and videos with naked bodies, sexual content, and violence are considered unsuitable. Whatever your goals are, posting such inappropriate content can get you banned, so be careful.

   3.User complaint    Someone might find your account a threat, so they click the Report button. If other people report your account too, Instagram will sooner or later block your profile. People would complain of different reasons such as mass liking, mass following, abuses, inappropriate content, spam, etc.

   4. Complete your Instagram Profile    Add a little bio in your profile. Also, make sure you have a real profile picture. This brings validity to your profile and avoids unnecessary focus on your account from Instagram.

   5. Post Regularly    You must post pictures on Instagram and remember that posting regularly is what matters. An active display of social profiles can mainly save you from getting blocked.    Jarvee    can save you the trouble by auto-scheduling posts so that you can focus on other matters.

   6. Copyright Infringement    Copyright is a serious issue on Instagram. All pictures in your account have to be either yours or permitted by the owner. If you want to share someone else’s picture, tag him/her in the photo (provided he/she has an Instagram account). If you use pictures for a commercial purpose, you have to ask the owner’s permission too. Additionally, if you post a video with music that you don’t have the rights, Instagram will certainly remove it.

 If you ignore the copyright rules, the author can report you to Instagram for using the photo without their permission, and you would be blocked for copyright infringement.

   7. The different IP address and device    If you log into your account from various devices and approve it via SMS, Instagram is less likely to ban you. Though, if you log in with different devices and IP-addresses, Instagram may think scammers hacked your account. The social network responds to it instantly and blocks the profile for your own safety.

   8. Perform reasonable actions    Keep your follow/unfollow activities balanced. Bulk actions might seem aggressive, which may deactivate your account, and even worse, that you might get temporarily blocked.

 In some cases, all you should do is giving some rest to your account. Try to log in after some time such as 24 hours. It would help you to return your account.

   9.Verify your email    This is an easy but highly crucial way to avoid getting blocked or banned. When you verify your email, you prove that you are a real person.

   10. Do not comment too many emojis         For some reason, Instagram doesn’t like it when you comment emojis excessively. Limit yourself to leave fewer emojis per comment.         11. Do not copy your comments over and over    Instagram keeps an extra eye on repeated comments. The reason is that Instagram may consider you a bot.

   12. Do not spam-comment    As I mentioned commenting is Instagram’s biggest problem when it is about spam on the platform. While spam-liking is used as a way to get more attention to the accounts, it isn’t harmful to anyone. However, Instagram is pretty strict with how many comments you leave on posts in a short time.

   13. Do not spam-like posts    Liking a large number of posts in a short time is known as a spammy action. But when you start liking excessively, it is a sign to Instagram that you’re acting spammy.

  If you’re new to Instagram   If you are new to Instagram, before you start following other profiles, make sure you post for yourself. Generally, a good start includes posting pictures regularly.

 What should you do for not looking spammy?

 · Avoid editing your captions after posting a photo.

 · Stop using hashtags in your comments put them in the caption.

 · Don’t post too many posts every day (up to 3).

 Related:    

https://socialtipster.co/mass-unfollow-instagram/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mass-unfollow-instagram

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Mass unfollow on Instagram in 2020 ( SOLVED)

A tutorial on how to mass unfollow on Instagram on AUTOPILOT!   While we can all agree that Instagram is a great social media platform to run a business on, it is also important to have your Instagram account looking professional. Sometimes this could mean having to unfollow a lot of users, particularly those who  did not follow you back , and since they do not interact with your posts, they could be causing your engagement to suffer. You might also be looking to unfollow users who, although they followed you back, do not like or comment on your posts.

 Sadly, Instagram does not come with the functionality for mass unfollowing users. As a matter of fact, Instagram discourages users from unfollowing too many people within a short period. If you attempt to manually unfollow, say, 500 users at one go, you could in a best-case scenario get an unfollow block that could last a day and in a worst-case scenario your Instagram account could get banned for violating Instagram’s terms of service.

  What’s the Instagram Unfollow Limit per Day?   Before embarking on the choice of Instagram unfollow app, its important to know the limits. Instagram unfollow limit varies for new and old Instagram accounts.

 For accounts that are more than 6 months old, the Instagram mass unfollow limit is  2000  per day with a gap of 12-22 seconds between each unfollow.

 For accounts that are less than 6 months old, the unfollow limit is  500  per day with a gap of 36-48 seconds per day. The per-hour limit is between  60-200  accounts.

  Why would you need to perform a mass unfollow on Instagram?   On Instagram, people make snap judgments based on what they see from your channel. One of the ways people judge your page is by the number of people you follow.

 Following too many people can signal that you’re a spammer, you poorly use an automation tool, or that there is something generally bad about your channel that is making people not want to follow you back.

 Whatever the reason is, following too many people without having an equal amount of followers is a signal to people that there is something fishy about your page. Fishiness is not how you build a successful Instagram page.

 If this situation describes you, a quick and easy way to redeem your page is to perform a mass unfollow on Instagram.

 Now, this is where you need a tool that you can set up to gradually unfollow on Instagram on autopilot.

    The best app to mass unfollow on Instagram   There are quite a few apps out there that claim to be the   best Instagram unfollow app  . They boast of having the functionality to mass unfollow on Instagram, however, you want to stay away from these apps because apart from the possibility of your Instagram account getting stolen, you risk having your account  permanently  deleted. If you want to mass unfollow on Instagram, you need a tool that will unfollow for you gradually on autopilot. An intelligent  tool that mimics how a normal Instagram user  would unfollow.

 Personally, I use JARVEE and have been since 2017 for all my social media automation needs. It’s a tool that I use to find out   who unfollowed me on Instagram   and it’s also the only tool I use to   unfollow everyone on Instagram  .

 You can get JARVEE  absolutely free  and use it for this purpose during the trial period. With JARVEE, you can have your account unfollowing users that you choose to while you focus your attention on other important areas of your business. The cool thing about this   social media automation tool   is that apart from unfollowing users on Instagram, you can also use it to grow, not just one, but several Instagram accounts on COMPLETE autopilot!

 Besides unfollowing everyone, Jarvee can also serve the purpose of   removing followers on Instagram  . It does this by making use of its ‘block’ feature. You’ll only need to set it up and it’ll do the rest for you on autopilot.      It doesn’t end there.

 JARVEE allows you to automate your social media activities on other platforms as well, including:

    Facebook    Twitter: it makes it super easy to   grow your business on Twitter      Pinterest       Youtube     Tumblr     Quora    and  LinkedIn  Google+   READ ALSO:   How to make money on Tik Tok in 2020  

  How to start mass unfollow on Instagram using JARVEE   NOTE: To make this tutorial quicker and a lot easier, grab the free trial of JARVEE NOW! and start following along.

      The first thing you need to do is to     get the  free trial of JARVEE    (don’t worry, they won’t ask for your credit card). Install it on your PC and login with the information sent to your email when you first registered. Once you are logged in, you will need to add your Instagram account(s) on JARVEE.  To add your account on JARVEE, click on  SOCIAL PROFILE  on the left Menu bar.  Now click on  ADD PROFILE  and select  INSTAGRAM .  Fill in your Instagram login details and click  VERIFY.   Once your account is  VALIDATED , you can now click on  TOOLS  on the left Menu bar. Here you will see all the accounts that you have added on JARVEE.  To set up auto unfollow, click on the name of the account whose users you want to unfollow.  A new interface will appear with all the features available for Instagram. Since we are only interested in auto unfollowing, you’re going to click on the  UNFOLLOW  tab.  Here you have a myriad of options to go with (see image below)      Once you’re done choosing your preferences, turn the STATUS on and sit back while JARVEE does the magic for you.   If you get stuck or need any assistance, feel free to leave us a comment below in the comments section and we’ll help you out.

  Before You Do A Mass Unfollow On Instagram, Read This   Today, Instagram has become so anti-spam and controlling that even regular users are affected by Instagram’s strict rules and restrictions on anything that might potentially be spam.

 Instagram has become tougher to spam and spam-like behavior on the platform during the years. And they won’t hesitate to take action if necessary.

 Let’s look at some useful ways that you can avoid getting permanently or temporarily banned or even block on Instagram.

   What is an Instagram shadowban?    Typically, when you get banned from Instagram, you receive a notice that your account is reported. However, you don’t receive any notification with an Instagram shadowban; you only see your engagement decreases.

 Another clear clue that your account might be shadowbanned is when your hashtags don’t work. Instagram punishes accounts that are not playing fair or those who might have got unlucky by simply using the wrong hashtags, etc.

   How can I beat the Instagram shadowban?      1. Don’t mass follow and like    While this article is about mass unfollowing on Instagram, there is a risk associated with a mass following, For instance, by trying to grow a notable number of likes and followers at one time, you will receive a temporary block from Instagram. The reason for this would be because they considered the limits on follows and likes.

 PS: Kindly note these figures religiously:

   The maximum number of likes per hour is 60.   The maximum number of follows per hour is 60.  The maximum number of messages per hour is 60.  But if your account is just new, the limits are different:  A maximum number of likes per hour is 30  A maximum number of comments per hour is 30  A maximum number of following/unfollow per hour is 30.   Violating Instagram rules causes a temporary block. It involves limiting the profile’s function; You can’t comment, like, follow or write in Direct Messages for some time (from 2 hours to 2 weeks). If you are lucky to get blocked temporarily, don’t do anything with your profile, Just give it a little rest before it is completely restored.

   2. Don’t share Images/Videos Violating Social Network Rules              Photos and videos with naked bodies, sexual content, and violence are considered unsuitable. Whatever your goals are, posting such inappropriate content can get you banned, so be careful.

   3.User complaint    Someone might find your account a threat, so they click the Report button. If other people report your account too, Instagram will sooner or later block your profile. People would complain of different reasons such as mass liking, mass following, abuses, inappropriate content, spam, etc.

   4. Complete your Instagram Profile    Add a little bio in your profile. Also, make sure you have a real profile picture. This brings validity to your profile and avoids unnecessary focus on your account from Instagram.

   5. Post Regularly    You must post pictures on Instagram and remember that posting regularly is what matters. An active display of social profiles can mainly save you from getting blocked.    Jarvee    can save you the trouble by auto-scheduling posts so that you can focus on other matters.

   6. Copyright Infringement    Copyright is a serious issue on Instagram. All pictures in your account have to be either yours or permitted by the owner. If you want to share someone else’s picture, tag him/her in the photo (provided he/she has an Instagram account). If you use pictures for a commercial purpose, you have to ask the owner’s permission too. Additionally, if you post a video with music that you don’t have the rights, Instagram will certainly remove it.

 If you ignore the copyright rules, the author can report you to Instagram for using the photo without their permission, and you would be blocked for copyright infringement.

   7. The different IP address and device    If you log into your account from various devices and approve it via SMS, Instagram is less likely to ban you. Though, if you log in with different devices and IP-addresses, Instagram may think scammers hacked your account. The social network responds to it instantly and blocks the profile for your own safety.

   8. Perform reasonable actions    Keep your follow/unfollow activities balanced. Bulk actions might seem aggressive, which may deactivate your account, and even worse, that you might get temporarily blocked.

 In some cases, all you should do is giving some rest to your account. Try to log in after some time such as 24 hours. It would help you to return your account.

   9.Verify your email    This is an easy but highly crucial way to avoid getting blocked or banned. When you verify your email, you prove that you are a real person.

   10. Do not comment too many emojis         For some reason, Instagram doesn’t like it when you comment emojis excessively. Limit yourself to leave fewer emojis per comment.         11. Do not copy your comments over and over    Instagram keeps an extra eye on repeated comments. The reason is that Instagram may consider you a bot.

   12. Do not spam-comment    As I mentioned commenting is Instagram’s biggest problem when it is about spam on the platform. While spam-liking is used as a way to get more attention to the accounts, it isn’t harmful to anyone. However, Instagram is pretty strict with how many comments you leave on posts in a short time.

   13. Do not spam-like posts    Liking a large number of posts in a short time is known as a spammy action. But when you start liking excessively, it is a sign to Instagram that you’re acting spammy.

  If you’re new to Instagram   If you are new to Instagram, before you start following other profiles, make sure you post for yourself. Generally, a good start includes posting pictures regularly.

 What should you do for not looking spammy?

 · Avoid editing your captions after posting a photo.

 · Stop using hashtags in your comments put them in the caption.

 · Don’t post too many posts every day (up to 3).

 Related:    

https://socialtipster.co/mass-unfollow-instagram/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mass-unfollow-instagram

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Mass unfollow on Instagram in 2020 ( SOLVED)

A tutorial on how to mass unfollow on Instagram on AUTOPILOT!   While we can all agree that Instagram is a great social media platform to run a business on, it is also important to have your Instagram account looking professional. Sometimes this could mean having to unfollow a lot of users, particularly those who  did not follow you back , and since they do not interact with your posts, they could be causing your engagement to suffer. You might also be looking to unfollow users who, although they followed you back, do not like or comment on your posts.

 Sadly, Instagram does not come with the functionality for mass unfollowing users. As a matter of fact, Instagram discourages users from unfollowing too many people within a short period. If you attempt to manually unfollow, say, 500 users at one go, you could in a best-case scenario get an unfollow block that could last a day and in a worst-case scenario your Instagram account could get banned for violating Instagram’s terms of service.

  What’s the Instagram Unfollow Limit per Day?   Before embarking on the choice of Instagram unfollow app, its important to know the limits. Instagram unfollow limit varies for new and old Instagram accounts.

 For accounts that are more than 6 months old, the Instagram mass unfollow limit is  2000  per day with a gap of 12-22 seconds between each unfollow.

 For accounts that are less than 6 months old, the unfollow limit is  500  per day with a gap of 36-48 seconds per day. The per-hour limit is between  60-200  accounts.

  Why would you need to perform a mass unfollow on Instagram?   On Instagram, people make snap judgments based on what they see from your channel. One of the ways people judge your page is by the number of people you follow.

 Following too many people can signal that you’re a spammer, you poorly use an automation tool, or that there is something generally bad about your channel that is making people not want to follow you back.

 Whatever the reason is, following too many people without having an equal amount of followers is a signal to people that there is something fishy about your page. Fishiness is not how you build a successful Instagram page.

 If this situation describes you, a quick and easy way to redeem your page is to perform a mass unfollow on Instagram.

 Now, this is where you need a tool that you can set up to gradually unfollow on Instagram on autopilot.

    The best app to mass unfollow on Instagram   There are quite a few apps out there that claim to be the   best Instagram unfollow app  . They boast of having the functionality to mass unfollow on Instagram, however, you want to stay away from these apps because apart from the possibility of your Instagram account getting stolen, you risk having your account  permanently  deleted. If you want to mass unfollow on Instagram, you need a tool that will unfollow for you gradually on autopilot. An intelligent  tool that mimics how a normal Instagram user  would unfollow.

 Personally, I use JARVEE and have been since 2017 for all my social media automation needs. It’s a tool that I use to find out   who unfollowed me on Instagram   and it’s also the only tool I use to   unfollow everyone on Instagram  .

 You can get JARVEE  absolutely free  and use it for this purpose during the trial period. With JARVEE, you can have your account unfollowing users that you choose to while you focus your attention on other important areas of your business. The cool thing about this   social media automation tool   is that apart from unfollowing users on Instagram, you can also use it to grow, not just one, but several Instagram accounts on COMPLETE autopilot!

 Besides unfollowing everyone, Jarvee can also serve the purpose of   removing followers on Instagram  . It does this by making use of its ‘block’ feature. You’ll only need to set it up and it’ll do the rest for you on autopilot.      It doesn’t end there.

 JARVEE allows you to automate your social media activities on other platforms as well, including:

    Facebook    Twitter: it makes it super easy to   grow your business on Twitter      Pinterest       Youtube     Tumblr     Quora    and  LinkedIn  Google+   READ ALSO:   How to make money on Tik Tok in 2020  

  How to start mass unfollow on Instagram using JARVEE   NOTE: To make this tutorial quicker and a lot easier, grab the free trial of JARVEE NOW! and start following along.

      The first thing you need to do is to     get the  free trial of JARVEE    (don’t worry, they won’t ask for your credit card). Install it on your PC and login with the information sent to your email when you first registered. Once you are logged in, you will need to add your Instagram account(s) on JARVEE.  To add your account on JARVEE, click on  SOCIAL PROFILE  on the left Menu bar.  Now click on  ADD PROFILE  and select  INSTAGRAM .  Fill in your Instagram login details and click  VERIFY.   Once your account is  VALIDATED , you can now click on  TOOLS  on the left Menu bar. Here you will see all the accounts that you have added on JARVEE.  To set up auto unfollow, click on the name of the account whose users you want to unfollow.  A new interface will appear with all the features available for Instagram. Since we are only interested in auto unfollowing, you’re going to click on the  UNFOLLOW  tab.  Here you have a myriad of options to go with (see image below)      Once you’re done choosing your preferences, turn the STATUS on and sit back while JARVEE does the magic for you.   If you get stuck or need any assistance, feel free to leave us a comment below in the comments section and we’ll help you out.

  Before You Do A Mass Unfollow On Instagram, Read This   Today, Instagram has become so anti-spam and controlling that even regular users are affected by Instagram’s strict rules and restrictions on anything that might potentially be spam.

 Instagram has become tougher to spam and spam-like behavior on the platform during the years. And they won’t hesitate to take action if necessary.

 Let’s look at some useful ways that you can avoid getting permanently or temporarily banned or even block on Instagram.

   What is an Instagram shadowban?    Typically, when you get banned from Instagram, you receive a notice that your account is reported. However, you don’t receive any notification with an Instagram shadowban; you only see your engagement decreases.

 Another clear clue that your account might be shadowbanned is when your hashtags don’t work. Instagram punishes accounts that are not playing fair or those who might have got unlucky by simply using the wrong hashtags, etc.

   How can I beat the Instagram shadowban?      1. Don’t mass follow and like    While this article is about mass unfollowing on Instagram, there is a risk associated with a mass following, For instance, by trying to grow a notable number of likes and followers at one time, you will receive a temporary block from Instagram. The reason for this would be because they considered the limits on follows and likes.

 PS: Kindly note these figures religiously:

   The maximum number of likes per hour is 60.   The maximum number of follows per hour is 60.  The maximum number of messages per hour is 60.  But if your account is just new, the limits are different:  A maximum number of likes per hour is 30  A maximum number of comments per hour is 30  A maximum number of following/unfollow per hour is 30.   Violating Instagram rules causes a temporary block. It involves limiting the profile’s function; You can’t comment, like, follow or write in Direct Messages for some time (from 2 hours to 2 weeks). If you are lucky to get blocked temporarily, don’t do anything with your profile, Just give it a little rest before it is completely restored.

   2. Don’t share Images/Videos Violating Social Network Rules              Photos and videos with naked bodies, sexual content, and violence are considered unsuitable. Whatever your goals are, posting such inappropriate content can get you banned, so be careful.

   3.User complaint    Someone might find your account a threat, so they click the Report button. If other people report your account too, Instagram will sooner or later block your profile. People would complain of different reasons such as mass liking, mass following, abuses, inappropriate content, spam, etc.

   4. Complete your Instagram Profile    Add a little bio in your profile. Also, make sure you have a real profile picture. This brings validity to your profile and avoids unnecessary focus on your account from Instagram.

   5. Post Regularly    You must post pictures on Instagram and remember that posting regularly is what matters. An active display of social profiles can mainly save you from getting blocked.    Jarvee    can save you the trouble by auto-scheduling posts so that you can focus on other matters.

   6. Copyright Infringement    Copyright is a serious issue on Instagram. All pictures in your account have to be either yours or permitted by the owner. If you want to share someone else’s picture, tag him/her in the photo (provided he/she has an Instagram account). If you use pictures for a commercial purpose, you have to ask the owner’s permission too. Additionally, if you post a video with music that you don’t have the rights, Instagram will certainly remove it.

 If you ignore the copyright rules, the author can report you to Instagram for using the photo without their permission, and you would be blocked for copyright infringement.

   7. The different IP address and device    If you log into your account from various devices and approve it via SMS, Instagram is less likely to ban you. Though, if you log in with different devices and IP-addresses, Instagram may think scammers hacked your account. The social network responds to it instantly and blocks the profile for your own safety.

   8. Perform reasonable actions    Keep your follow/unfollow activities balanced. Bulk actions might seem aggressive, which may deactivate your account, and even worse, that you might get temporarily blocked.

 In some cases, all you should do is giving some rest to your account. Try to log in after some time such as 24 hours. It would help you to return your account.

   9.Verify your email    This is an easy but highly crucial way to avoid getting blocked or banned. When you verify your email, you prove that you are a real person.

   10. Do not comment too many emojis         For some reason, Instagram doesn’t like it when you comment emojis excessively. Limit yourself to leave fewer emojis per comment.         11. Do not copy your comments over and over    Instagram keeps an extra eye on repeated comments. The reason is that Instagram may consider you a bot.

   12. Do not spam-comment    As I mentioned commenting is Instagram’s biggest problem when it is about spam on the platform. While spam-liking is used as a way to get more attention to the accounts, it isn’t harmful to anyone. However, Instagram is pretty strict with how many comments you leave on posts in a short time.

   13. Do not spam-like posts    Liking a large number of posts in a short time is known as a spammy action. But when you start liking excessively, it is a sign to Instagram that you’re acting spammy.

  If you’re new to Instagram   If you are new to Instagram, before you start following other profiles, make sure you post for yourself. Generally, a good start includes posting pictures regularly.

 What should you do for not looking spammy?

 · Avoid editing your captions after posting a photo.

 · Stop using hashtags in your comments put them in the caption.

 · Don’t post too many posts every day (up to 3).

 Related:    

https://socialtipster.co/mass-unfollow-instagram/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mass-unfollow-instagram

[hotfleck]

Mass unfollow on Instagram in 2020 ( SOLVED)

A tutorial on how to mass unfollow on Instagram on AUTOPILOT!   While we can all agree that Instagram is a great social media platform to run a business on, it is also important to have your Instagram account looking professional. Sometimes this could mean having to unfollow a lot of users, particularly those who  did not follow you back , and since they do not interact with your posts, they could be causing your engagement to suffer. You might also be looking to unfollow users who, although they followed you back, do not like or comment on your posts.

 Sadly, Instagram does not come with the functionality for mass unfollowing users. As a matter of fact, Instagram discourages users from unfollowing too many people within a short period. If you attempt to manually unfollow, say, 500 users at one go, you could in a best-case scenario get an unfollow block that could last a day and in a worst-case scenario your Instagram account could get banned for violating Instagram’s terms of service.

  What’s the Instagram Unfollow Limit per Day?   Before embarking on the choice of Instagram unfollow app, its important to know the limits. Instagram unfollow limit varies for new and old Instagram accounts.

 For accounts that are more than 6 months old, the Instagram mass unfollow limit is  2000  per day with a gap of 12-22 seconds between each unfollow.

 For accounts that are less than 6 months old, the unfollow limit is  500  per day with a gap of 36-48 seconds per day. The per-hour limit is between  60-200  accounts.

  Why would you need to perform a mass unfollow on Instagram?   On Instagram, people make snap judgments based on what they see from your channel. One of the ways people judge your page is by the number of people you follow.

 Following too many people can signal that you’re a spammer, you poorly use an automation tool, or that there is something generally bad about your channel that is making people not want to follow you back.

 Whatever the reason is, following too many people without having an equal amount of followers is a signal to people that there is something fishy about your page. Fishiness is not how you build a successful Instagram page.

 If this situation describes you, a quick and easy way to redeem your page is to perform a mass unfollow on Instagram.

 Now, this is where you need a tool that you can set up to gradually unfollow on Instagram on autopilot.

    The best app to mass unfollow on Instagram   There are quite a few apps out there that claim to be the   best Instagram unfollow app  . They boast of having the functionality to mass unfollow on Instagram, however, you want to stay away from these apps because apart from the possibility of your Instagram account getting stolen, you risk having your account  permanently  deleted. If you want to mass unfollow on Instagram, you need a tool that will unfollow for you gradually on autopilot. An intelligent  tool that mimics how a normal Instagram user  would unfollow.

 Personally, I use JARVEE and have been since 2017 for all my social media automation needs. It’s a tool that I use to find out   who unfollowed me on Instagram   and it’s also the only tool I use to   unfollow everyone on Instagram  .

 You can get JARVEE  absolutely free  and use it for this purpose during the trial period. With JARVEE, you can have your account unfollowing users that you choose to while you focus your attention on other important areas of your business. The cool thing about this   social media automation tool   is that apart from unfollowing users on Instagram, you can also use it to grow, not just one, but several Instagram accounts on COMPLETE autopilot!

 Besides unfollowing everyone, Jarvee can also serve the purpose of   removing followers on Instagram  . It does this by making use of its ‘block’ feature. You’ll only need to set it up and it’ll do the rest for you on autopilot.      It doesn’t end there.

 JARVEE allows you to automate your social media activities on other platforms as well, including:

    Facebook    Twitter: it makes it super easy to   grow your business on Twitter      Pinterest       Youtube     Tumblr     Quora    and  LinkedIn  Google+   READ ALSO:   How to make money on Tik Tok in 2020  

  How to start mass unfollow on Instagram using JARVEE   NOTE: To make this tutorial quicker and a lot easier, grab the free trial of JARVEE NOW! and start following along.

      The first thing you need to do is to     get the  free trial of JARVEE    (don’t worry, they won’t ask for your credit card). Install it on your PC and login with the information sent to your email when you first registered. Once you are logged in, you will need to add your Instagram account(s) on JARVEE.  To add your account on JARVEE, click on  SOCIAL PROFILE  on the left Menu bar.  Now click on  ADD PROFILE  and select  INSTAGRAM .  Fill in your Instagram login details and click  VERIFY.   Once your account is  VALIDATED , you can now click on  TOOLS  on the left Menu bar. Here you will see all the accounts that you have added on JARVEE.  To set up auto unfollow, click on the name of the account whose users you want to unfollow.  A new interface will appear with all the features available for Instagram. Since we are only interested in auto unfollowing, you’re going to click on the  UNFOLLOW  tab.  Here you have a myriad of options to go with (see image below)      Once you’re done choosing your preferences, turn the STATUS on and sit back while JARVEE does the magic for you.   If you get stuck or need any assistance, feel free to leave us a comment below in the comments section and we’ll help you out.

  Before You Do A Mass Unfollow On Instagram, Read This   Today, Instagram has become so anti-spam and controlling that even regular users are affected by Instagram’s strict rules and restrictions on anything that might potentially be spam.

 Instagram has become tougher to spam and spam-like behavior on the platform during the years. And they won’t hesitate to take action if necessary.

 Let’s look at some useful ways that you can avoid getting permanently or temporarily banned or even block on Instagram.

   What is an Instagram shadowban?    Typically, when you get banned from Instagram, you receive a notice that your account is reported. However, you don’t receive any notification with an Instagram shadowban; you only see your engagement decreases.

 Another clear clue that your account might be shadowbanned is when your hashtags don’t work. Instagram punishes accounts that are not playing fair or those who might have got unlucky by simply using the wrong hashtags, etc.

   How can I beat the Instagram shadowban?      1. Don’t mass follow and like    While this article is about mass unfollowing on Instagram, there is a risk associated with a mass following, For instance, by trying to grow a notable number of likes and followers at one time, you will receive a temporary block from Instagram. The reason for this would be because they considered the limits on follows and likes.

 PS: Kindly note these figures religiously:

   The maximum number of likes per hour is 60.   The maximum number of follows per hour is 60.  The maximum number of messages per hour is 60.  But if your account is just new, the limits are different:  A maximum number of likes per hour is 30  A maximum number of comments per hour is 30  A maximum number of following/unfollow per hour is 30.   Violating Instagram rules causes a temporary block. It involves limiting the profile’s function; You can’t comment, like, follow or write in Direct Messages for some time (from 2 hours to 2 weeks). If you are lucky to get blocked temporarily, don’t do anything with your profile, Just give it a little rest before it is completely restored.

   2. Don’t share Images/Videos Violating Social Network Rules              Photos and videos with naked bodies, sexual content, and violence are considered unsuitable. Whatever your goals are, posting such inappropriate content can get you banned, so be careful.

   3.User complaint    Someone might find your account a threat, so they click the Report button. If other people report your account too, Instagram will sooner or later block your profile. People would complain of different reasons such as mass liking, mass following, abuses, inappropriate content, spam, etc.

   4. Complete your Instagram Profile    Add a little bio in your profile. Also, make sure you have a real profile picture. This brings validity to your profile and avoids unnecessary focus on your account from Instagram.

   5. Post Regularly    You must post pictures on Instagram and remember that posting regularly is what matters. An active display of social profiles can mainly save you from getting blocked.    Jarvee    can save you the trouble by auto-scheduling posts so that you can focus on other matters.

   6. Copyright Infringement    Copyright is a serious issue on Instagram. All pictures in your account have to be either yours or permitted by the owner. If you want to share someone else’s picture, tag him/her in the photo (provided he/she has an Instagram account). If you use pictures for a commercial purpose, you have to ask the owner’s permission too. Additionally, if you post a video with music that you don’t have the rights, Instagram will certainly remove it.

 If you ignore the copyright rules, the author can report you to Instagram for using the photo without their permission, and you would be blocked for copyright infringement.

   7. The different IP address and device    If you log into your account from various devices and approve it via SMS, Instagram is less likely to ban you. Though, if you log in with different devices and IP-addresses, Instagram may think scammers hacked your account. The social network responds to it instantly and blocks the profile for your own safety.

   8. Perform reasonable actions    Keep your follow/unfollow activities balanced. Bulk actions might seem aggressive, which may deactivate your account, and even worse, that you might get temporarily blocked.

 In some cases, all you should do is giving some rest to your account. Try to log in after some time such as 24 hours. It would help you to return your account.

   9.Verify your email    This is an easy but highly crucial way to avoid getting blocked or banned. When you verify your email, you prove that you are a real person.

   10. Do not comment too many emojis         For some reason, Instagram doesn’t like it when you comment emojis excessively. Limit yourself to leave fewer emojis per comment.         11. Do not copy your comments over and over    Instagram keeps an extra eye on repeated comments. The reason is that Instagram may consider you a bot.

   12. Do not spam-comment    As I mentioned commenting is Instagram’s biggest problem when it is about spam on the platform. While spam-liking is used as a way to get more attention to the accounts, it isn’t harmful to anyone. However, Instagram is pretty strict with how many comments you leave on posts in a short time.

   13. Do not spam-like posts    Liking a large number of posts in a short time is known as a spammy action. But when you start liking excessively, it is a sign to Instagram that you’re acting spammy.

  If you’re new to Instagram   If you are new to Instagram, before you start following other profiles, make sure you post for yourself. Generally, a good start includes posting pictures regularly.

 What should you do for not looking spammy?

 · Avoid editing your captions after posting a photo.

 · Stop using hashtags in your comments put them in the caption.

 · Don’t post too many posts every day (up to 3).

 Related:   https://socialtipster.co/make-money-twitter-journey/

https://socialtipster.co/mass-unfollow-instagram/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mass-unfollow-instagram

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Mass unfollow on Instagram in 2020 ( SOLVED)

A tutorial on how to mass unfollow on Instagram on AUTOPILOT!   While we can all agree that Instagram is a great social media platform to run a business on, it is also important to have your Instagram account looking professional. Sometimes this could mean having to unfollow a lot of users, particularly those who  did not follow you back , and since they do not interact with your posts, they could be causing your engagement to suffer. You might also be looking to unfollow users who, although they followed you back, do not like or comment on your posts.

 Sadly, Instagram does not come with the functionality for mass unfollowing users. As a matter of fact, Instagram discourages users from unfollowing too many people within a short period. If you attempt to manually unfollow, say, 500 users at one go, you could in a best-case scenario get an unfollow block that could last a day and in a worst-case scenario your Instagram account could get banned for violating Instagram’s terms of service.

  What’s the Instagram Unfollow Limit per Day?   Before embarking on the choice of Instagram unfollow app, its important to know the limits. Instagram unfollow limit varies for new and old Instagram accounts.

 For accounts that are more than 6 months old, the Instagram mass unfollow limit is  2000  per day with a gap of 12-22 seconds between each unfollow.

 For accounts that are less than 6 months old, the unfollow limit is  500  per day with a gap of 36-48 seconds per day. The per-hour limit is between  60-200  accounts.

  Why would you need to perform a mass unfollow on Instagram?   On Instagram, people make snap judgments based on what they see from your channel. One of the ways people judge your page is by the number of people you follow.

 Following too many people can signal that you’re a spammer, you poorly use an automation tool, or that there is something generally bad about your channel that is making people not want to follow you back.

 Whatever the reason is, following too many people without having an equal amount of followers is a signal to people that there is something fishy about your page. Fishiness is not how you build a successful Instagram page.

 If this situation describes you, a quick and easy way to redeem your page is to perform a mass unfollow on Instagram.

 Now, this is where you need a tool that you can set up to gradually unfollow on Instagram on autopilot.

    The best app to mass unfollow on Instagram   There are quite a few apps out there that claim to be the   best Instagram unfollow app  . They boast of having the functionality to mass unfollow on Instagram, however, you want to stay away from these apps because apart from the possibility of your Instagram account getting stolen, you risk having your account  permanently  deleted. If you want to mass unfollow on Instagram, you need a tool that will unfollow for you gradually on autopilot. An intelligent  tool that mimics how a normal Instagram user  would unfollow.

 Personally, I use JARVEE and have been since 2017 for all my social media automation needs. It’s a tool that I use to find out   who unfollowed me on Instagram   and it’s also the only tool I use to   unfollow everyone on Instagram  .

 You can get JARVEE  absolutely free  and use it for this purpose during the trial period. With JARVEE, you can have your account unfollowing users that you choose to while you focus your attention on other important areas of your business. The cool thing about this   social media automation tool   is that apart from unfollowing users on Instagram, you can also use it to grow, not just one, but several Instagram accounts on COMPLETE autopilot!

 Besides unfollowing everyone, Jarvee can also serve the purpose of   removing followers on Instagram  . It does this by making use of its ‘block’ feature. You’ll only need to set it up and it’ll do the rest for you on autopilot.      It doesn’t end there.

 JARVEE allows you to automate your social media activities on other platforms as well, including:

    Facebook    Twitter: it makes it super easy to   grow your business on Twitter      Pinterest       Youtube     Tumblr     Quora    and  LinkedIn  Google+   READ ALSO:   How to make money on Tik Tok in 2020  

  How to start mass unfollow on Instagram using JARVEE   NOTE: To make this tutorial quicker and a lot easier, grab the free trial of JARVEE NOW! and start following along.

      The first thing you need to do is to     get the  free trial of JARVEE    (don’t worry, they won’t ask for your credit card). Install it on your PC and login with the information sent to your email when you first registered. Once you are logged in, you will need to add your Instagram account(s) on JARVEE.  To add your account on JARVEE, click on  SOCIAL PROFILE  on the left Menu bar.  Now click on  ADD PROFILE  and select  INSTAGRAM .  Fill in your Instagram login details and click  VERIFY.   Once your account is  VALIDATED , you can now click on  TOOLS  on the left Menu bar. Here you will see all the accounts that you have added on JARVEE.  To set up auto unfollow, click on the name of the account whose users you want to unfollow.  A new interface will appear with all the features available for Instagram. Since we are only interested in auto unfollowing, you’re going to click on the  UNFOLLOW  tab.  Here you have a myriad of options to go with (see image below)      Once you’re done choosing your preferences, turn the STATUS on and sit back while JARVEE does the magic for you.   If you get stuck or need any assistance, feel free to leave us a comment below in the comments section and we’ll help you out.

  Before You Do A Mass Unfollow On Instagram, Read This   Today, Instagram has become so anti-spam and controlling that even regular users are affected by Instagram’s strict rules and restrictions on anything that might potentially be spam.

 Instagram has become tougher to spam and spam-like behavior on the platform during the years. And they won’t hesitate to take action if necessary.

 Let’s look at some useful ways that you can avoid getting permanently or temporarily banned or even block on Instagram.

   What is an Instagram shadowban?    Typically, when you get banned from Instagram, you receive a notice that your account is reported. However, you don’t receive any notification with an Instagram shadowban; you only see your engagement decreases.

 Another clear clue that your account might be shadowbanned is when your hashtags don’t work. Instagram punishes accounts that are not playing fair or those who might have got unlucky by simply using the wrong hashtags, etc.

   How can I beat the Instagram shadowban?      1. Don’t mass follow and like    While this article is about mass unfollowing on Instagram, there is a risk associated with a mass following, For instance, by trying to grow a notable number of likes and followers at one time, you will receive a temporary block from Instagram. The reason for this would be because they considered the limits on follows and likes.

 PS: Kindly note these figures religiously:

   The maximum number of likes per hour is 60.   The maximum number of follows per hour is 60.  The maximum number of messages per hour is 60.  But if your account is just new, the limits are different:  A maximum number of likes per hour is 30  A maximum number of comments per hour is 30  A maximum number of following/unfollow per hour is 30.   Violating Instagram rules causes a temporary block. It involves limiting the profile’s function; You can’t comment, like, follow or write in Direct Messages for some time (from 2 hours to 2 weeks). If you are lucky to get blocked temporarily, don’t do anything with your profile, Just give it a little rest before it is completely restored.

   2. Don’t share Images/Videos Violating Social Network Rules              Photos and videos with naked bodies, sexual content, and violence are considered unsuitable. Whatever your goals are, posting such inappropriate content can get you banned, so be careful.

   3.User complaint    Someone might find your account a threat, so they click the Report button. If other people report your account too, Instagram will sooner or later block your profile. People would complain of different reasons such as mass liking, mass following, abuses, inappropriate content, spam, etc.

   4. Complete your Instagram Profile    Add a little bio in your profile. Also, make sure you have a real profile picture. This brings validity to your profile and avoids unnecessary focus on your account from Instagram.

   5. Post Regularly    You must post pictures on Instagram and remember that posting regularly is what matters. An active display of social profiles can mainly save you from getting blocked.    Jarvee    can save you the trouble by auto-scheduling posts so that you can focus on other matters.

   6. Copyright Infringement    Copyright is a serious issue on Instagram. All pictures in your account have to be either yours or permitted by the owner. If you want to share someone else’s picture, tag him/her in the photo (provided he/she has an Instagram account). If you use pictures for a commercial purpose, you have to ask the owner’s permission too. Additionally, if you post a video with music that you don’t have the rights, Instagram will certainly remove it.

 If you ignore the copyright rules, the author can report you to Instagram for using the photo without their permission, and you would be blocked for copyright infringement.

   7. The different IP address and device    If you log into your account from various devices and approve it via SMS, Instagram is less likely to ban you. Though, if you log in with different devices and IP-addresses, Instagram may think scammers hacked your account. The social network responds to it instantly and blocks the profile for your own safety.

   8. Perform reasonable actions    Keep your follow/unfollow activities balanced. Bulk actions might seem aggressive, which may deactivate your account, and even worse, that you might get temporarily blocked.

 In some cases, all you should do is giving some rest to your account. Try to log in after some time such as 24 hours. It would help you to return your account.

   9.Verify your email    This is an easy but highly crucial way to avoid getting blocked or banned. When you verify your email, you prove that you are a real person.

   10. Do not comment too many emojis         For some reason, Instagram doesn’t like it when you comment emojis excessively. Limit yourself to leave fewer emojis per comment.         11. Do not copy your comments over and over    Instagram keeps an extra eye on repeated comments. The reason is that Instagram may consider you a bot.

   12. Do not spam-comment    As I mentioned commenting is Instagram’s biggest problem when it is about spam on the platform. While spam-liking is used as a way to get more attention to the accounts, it isn’t harmful to anyone. However, Instagram is pretty strict with how many comments you leave on posts in a short time.

   13. Do not spam-like posts    Liking a large number of posts in a short time is known as a spammy action. But when you start liking excessively, it is a sign to Instagram that you’re acting spammy.

  If you’re new to Instagram   If you are new to Instagram, before you start following other profiles, make sure you post for yourself. Generally, a good start includes posting pictures regularly.

 What should you do for not looking spammy?

 · Avoid editing your captions after posting a photo.

 · Stop using hashtags in your comments put them in the caption.

 · Don’t post too many posts every day (up to 3).

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