[HN Gopher] Blender Instagram account suspended with no explanat...
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       Blender Instagram account suspended with no explanation [video]
        
       Author : me_bx
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2023-08-24 20:58 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | me_bx wrote:
       | Blender, the open source 3D software, got their Instagram account
       | (300k+ followers) suspended by Instagram, with no warning, no
       | explanations.
       | 
       | Blender staff wonders whether they should start a new account
       | from scratch, or just give up that platform.
        
         | rapnie wrote:
         | Blender may consider spinning up their own open-source Pixelfed
         | instance. Move from Instagram. In case their account is
         | reinstated.. Pixelfed has an Insta import/migration feature.
        
         | evolve2k wrote:
         | Blender have enough clout that I think they should go all in on
         | the fediverse, and focus on active accounts in mastodon,
         | pixelfed etc.
         | 
         | Blender is a bit of a gateway FOSS product and has a good
         | opportunity to use this to encourage further FOSS adoption.
        
         | lapcat wrote:
         | It should be noted that this was stated at the 59 minute mark
         | of an hour long video.
         | 
         | By the way, my own brand new Instagram account was also
         | suspended today:
         | https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2023/8/4.html
        
           | me_bx wrote:
           | Indeed! It looks like hackerNews strips down the query
           | parameters from the links.
           | 
           | reattempt to post the URL to the relevant portion of the
           | video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjAznjNp4Z8&t=3548s
        
       | CafeRacer wrote:
       | Well, if I'd be making decision at Blender I'd move from
       | instagram. If instagram reinstates I'd use that to promote other
       | platforms.
        
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