Yes boo, you read that correctly. The Christians of IG are angry because they believe that Instagram banned the phrase “I am a born again follower of Jesus Christ”.
A day after an ugly dress made headlines and went viral, now a new topic has the public’s attention. If you try to leave a comment saying “I am a born again follower of Jesus Christ” on Instagram, as of this second your comment will be blocked and you will receive a message similar to the one above letting you know that you are violating the guidelines of Instagram.
However, that’s really not the case. Due to overwhelming spam accounts, Instagram has banned the terms “gain followers” and “again followers”. Hence the reason the Christians of IG can’t type the full statement: “I am a born again follower of Jesus Christ”.
This isn’t the first time Instagram allegedly blocked a phrase that had everyone pissed. In fact, once they blocked the words “Garcinia Kola” which is believed to slow down the spread of Ebola.
In the meantime, the Christians can hashtag the phrase!
The Church can calm down now.
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It’s actually “gain follower” that is banned. So is any combination of “gainfollower” or “gain_follower” The computer system catches it. All spaces or preceding letters are ignored so the “a” in “again” is ignored by the computer. This is probably designed to keep people from circumventing the ban on that phrase. This would make sense as to why it’s against community guidelines to use because it seems to be used by those fake Instagram accounts that want to help you gain followers.
Except that you can write “I am a born follower of Muhammad ” so what does the letters in Jesus Christ have to do with it?
It doesn’t have anything to do with it. Look at the phrase that the article says is banned. It says “born again follower” and the “gain follower” inside that is what trips Instagrams alarm. Did you read my original comment?
born *again* follower, you mean? Because it is the –gain follower portion that is probably being blocked, to prevent spamming.
So what!?!?! Its their company.. They can ban what ever words they want on their website.. If you dont like it.. You dont have to use the site.. You have hundreds of sites where you can post a picture of you eating lunch with your BFF