Getting Kicked Off Instagram with Kathleen Oh

2024-03-19

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What would you do if you woke up one day and your social media accounts were *poof* gone? What would happen to your business? When Kathleen Oh was deleted from Instagram, with no customer service to call, and no one to help her recover the account, she was scared and hurt. As creators, we often think that it is a mutualistic relationship between us and algorithms, but the truth is everyone on social media can disappear from the platform in a second, and if you have built your business on these platforms that can be a scary thing! (Just think...

What would you do if you woke up one day and your social media accounts were *poof* gone? What would happen to your business?

When Kathleen Oh was deleted from Instagram, with no customer service to call, and no one to help her recover the account, she was scared and hurt. As creators, we often think that it is a mutualistic relationship between us and algorithms, but the truth is everyone on social media can disappear from the platform in a second, and if you have built your business on these platforms that can be a scary thing! (Just think of the great March 2024 social media outage that had influencers shaking for a few hours😶‍🌫️)

In this episode, Kathleen and I talk about:

Social media fatigue and burnout
Substack to the rescue!
Mental health prioritization over financial gain
Community engagement and trust
Go to: deannaseymour.com/kicked-off-instagram/ for the full show notes & transcripts

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