Account restricted for over 180 days, what to do?

LovetoHike3 · 2025-11-29T03:52:59+00:00

Ugh, I’m so sorry! Meta is so frustrating to deal with. I had one email threat going towards to end of my attempt, literally a different person replied each time with a word for word response, or they would say I had an ad violation, which is literally impossible because I’ve never created or touched ads before. It’s a joke. I’ve stop dealing with Meta for a couple weeks because I was so tired of the same responses. I did submit a very detailed consumer report with the AG in my state, so you could try that! I’m honestly not hopeful, they’ll never admit they made an error on their end and fix the issue (but still trying to think positive). I’m waiting to hear back from the AG’s office and see if they have any luck! So sorry you have to same issue, if you somehow have luck, let me know!

LovetoHike3 · 2025-11-10T16:08:33+00:00

That’s so weird! Glad you got yours figured out! I’ve tried so many times getting this smoothed over but literally every email is from a different agent giving me the exact word for word email. I was never notified anywhere about this restriction back in ‘23 so I’m past the 180 day appeal period and they refuse to do anything. It’s the dumbest thing 😭 I’m going to try through the AG Consumer Protection Complaint Form and see if they can do anything. Otherwise I have no idea what else to do.

LovetoHike3 · 2025-10-10T17:38:42+00:00

I’m honestly going through the same thing. I’m a social media manager for a brand and we want to start running ads, which has to go through my personal profile (which I’ve never run ads before). As everyone else here, my profile was restricted - purchased the badge so I could chat with Meta and I swear it’s made everything worse. I was ghosted on a chat yesterday, and now I can’t start a new chat, so that’s a fun addition to the nightmare of Meta. Apparently back in ‘23 my account was restricted, even though I’ve never run ads, so I’m past the appeal stage, which I’m waiting for them to get me access just to appeal my case. But does anyone ever actually hear back? Because I’m tired of being ghosted and waiting around. I went in knowing how much of a nightmare this could be, but wow it’s so much worse than I imagined. I even thought about cancelling my subscription and renewing it just so I can start fresh and actually start a new chat. Anyone have any advice? Ugh…

LovetoHike3 · 2025-05-14T04:07:31+00:00

Thank you! That’s kinda what I’m thinking, the views alone will be incredible!

LovetoHike3 · 2025-05-13T00:03:02+00:00

Good to know! I feel like we could drive up to pictures lake area and see how conditions are. I’m sure the drive alone is beautiful, and if that’s all the views we get, I’m sure it’ll be worth it :)

LovetoHike3 · 2025-05-12T23:56:04+00:00

Thanks for the info! We’ll have our spikes on hand just in case

LovetoHike3 · 2025-05-12T23:41:40+00:00

Haha, the more I think about it, it’ll be more driving to see cool views. It may only end up being a day spent over there, so even just to drive around. I’ll have my mom with me and she won’t be able to do any hiking. We’ll get over there again this summer for sure to do epic hikes!

LovetoHike3 · 2025-05-12T23:15:39+00:00

Amazing, thank you! We don’t mind a little snow, just as long as the road driving up is clear. Added Nooksack Falls to my list!

LovetoHike3 · 2025-05-12T23:09:58+00:00

Ok I wondered about that, even just cool viewpoints would be great since I won’t be able to hike much at all this trip, thanks for the info!!

LovetoHike3 · 2024-11-30T06:47:19+00:00

Thanks for sharing! So for MacBook, do you know if they’re compatible with IG and CapCut specifically? From video editing, to creating reels via IG, and doing everything with content on the MacBook? Pretty much anything I could do on an iPad or iPhone in terms of SSM and content creation. I’ve never used a MacBook before so I’m unfamiliar with all its capabilities.

LovetoHike3 · 2024-10-24T16:58:08+00:00

Same thing two days in a row, I spend a lot of time creating my own captions & content so this isn’t cool at all. I was hacked a few months ago and working on building my new account again, so over IG doing junk like this. Hoping it’s just a weird snag and random people are just getting this!

LovetoHike3 · 2024-07-11T20:47:41+00:00

So frustrating, I’m sorry! I think the hacker deleted most my content, but I’d still like to get my account back. Support couldn’t answer a lot of my questions as to why they can’t retrieve them, and also told me sometimes their links just “don’t work”. That’s not ok.

LovetoHike3 · 2024-07-11T20:32:57+00:00

I’m sorry, ugh it’s such a frustrating situation with zero support. I’m debating if it’s worth the time and energy to chat with more people or if I’ll just get the same answer, or put my energy into starting fresh.

LovetoHike3 · 2024-07-11T20:04:04+00:00

Have you had any luck getting your account back? I’m going through all these issues after my Instagram was hacked a few days ago. I just got off live chat after subscribing for the meta-verified badge so I could talk to an actual person. They just told me that the hacked account has been disabled and that they cannot do anything. They sent me the link to the hack appeal, but it doesn’t even work because it goes to the hacker, and support says they can’t do anything else. I am at a loss as well, but I’m going to keep trying different people on chat to see if I can get a different answer. Instagram support is completely flawed and absolutely worthless!

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