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Instagram not working #266

Open LemonadeGoneLime opened 11 months ago

LemonadeGoneLime commented 11 months ago

Hi! Fraidycat works fine for everything but is not working for Instagram (which was my main use).

Error: "This follow is temporarily down. Add this follow anyway? (In case it might be down for the moment.)"

Can confirm account is active and public. If I click "Ok" nothing happens and the account doesn't add. This happens both on firefox and desktop. I will try to switch my IP to see if it's an IP problem, and/or try a different browser.

Thanks!

JoshMock commented 11 months ago

IIRC Instagram is increasingly difficult to work with. See the Bibliogram post about it. Basically, supporting Instagram requires an ongoing effort to keep up with their anti-scraping methods. Since Fraidycat dev has slowed down (for now), Instagram support is likely to fail more often than it once did.

LemonadeGoneLime commented 11 months ago

@JoshMock Understood, thanks for the info on the Instagram issues with Fraidycat. It's been an essential tool for me to track events and artists who solely use Instagram. Really hoping for a fix that keeps Instagram support going. Appreciate the hard work and thanks for keeping the community updated!