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by fhekit 1048 days ago
> The app encourages you to make multiple accounts for such a purpose, and gives you an easy way to switch among them

That's how they increase the account count and DAU count on the platform. Bigger numbers, more money from advertisers and more meaningless metrics.

2 comments

I would be very surprised if more than 10-15% of Instagram users have more than one account.
lol they actively discourage you from using multiple accounts, they'll often block you