The Rubens are not happy with Instagram right now. The Hottest 100 winners recently took to the very platform themselves to let administrators know that they’re unsatisfied with the service and would like to speak to the manager.
“Yo Instagram please fix this trash us boys need to eat. Speak on Monday,” the band not-so-lovingly wrote, alongside a screenshot of the prompt Instagram gives to folks who reckon they’ve had their content blocked in error.
Apparently, all the boys wanted to do was add a link to their merch store in their bio so that they could, y’know, make a living and that, and Instagram went and penalised them for something seemingly every other user can do.
Australian musicians hitting out at social media is seemingly a recurring motif for 2016, particularly when it comes to Facebook and Instagram, which is owned by Facebook. Most recently, Abbe May hit out at FB’s censorship.
The ubiquitous social media platform won’t let May use the name of her latest album, whilst fellow Aussie singer-songwriter Melody Pool apparently had one of her posts taken down by Facebook for talking about period pains.
Earlier this year, Josh Pyke and The Living End both had their fill of Facebook after spending weeks warring with its esoteric and enigmatic reach algorithm. “I’ve noticed that if I post a picture of me feeding a Giraffe, 600 likes,” wrote Pyke.
“A picture of me and some mates on a couch, 400 likes. That’s cool, [I] totally appreciate that. BUT, if I post a link to a FREE song download, 18 likes. OR a post about potentially GIVING away $7500, 78 likes. I don’t get it.”
