Instagram Expands Banned Hashtag List: Goodbye #notassexyliciousasyou
In an ongoing effort to control the squirming beast that is social media, Instagram recently updated its service to ban even more hashtags.
- #photography
- #iphone
- #iphoneography
- #popular
In the “Maybe They’re Trying a Little Too Hard” category, Instagram has also banned references to:
- old school punk (#thesexpistols)
- gustatory pleasure (#foodorgasm)
- portrait posing (#iloveitwhenhemakesthisexpression).
And from the department of “Who Knew This Was Even a Thing?”, we’ll never know what kind of momentary phenomena might have coalesced around:
- #notassexylicousasyou
- #SexualWednesdays
- #bitchcanigetacosmo
One more hashtag change of note: Hashtags per photo now are limited to a miserly 600, so make your words count!
(via hashtags.org)
P.S. Australian entrepreneur Nick Drewe has compiled an unofficial list of banned Instagram hashtags.
Image credits: “#like2” by misspixels, “Lots of Hash” by Michael Coghlan
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