"How to Handle Comments on Instagram Asking 'Are You Interested in Side Jobs?' When It's Simply Not Worth Engaging"

2018.07.11 published

Don’t you get comments like this on Instagram?

After uploading a photo to Instagram,

✓ Are you interested in side jobs?

✓ Would you like to act like an Instagram influencer?

✓ I’ll tell you how to make money easily!

✓ I’ll give you a trip abroad!

These kinds of suspicious comments arrive.

You might think, “Ah, here we go again…” and feel disappointed.

Even if you have no interest in side jobs or solicitations, you receive comments that are completely unrelated to your post.

You might feel shocked, thinking, “This person isn’t even looking at my post…”

That's why recently, many people have already written "No side jobs please" in their profile sections.

However, despite writing a warning, the comments don’t decrease, and you might have experienced frustration (I have!).

Ignoring side job accounts is the best!

Posts about side jobs or solicitations are spam actions where malicious businesses leave numerous and indiscriminate comments.

Ideally, we would want those kinds of businesses to disappear, but that’s not easy, so it’s just a waste of time to worry about it!

Ignoring is the best approach!

However, just leaving it alone can be frustrating and bothersome, so

for the sake of social contribution, let’s properly “report” them before “deleting” (so they aren’t seen by others)!

Here’s how to report!

① Slide the comment you want to delete to the left.

② Press the big exclamation mark button in the middle.

③ Tap “Spam or scam content” under “Reason for reporting this comment.”

Then, the comment will be automatically deleted, and a report will be sent to Instagram.

Report weird comments quickly and don’t worry!

Besides obviously suspicious side job or solicitation comments,

✓ What a lovely photo!

✓ Nice!

✓ I’ll come back to see more!

You might suddenly get strange comments like these from unknown accounts.

Such unclear compliment comments are also automatically posted to increase followers.

(The likes that happen instantly after posting are also automated bots...!)

So, it’s okay not to comment back with “Thank you!” every time.

From now on, if you see weird comments on Instagram, quickly report them as spam and delete them,

and not worrying or being troubled is the best way to engage with Instagram!