Gone but not forgotten
2026-08-23
Tweepi, the popular Twitter follower tool, shut down in 2023 when X's API pricing made it unsustainable. Here is the full story and what to use now.
Gone but not forgotten
2026-03-17
Hyp3r secretly scraped millions of Instagram users' locations and stories. Instagram banned them, and the $23M startup collapsed. Full story inside.
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2026-03-17
ManageFlitter helped 4 million Twitter users manage followers for 12 years. Then Twitter revoked API access and killed it overnight. Full story.
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2026-02-27
Fanbump shut down on February 1, 2020 after Instagram's algorithm changes killed their growth service. Here's the full story and the best alternatives in 2026.
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2026-02-27
FollowSocial.co shut down in 2017 during Instagram's bot crackdown. Learn what happened, why it failed, and the best FollowSocial alternative in 2026.
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2026-02-27
IGFamous.net was shut down after Facebook's $9.4M lawsuit in 2019. Here's the full story of the fake likes scheme, the lawsuit.
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2026-02-27
Influencer Paradise shut down after Instagram's automation bot crackdown. The domain is dead, support never answered again, and nobody got a refund.
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2026-02-27
InfluxSocial shut down in February 2017 after Instagram demanded it cease operations. Learn the full story and find the best alternatives in 2026.
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2026-02-27
InstantPanel.net is barely alive in 2026, with a rather low trust score on ScamAdviser and dead support. What happened to InstantPanel, and better options.
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2026-02-27
Luxogram shut down in 2013 after Instagram's trademark crackdown on apps using 'gram' in their names. Here's the full story and the best alternatives today.
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2026-02-27
Sara Agency shut down in February 2020 after Instagram's bot crackdown. Learn why it failed, what happened to users, and find the best alternative.
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2026-02-27
Social Package shut down and now redirects to xplodemarketing.com. Learn why socialpackage.com failed, customer complaints, and the best alternatives in 2026.
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2026-01-27
EpicLikes was an Instagram followers and likes service that appears to have shut down. Find out what happened and where to get followers safely in 2026.
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2026-01-26
The graveyard of Instagram automation is littered with the corpses of services that promised easy growth and delivered account bans instead
Gone but not forgotten
2026-01-26
Discover what happened to Infinicore, the Instagram engagement pod that shut down in 2019. Learn why pods failed and what actually works in 2026.
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2026-01-26
TagScout shut down in 2023 due to Instagram API changes. Learn why it failed, what alternatives still work, and smarter growth strategies for 2026.
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2026-01-25
Archie.co shut down on June 9, 2017 after Instagram's legal crackdown on automation bots. It came back in 2018, and Instagram closed it for good.
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2026-01-25
FanHarvest shut down in May 2017 during Instagram's bot crackdown. Learn what happened, why they closed, and discover the best FanHarvest alternatives in 2026.
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2026-01-25
InstaHeap shut down in 2018 after its aggressive bot got users banned. It kept charging for a dead service and ignored cancellation requests.
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2026-01-25
InstaPlus (instaplus.me) went offline in April 2017, taken down alongside Instagress, Mass Planner, PeerBoost and FanHarvest. The full story.
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2026-01-25
Find out why LikeSocial shut down after Facebook's $9.4M lawsuit in 2019. The case settled that October and the operators were banned from both apps.
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2026-01-25
Find out why Social Envy shut down after Facebook's $9.4M lawsuit. The full story of fake followers, cease and desist letters, and what to use instead in 2026.
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2026-01-25
Social Hawk (socialhawk.co) went dark in 2017 when Instagram sent cease and desist letters to automation tools. What it did, and what works now.
Gone but not forgotten
2026-01-25
Social Steeze was shut down after Facebook's lawsuit against Social Media Series Limited. The case settled for $500,000 and the domain is now for sale.