These captions get you into trouble
Many creators focus on the image and forget the text. Yet removals for “sexual solicitation” often come down to the caption, comments or bio, not the photo.
What Instagram looks for in text
Meta’s policies prohibit content that offers or asks for sexual content or contact, even when only implied. The combination is what counts: a harmless emoji next to a tiny outfit and a call to message you is quickly read as an offer.
Risky
New gym outfit 🍑 Who wants the full video? Link in bio
Better
New gym outfit for leg day. Which colour next?
Typical triggers
- Platform names such as OnlyFans, Fansly or MYM, even abbreviated or spaced out
- “Link in bio” together with exclusive or uncensored content
- Calls like “message me”, “DM for more” or “who wants the full video?”
- Hints like “spicy”, “18+” or “uncensored”
- Emojis read as sexual in context, such as 🍑, 💦 or 🍆
Better like this
- The caption says something about the picture: place, workout, outfit, mood.
- Questions to your community instead of calls to action, for example “Which outfit next?”
- Keep hints at more content neutral and do not put them under every post.
Comments and bio count too
If you reply in comments with calls to action or your bio contains explicit wording, that can change the context of an otherwise harmless post. So check what you write under your posts as well.
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