Hiding seems like a good idea. I have a Instagram account with my real name on my phone because I need it to get information way more often then I’d want to. In a matter of days multiple friends tried to follow my account, even though I never posted anything.

Also, as many people have already said, Instagram is geard towards short form video. As said, I really don’t use Instagram but if I scroll down my home feed past the accounts I follow I just get fed maybe 80% short forn video of which alot seems to be AI generated.