Update, Sept. 25, 2025, 8:40 p.m.: Do Better Denver has resumed posting on X and Instagram.
In a post today, the account's operator said they had decided to "re-engage."
The anonymous author apologized for leveling personal insults at Mayor Mike Johnston and his wife. (Earlier this year, the account had compared Courtney Johnston to Gollum.)
The post said the insults were "unnecessary, counterproductive, and distracted from the meaningful conversations we need to have about Denver’s future." They also pledged that future posts would be "accurate and constructive," while also taking credit for "real victories" including "providing relief to neighborhoods impacted by encampments."
X and Instagram both allow users to reactivate deleted accounts within 30 days. Original story continues below.
One of Mayor Mike Johnston’s most prominent critics has gone offline.
Do Better Denver’s accounts on Instagram and X, which had nearly 150,000 followers in total, were deactivated as of Tuesday morning.
There was no explanation for the disappearance of the accounts, but they appeared to have been taken down by their owner or owners.
The X page for “DoBetterDNVR” displayed an error message, “This account doesn’t exist,” that is typically shown when a user deletes their own account. In contrast, accounts that are banned by the platform are publicly marked as “suspended,” according to information from X. X was formerly known as Twitter.
Do Better Denver’s primary and backup accounts on Instagram were also deactivated.
Conservative commentator Jimmy Sengenberger said he had received a statement from the account's operator: "I deactivated my Instagram and X accounts last night. They were not hacked or removed by either platform."
The account, which was run by one or more anonymous people, posted images of homelessness and violence around Denver, often showing people in the midst of apparent mental health crises. The page often went viral with videos of people who were nude, unconscious or acting strangely, and posts were often set to a soundtrack of classic hip-hop and other tunes.
The pages often highlighted specific encampments or locations, calling on Denver and neighboring cities to take action. The account’s stated goal was “to bring Denver's drug and homelessness crisis into the spotlight by sharing videos and information.” Its critics said the videos were callous and invasive.
Last month, The Denver Post identified three people it said had contributed content to the accounts. The account’s operators could not immediately be reached for comment.
Ryan Schuiling, a producer with The Dan Caplis show, also said he had also been in touch with the account's operator.
"She no longer wants to be involved in the public, political arena. At all," he posted.
By Tuesday morning, a new account with the same name and profile picture had popped up on X, claiming that “they” had “tried to cancel me.” But it was not immediately clear whether there was any connection between the new and old anonymous accounts.
The statement released by Sengenberger said any "copycat accounts claiming to be 'Do Better Denver' are imposters and should be reported."
Editor's note: This article was updated with the statement released by Jimmy Sengenberger, and later with information about the reactivation of the accounts.
