I run a cannabis company in CA. After seeing my friend's account reactivated a few months ago he told me he paid 3k for the service. When that IG employee got fired there were 5 cannabusiness accounts I knew of that were deleted on the same day. All people who paid the restoration fee.

To the comments below who think IG isn't that important--I close upwards of $40,000 of monthly recurring revenue from IG outreach every month. It's value can't be understated.

With what type of business? Selling goods?

I sell infused cannabis products to dispensaries. They resale them to the consumer.

Do you have contact info? Would love to hear your story and how you got to where you are.

I run a cannabis company in CA. [0]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15157674

This brings into sharp focus how powerful social networks are in deciding who gets seen and promoted. Fascinating.

> a former employee tried charging people up to $7,500 to reactivate them since he still had access to the feature

Surprised he didn't go to jail...

Or at least get fired....

> former

Article stated that his rights were revoked, not that he was fired. Not sure if I misinterpreted it or not

Apple is hunting weed apps too, or they were?

https://www.buzzfeed.com/amandachicagolewis/apple-and-instag...

https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/21/apple-pulls-number-one-gam... -- this one is back up

Apple a a process one must go through, plan a few weeks for adjustments, re-submit, re-evaluate cycle.