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Re:Tell HN: Instagram demands I send a picture of myself to ... by tristanb on Monday June 20, 2022 @07:39PM (#31817717)
Robinhood is a horrible company. I closed my account a year ago, asked for all my user data to be deleted and I STILL get emails every couple of weeks. I’ve opened tens of tickets to just get them to leave me alone and one year later I’m still nowhere. I’ve never been more pissed off with a company. Build a dam e-mail black list or actually delete my data like I requested.
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Re:Tell HN: Instagram demands I send a picture of myself to ... by mauvehaus on Monday June 20, 2022 @08:19PM (#31818073)
I tried to order some fabric from a major, national purveyor of fabric early in the pandemic to make some baby quilts. The experience was not seamless. After they canceled 60% of the order and bungling the shipping on the remainder, I found I could not get unsubscribed from their coupon list.

Turns out, company press releases have live email contacts on them, and if you write a sufficiently fulminant email explaining that you'd like to never again hear from their employer, they'll direct it to somebody who will get you off the email list.

Worth a try?

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Re:Tell HN: Instagram demands I send a picture of myself to ... by cfieber on Monday June 20, 2022 @09:44PM (#31818810)
> I tried to order some fabric from a major, national purveyor of fabric early in the pandemic to make some baby quilts. The experience was not seamless.

Pun intended?

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Re:Tell HN: Instagram demands I send a picture of myself to ... by mauvehaus on Monday June 20, 2022 @10:19PM (#31819038)
I'm afrayed it was :-)
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Re:Tell HN: Instagram demands I send a picture of myself to ... by Aeolun on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @01:39AM (#31820285)
For those wondering like me:

> Fulminant is a medical descriptor for any event or process that occurs suddenly and escalates quickly, and is intense and severe to the point of lethality, i.e., it has an explosive character.

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Re:Tell HN: Instagram demands I send a picture of myself to ... by ycuser202263 on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @04:43AM (#31821741)
You can add Facebook to the list. No single point of contact, anywhere, and good luck if something happens and you need to reach them.
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