Tell HN: Instagram demands I send a picture of myself to prove I own my account

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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