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kleinbl00  ·  4348 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Instagram Asking For Your Government Issued Photo IDs Now, Too

...you would think they could spell "license."

I have never in my life seen any need to indulge in Instagram, and should Facebook suspend my account I shall take that as God's Will. "Overreach" is an excellent business strategy if you wish to go out of business.





mk  ·  4348 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    ...you would think they could spell "license."

Wow that's bad. It makes me think this is BS, but they quote a "FB spokesperson".

user-inactivated  ·  4347 days ago  ·  link  ·  

> "Overreach" is an excellent business strategy if you wish to go out of business.

It hasn't hurt them yet.

kleinbl00  ·  4347 days ago  ·  link  ·  
user-inactivated  ·  4347 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You said "should Facebook suspend my account". That article is about an exodus of Instagram users. None of Facebook's policies have caused it to hemorrhage users like that yet.

kleinbl00  ·  4347 days ago  ·  link  ·  
mk  ·  4347 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There's a sad truth in that.

DanQ  ·  4342 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Facebook suspected my account on account of me using a "fake name" (I wasn't). It took six weeks and two pieces of government-issued photo ID to persuade them that I was really me: the whole time, they kept my account "live" but didn't forward me any messages, so anything my friends sent me just disappeared into a black hole until I got back in.

Then I left Facebook. Like you, it seemed to be "God's Will", or something, that I ought to by that point. I wasn't comfortable knowing that they could - and would - lock me out and assume my identity in the eyes of my friends.

kleinbl00  ·  4342 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They seem both arbitrary and evil. I am eager to see their demise.