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>When Instagram decided to shutdown about 30 accounts related to cannabis last year, a former employee tried charging people up to $7,500 to reactivate them sin
by stayregular 9y ago
>When Instagram decided to shutdown about 30 accounts related to cannabis last year, a former employee tried charging people up to $7,500 to reactivate them since he still had access to the feature. He was found out, and his access was officially terminated, according to James.
I've had multiple accounts deactivated for cannabis, and seen hundreds of other weedy IGs deleted -- while businesses like the official High Times sit loftily at over 1 million followers AND verified. It doesn't surprise me that there are shady backdoor deals going on.
- olivermarks 9y agoThis brings into sharp focus how powerful social networks are in deciding who gets seen and promoted. Fascinating.
- inuhj 9y agoI 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.
- inuhj 9y agoTo 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.
- charlesdm 9y agoWith what type of business? Selling goods?
- jessaustin 9y agoI run a cannabis company in CA. [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15157674 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15157674
- inuhj 9y agoI sell infused cannabis products to dispensaries. They resale them to the consumer.
- chr15 9y agoDo you have contact info? Would love to hear your story and how you got to where you are.
- hellbanner 9y agoApple is hunting weed apps too, or they were? https://www.buzzfeed.com/amandachicagolewis/apple-and-instagram-crack-down-on-weed-entrepreneurs https://www.buzzfeed.com/amandachicagolewis/apple-and-instag... https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/21/apple-pulls-number-one-game-weed-firm-from-the-app-store/ https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/21/apple-pulls-number-one-gam... -- this one is back up
- edoceo 9y agoApple a a process one must go through, plan a few weeks for adjustments, re-submit, re-evaluate cycle.
- pbiggar 9y ago> 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...