I didn't want to delete my Instagram account but they went ahead and algo'd it into the trash can anyway, after first making me upload a selfie with a piece of

I didn't want to delete my Instagram account but they went ahead and algo'd it into the trash can anyway, after first making me upload a selfie with a piece of paper with a random code written on it. Truly a bizarre experience. After I tweeted about it I discovered there's an underground economy of people claiming to be able to restore your account.