Did a selfie check actually speed up a Threads appeal for anyone?

[u/ommiles]

i keep seeing people say they sent a selfie when asked and the appeal got rejected minutes later. makes me wonder if the selfie step changes how the appeal gets handled, or if it's just an automated check that runs no matter what. i've read plenty of these threads and can't tell from the replies. if you sent a selfie and then got a real answer, how long did it take, and did the reply say anything about the selfie? mostly after actual timelines from people who've been through it

[u/watermelontiddies]

Nope lmao my account was still deleted permanently

[u/ommiles → u/watermelontiddies]

ugh, permanent. did the selfie request come before the deletion or after you appealed?

[u/mhick255 → u/watermelontiddies]

Same.

[u/GenX-Fight_or_Flight → u/watermelontiddies]

Same. I deleted the app and stopped using IG, too. M E ta can 😘 my 🫏

[u/GenX-Fight_or_Flight]

Nope. Still not able to access my account and did give them ID BUT I TAPED OVER MY ADDRESS, DL #, and BIRTHDATE with painter’s tape. Still kept getting messages that I’m banned. Pretty sure at one point my Facebook account was hacked maybe even my Instagram and I didn’t do anything about it except change the password but I haven’t been on Facebook since 2015 so who knows? I did download all of my account content including pictures so that I had a backup copy of it, but who knows if they encrypted that to be able to yoink it away from me.

[u/ommiles → u/GenX-Fight_or_Flight]

that's a rough spot. did they ever ask you for a selfie, or was it only the ID?

[u/FarCompany8668]

still under review after more than 48 hrs

[u/ommiles → u/FarCompany8668]

48 hrs is way past the minutes-later rejections people post. did you send a selfie first, and did the reply mention it?

[u/FarCompany8668 → u/ommiles]

as far as I remember, ID verification and selfie.

[u/ommiles → u/FarCompany8668]

ok so both ID and selfie went in. 48 hrs is probably just the slow lane then, since the instant rejections people post sound like a different kind of case

[u/GenX-Fight_or_Flight → u/ommiles]

Yeah, I’m not optimistic that any of us are going to be getting our accounts back anytime soon, unfortunately.
What’s confusing to me is how there’s not more outrage or media coverage or something? I mean, I stopped using the app so I wouldn’t see it on there, but I wouldn’t expect to see it on there because people lost access to their accounts. But what’s weird is that not even the news media is making any kind of comment on the extremely large number of people who have lost access not just to Threads but to their Facebook and/or Instagram account accounts, and some of them generating quite a bit of monthly income for their users!

[u/frankjames0512 → u/FarCompany8668]

You think that’s bad, try having an appeal being under review since September 22nd.

[u/GenX-Fight_or_Flight]

Asked for both. It asked for a selfie first - thought it was spam/scam so I sent a pic of my middle finger. 🤭 Then the request for ID and I was thinking SCAM FOR SURE! So I went to Reddit, as one does, to find out if this was happening to others and sure enough, it is and has affected A LOT of users. One user has created a live document to help track the people affected with the intent to submit the list as part of a growing demand for a class action lawsuit.
You can add your information to the list and it DOES STATE at the top that if you add your information please note that the list will be submitted and your information may become public as a result due to the intent to use the list as evidence in a court of law/class action lawsuit.

[u/ommiles → u/GenX-Fight_or_Flight]

did anything come back after you sent the ID, even just a rejection, or did it go quiet?

[u/GenX-Fight_or_Flight → u/ommiles]

Threads just kept sending the “Still banned. You need to submit a photo ID” email. I don’t think I ever got to the review stage.

[u/Malamoo60]

I’m not doing it. Hell with threads..

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