[bluecatswim]

>The Instagram appeals process is to email them a selfie, holding a piece of paper with the current date and something else written on it.

Do they also ask you to put a shoe on your head?

[rsync]

No … Instagram is a .com domain so you don’t need to head-shoe (at least, not in the US …)

[asdadsdad]

wait... does any domain registrar ask that user's prove themselves with the shoe on head method?

[Talanes]

I believe it's just a reference to 4chan, where asking someone to post a shoe-on-head for verification was a meme, being a .org domain.