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Those who were banned - why?
OPINION · WHO · OpenAI
Other feeds and industry voices
28 Mar
Opened my account for my business on March 25. Banned on March 27th. Lost my appeal within 13 minutes.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I really have no idea how or why this happened. I've only used it to look at plans that claude has made for a second opinion. It's not an adult

OPINION · HOW · OpenAIOPEN STORY
15 May
Permanently banned by OpenAI for "Cyber Abuse" I didn’t commit. No blocked prompts, no in app banners, just 4 silent emails to my spam folder.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’ve been a $20/month Plus subscriber for over two years, using ChatGPT daily for work and dev projects. Last week, my account was deactivated

OPINION · HOW · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
4 Oct
Anyone else getting hit with “cyber abuse” bans for normal coding? Paid $100/mo, appeal denied in 60 seconds

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Curious how common this is, because I'm seeing a lot of similar stories.</p> <p>I got banned today for &quot;cyber abuse.&quot; I'm an indie dev

OPINION · WHEN · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
3 Oct
Banned for "Recidivism"

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1wwcl8w/banned_for_recidivism/"> <img alt="Banned for &quot;Recidivism&quot;"

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
12 Jun
I was banned from a sub about AI for politely stating my opinion on AI

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I don't think I was impolite, and I definitely don't think my communication was malicious. The cherry on the top is that the moderation is

OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
1 Apr
Help? Banned on all accounts

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I had like 3 different ChatGPT accounts cause I could never remember which email was already registered but basically today I got emails saying

OPINION · WHEN · OpenAIOPEN STORY
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