r/OkCupid • u/Rsslone • 17d ago
Made new acct, instantly banned. What?
So I was just wondering... is this normal? I literally just made an account, added some normal selfies of me, wrote a very normal about me, and worked on their profile quiz where you answer questions to build a match % or whatever, and banned... just, banned. Then they told me it was by mistake, then banned me again... oh my god... now I'm banished to the appeal shadow realm without any recourse... All I know is I'm so glad I didn't actually go through with the premium purchase at the time of the popup.
Thank you for reaching out,
We’ve reviewed your appeal request and have re-authorized access to your OkCupid profile.
"I'm glad you re-auth'd my account, but you say to carefully review the ToC and CG, but I don't even know what I did wrong. I literally made the account and didn't even interact with anyone yet, just answered the questions for my profile."
Unfortunately, it looks like your account may have been inadvertently disabled due to an error. I'm sorry that this happened! As previously stated, we have reviewed your appeal request and have re-authorized access to your OkCupid account.
"Yeah, uh, it kind of signed me out just like last time, saying I need to "restore" my account, and I assume its going to ban me again. Literally all I'm doing is trying to set up my profile :D"
We’ve reviewed your ban appeal and have determined you have violated our Terms and Conditions or Community Guidelines. As a result, your account will remain banned, and this decision is final.
"What did I do?!
I JUST MADE AN ACCOUNT!
You guys said I did nothing wrong before, but now I'm perma banned?! WHAT?!"
Our records show that your appeal has already been reviewed, and the decision is final. For more details on bans, please refer to our Community Guidelines and Terms of Service.
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We consider this matter closed and won’t be responding to further replies.
I've since sent a new ticket, but I think I'm blocked, they don't seem to care.
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u/Rsslone 14d ago edited 14d ago
My brother, if I was a scammer, I would just find a new set of photos, do you really think for a single second, I would waste my time complaining instead of scamming? Give me the confidence that you have in my daily life as you say that shit LOL
Aside from how absurd that is, I literally could have given them my photo ID, or if they just looked at my email, has my literal name in it and has been mine for almost two decades.
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u/skocznymroczny 15d ago
Probably your account didn't look enough like a bot so it got flagged, they seem to be only allowing bot accounts these days.
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u/Gweilo_mama 17d ago
It happens all the time. Many people have different opinions about why it happens. All I can say is you dodged a bullet. It's become a scam site. They scam you out of money and let scammers use the site to scam people when they match with them.