Comment by HumanOstrich
25 days ago
Bluesky also randomly bans new accounts saying they violated the ToS. Like right after signup before you do anything. It says you'll receive an email with details (never happens) and offers a form to appeal. The form goes nowhere and you never hear anything again. This happened to me a couple months ago so it's probably still an issue. It seems more like sloppy, careless engineering than malice, however.
Happened to me a few weeks ago. I replied/filled out the form, and after a day it was unlocked. Seems to be very hit and miss, maybe depending on who is seeing your replies? Regardless, definitely a sucky issue...
This happened to me and I made a new account, which isn't banned yet but it could be any day now if they detect "ban evasion". Why I don't trust centralised systems.