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And what was this one-time childish mistake that lead to losing the account?

by PuffinBlue 9y ago

adamking 9y ago
I'm curious as well. There's little a child, let alone an adult, could that would result in a permaban.
- adamking 9y ago
  do
- CamperBob2 9y ago
  See the story the other day, where someone discovered the hard way what happens if you registered your PayPal account before you turned 18.
  - IsmaOlvey 9y ago
    The story, for anyone else wondering what was referred to: https://hackernoon.com/paypal-is-still-one-of-the-worst-online-examples-of-customer-service-42f3c13f6cd0 https://hackernoon.com/paypal-is-still-one-of-the-worst-onli...
s73ver 9y ago
Spammed AdSense with fraudulent clicks, and impersonated other apps in the Play Store.
natch 9y ago
She saw a chain email (i.e. forward this to 10 people!) and decided it would be fun to make up her own. Apparently it was successful enough to get somebody's attention. Edit: To be clear, I would never blame them for wanting to stop a cascading explosion of emails. But I also wouldn't say it's impossible for a child to get an account banned.
- joshmn 9y ago
  Makes for a good story at least. Can't blame a kid for being curious on how stuff works.
- tn135 9y ago
  And why is that a problem ? Does it violate Google's policies in any way ?
  - prawn 9y ago
    It's a problem because Google banned the account. Doesn't matter if it's unclear about policy violation given they're the ones making the decision and providing limited opportunities for recourse.
    - tn135 9y ago
      Yeah I understood that part. I was only wondering if there is an explicit policy about sending chain emails.
      - prawn 9y ago
        Sorry, should've made it clear that I was making a separate point - that it doesn't matter either way when someone else can make a decision and limit follow up. It's long been a frustration for many with Google services.
  - natch 9y ago
    From the TOS at the time: "5.4 You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services)."
    - tn135 9y ago
      Looks pretty broad for me. I can't send email to friends inviting them to an even and asking them to invite their friends ?

And what was this one-time childish mistake that lead to losing the account?

adamking 9y ago

I'm curious as well. There's little a child, let alone an adult, could that would result in a permaban.

adamking 9y ago
do
CamperBob2 9y ago
See the story the other day, where someone discovered the hard way what happens if you registered your PayPal account before you turned 18.
- IsmaOlvey 9y ago
  The story, for anyone else wondering what was referred to: https://hackernoon.com/paypal-is-still-one-of-the-worst-online-examples-of-customer-service-42f3c13f6cd0 https://hackernoon.com/paypal-is-still-one-of-the-worst-onli...

s73ver 9y ago

Spammed AdSense with fraudulent clicks, and impersonated other apps in the Play Store.

natch 9y ago

She saw a chain email (i.e. forward this to 10 people!) and decided it would be fun to make up her own. Apparently it was successful enough to get somebody's attention. Edit: To be clear, I would never blame them for wanting to stop a cascading explosion of emails. But I also wouldn't say it's impossible for a child to get an account banned.

joshmn 9y ago
Makes for a good story at least. Can't blame a kid for being curious on how stuff works.
tn135 9y ago
And why is that a problem ? Does it violate Google's policies in any way ?
- prawn 9y ago
  It's a problem because Google banned the account. Doesn't matter if it's unclear about policy violation given they're the ones making the decision and providing limited opportunities for recourse.
  - tn135 9y ago
    Yeah I understood that part. I was only wondering if there is an explicit policy about sending chain emails.
    - prawn 9y ago
      Sorry, should've made it clear that I was making a separate point - that it doesn't matter either way when someone else can make a decision and limit follow up. It's long been a frustration for many with Google services.
- natch 9y ago
  From the TOS at the time: "5.4 You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services)."
  - tn135 9y ago
    Looks pretty broad for me. I can't send email to friends inviting them to an even and asking them to invite their friends ?