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It's probably their AI just sensing an abnormal signal because of the huge spike in traffic your sent their way. It's safer and easier for them to just ban you

It's probably their AI just sensing an abnormal signal because of the huge spike in traffic your sent their way. It's safer and easier for them to just ban you rather than sending you an email a human has to read and evaluate your response. It's a brave new world.

moasda 5y ago
That would mean that you are at risk if you buy some Google ads to generate traffic. Why should Amazon want to avoid traffic?
- MonteCarlox 5y ago
  It's avoidance of risk that the traffic is illegitimate, not avoidance of traffic. That much traffic with no sales stands out. Why would someone spend so much cash on ads to get probably very little sales? It's a weird egde case that is more likely as per their experience to result in chargebacks from the few sales they got. Traffic from HN is not the normal traffic the AI is trained on. The sad truth is when you partner with a FAANG and their likes you need to think about what they have optimised for, not what is actually good for you or them. What is the easy money they want and how would they calibrate they systems so they get more of that and less 'noisy' or even 'expensive' money? Go for that rather than something different that raises virtual eyebrows.
  - moasda 5y ago
    > It's a weird egde case that is more likely as per their experience to result in chargebacks from the few sales they got. Interesting thought, in that case I'll just have to keep trying.
    - MonteCarlox 5y ago
      No. What you built is awesome. It's actually much better then anything else that's probably out there for bike tires. Amazon was just not ready for the huge traffic spike. Either relaunch with a new ID or try the support. Whatever faces less resistance.
      - moasda 5y ago
        Thanks!
      - gtirloni 5y ago
        I can second this. The site is great.
hombre_fatal 5y ago
Someone probably just reported them. All the long-standing crappy MFA sites out there make it seem unlikely that Amazon is doing much crawling.
- moasda 5y ago
  Thanks, I will modify the page and try again, hopefully it works this time.
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moasda 5y ago

That would mean that you are at risk if you buy some Google ads to generate traffic. Why should Amazon want to avoid traffic?

MonteCarlox 5y ago
It's avoidance of risk that the traffic is illegitimate, not avoidance of traffic. That much traffic with no sales stands out. Why would someone spend so much cash on ads to get probably very little sales? It's a weird egde case that is more likely as per their experience to result in chargebacks from the few sales they got. Traffic from HN is not the normal traffic the AI is trained on. The sad truth is when you partner with a FAANG and their likes you need to think about what they have optimised for, not what is actually good for you or them. What is the easy money they want and how would they calibrate they systems so they get more of that and less 'noisy' or even 'expensive' money? Go for that rather than something different that raises virtual eyebrows.
- moasda 5y ago
  > It's a weird egde case that is more likely as per their experience to result in chargebacks from the few sales they got. Interesting thought, in that case I'll just have to keep trying.
  - MonteCarlox 5y ago
    No. What you built is awesome. It's actually much better then anything else that's probably out there for bike tires. Amazon was just not ready for the huge traffic spike. Either relaunch with a new ID or try the support. Whatever faces less resistance.
    - moasda 5y ago
      Thanks!
    - gtirloni 5y ago
      I can second this. The site is great.

hombre_fatal 5y ago

Someone probably just reported them. All the long-standing crappy MFA sites out there make it seem unlikely that Amazon is doing much crawling.

moasda 5y ago
Thanks, I will modify the page and try again, hopefully it works this time.

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