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Well, automated banning is going beyond absurd. OT but just yesterday I finally decided to join Discord fad for some open-source communities, but my freshly cr

Well, automated banning is going beyond absurd. OT but just yesterday I finally decided to join Discord fad for some open-source communities, but my freshly created account got instantly disabled after successful validation with email and phone, that without sending any message. Unfortunately I don't own a second phone number to register another one. I better stick with my veteran ways - IRC, mail-lists, forums. Matrix is on my list to check.

formerly_proven 4y ago
It's actually remarkable how many users discord has considering how difficult it is to register an account that's not instantly shadowbanned or disabled.
- MichaelCollins 4y ago
  There is no consistency to any of it. Some people sign up using mainstream KYC email accounts like gmail, give their phone numbers, connect from their residential IP with the desktop client, and get instabanned. Other people, like myself, sign up with shady throwaway email accounts like cock.li, provide no phone number, only connect from VPN IPs with a browser, and don't get banned even after two years.
- imhoguy 4y ago
  Update: I appealed and Discord just reenabled my account. They blamed antispam mechanisms. I guess it didn't like my Firefox with uBlock orgin as the other commenter mentioned.
throwup 4y ago
I had a Discord account created in 2015 that I had always used with their Android app. Then one day I logged in with Firefox and boom, suddenly and permanently banned. I'm not sure what the lesson is here... maybe avoid uBlock and submit to the surveillance?
- luckylion 4y ago
  > avoid uBlock and submit to the surveillance I think that's what PayPal is trying to teach me, where logins will randomly fail with an adblocker and 2fa enabled.
- pohuing 4y ago
  I've been using discord on actually all platforms and browsers out there with and without ad blockers and it was never an issue. Maybe some server you were in was hit with a blanket ban and the timing just coincided with you using FF?
  - cvwright 4y ago
    Maybe you were spared because you also use other browsers. They really don’t like Firefox though. Had a coworker get bitten by this recently. Mozilla should sue them. Or start suggesting matrix.org when the user tries to visit Discord.

formerly_proven 4y ago

It's actually remarkable how many users discord has considering how difficult it is to register an account that's not instantly shadowbanned or disabled.

MichaelCollins 4y ago
There is no consistency to any of it. Some people sign up using mainstream KYC email accounts like gmail, give their phone numbers, connect from their residential IP with the desktop client, and get instabanned. Other people, like myself, sign up with shady throwaway email accounts like cock.li, provide no phone number, only connect from VPN IPs with a browser, and don't get banned even after two years.
imhoguy 4y ago
Update: I appealed and Discord just reenabled my account. They blamed antispam mechanisms. I guess it didn't like my Firefox with uBlock orgin as the other commenter mentioned.

throwup 4y ago

I had a Discord account created in 2015 that I had always used with their Android app. Then one day I logged in with Firefox and boom, suddenly and permanently banned. I'm not sure what the lesson is here... maybe avoid uBlock and submit to the surveillance?

luckylion 4y ago
> avoid uBlock and submit to the surveillance I think that's what PayPal is trying to teach me, where logins will randomly fail with an adblocker and 2fa enabled.
pohuing 4y ago
I've been using discord on actually all platforms and browsers out there with and without ad blockers and it was never an issue. Maybe some server you were in was hit with a blanket ban and the timing just coincided with you using FF?
- cvwright 4y ago
  Maybe you were spared because you also use other browsers. They really don’t like Firefox though. Had a coworker get bitten by this recently. Mozilla should sue them. Or start suggesting matrix.org when the user tries to visit Discord.