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It sounds like the son was desperately using the linked family accounts he had access to as the previously used accounts became banned. But he only admitted to

It sounds like the son was desperately using the linked family accounts he had access to as the previously used accounts became banned. But he only admitted to doing it on his own account. That would account for the time it took for the bans to spread, and for why the son came clean a few days later instead of right away or never. Brutal situation; hope the can restore access.

Nevermark 7mo ago
The common device would have been enough. Hosts feel like they have everything to lose by not banning problematic accounts, everything to gain by performatively burning anything “sketchy”, and nothing to lose by the inevitable automated over banning. I almost lost everything because I used a state ID that was not a drivers license (which i did not have at the time), in combination with another complication that was “caused” by a recent move between states. It made zero sense if you are not an automated system, and would have been devastating if I hadn’t figured out a path through it. I spent three weeks under enormous stress, as my savings, among other things, were needed to pay off the majority of my house right then. But despite the insanity, it was easy to see the pedantic digital “reasoning” that was happening. The mass centralization and automation of commerce is pushing us into dystopia. Brazil. We are not safe. I mean that. Until laws make corporations responsible for these kinds of harms, with fines on the order of historic fortunes, if they don’t, it is going to get worse. The “mind boggling fine” part makes for a hard sell. But it is the only way to create balance against the mind boggling levels of centralization and profits that insulate these companies of any personal individual level ethics.