Information about my main GitHub account @seanpm2001 which was flagged on 2022 July 19th.
Index
05.0 - Follows during suspension
06.0 - Achievements during suspension
07.0 - Feedback during suspension
10.0 - GitHub customer support
13.0 - Inability to use third party programs
16.0 - Upload functionality diminishing
17.0 - Attempting to continue normally
19.0 - What was done, and what should have been done
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On 2022, Tuesday, July 19th, upon starting my computer, I found that my main account had been flagged. It retained functionality, except for images not rendering (but none of the files being corrupted) and my entire account being hidden from public view. I have sent a repeal on 2022, July 19th. I did not receive a response until 2022, Thursday, August 4th at 12:26 am. The suspension was reinstated, and now I have to delete all my organizations before I can review it again, this is going to take a while, then the review is going to take time too.
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On 2022 July 22nd, I sent another appeal message, as the previous email I used was incorrect. I won't put the image here, as it is pretty much the same, but here is the message sent image:
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This is a set of tables for the days of this year where I was flagged, and when I wasn't flagged.
Current range: 2022, Tuesday, July 19th to 2022, Thursday, August 4th (17 days, or 2 weeks, 3 days)
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| Date | Flagged? |
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| 2022 January (month -5) | Flagged? |
|---|---|
| 2022, Saturday, January 1st | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, January 2nd | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, January 3rd | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, January 4th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, January 5th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, January 6th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, January 7th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, January 8th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, January 9th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, January 10th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, January 11th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, January 12th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, January 13th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, January 14th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, January 15th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, January 16th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, January 17th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, January 18th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, January 19th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, January 20th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friay, January 21st | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, January 22nd | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, January 23rd | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, January 24th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, January 25th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, January 26th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, January 27th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, January 28th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, January 29th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, January 30th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, January 31st | ❌ |
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| 2022 February (month -4) | Flagged? |
|---|---|
| 2022, Tuesday, February 1st | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, February 2nd | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, February 3rd | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, February 4th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, February 5th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, February 6th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, February 7th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, February 8th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, February 9th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, February 10th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, February 11th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, February 12th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, February 13th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, February 14th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, February 15th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, February 16th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, February 17th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, February 18th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, February 19th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, February 20th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, February 21st | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, February 22nd | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, February 23rd | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, February 24th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, February 25th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, February 26th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, February 27th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, February 28th | ❌ |
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| 2022 March (month -3) | Flagged? |
|---|---|
| 2022, Tuesday, March 1st | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, March 2nd | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, March 3rd | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, March 4th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, March 5th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, March 6th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, March 7th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, March 8th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, March 9th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, March 10th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, March 11th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, March 12th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, March 13th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, March 14th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, March 15th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, March 16th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, March 17th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, March 18th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, March 19th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, March 20th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, March 21st | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, March 22nd | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, March 23rd | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, March 24th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, March 25th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, March 26th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, March 27th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, March 28th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, March 29th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, March 30th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, March 31st | ❌ |
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| 2022 April (month -2) | Flagged? |
|---|---|
| 2022, Friday, April 1st | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, April 2nd | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, April 3rd | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, April 4th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, April 5th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, April 6th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, April 7th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, April 8th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, April 9th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, April 10th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, April 11th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, April 12th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, April 13th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, April 14th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, April 15th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, April 16th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, April 17th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, April 18th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, April 19th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, April 20th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, April 21st | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, April 22nd | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, April 23rd | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, April 24th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, April 25th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, April 26th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, April 27th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, April 28th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, April 29th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, April 30th | ❌ |
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| 2022 May (month -1) | Flagged? |
|---|---|
| 2022, Sunday, May 1st | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, May 2nd | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, May 3rd | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, May 4th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, May 5th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, May 6th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, May 7th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, May 8th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, May 9th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, May 10th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, May 11th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, May 12th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, May 13th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, May 14th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, May 15th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, May 16th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, May 17th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, May 18th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, May 19th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, May 20th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, May 21st | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, May 22nd | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, May 23rd | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, May 24th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, May 25th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, May 26th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, May 27th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, May 28th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, May 29th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, May 30th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, May 31st | ❌ |
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| 2022 June (month 0) | Flagged? |
|---|---|
| 2022, Wednesday, June 1st | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, June 2nd | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, June 3rd | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, June 4th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, June 5th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, June 6th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, June 7th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, June 8th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, June 9th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, June 10th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, June 11th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, June 12th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, June 13th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, June 14th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, June 15th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, June 16th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, June 17th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, June 18th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, June 19th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, June 20th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, June 21st | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, June 22nd | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, June 23rd | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, June 24th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, June 25th | ❌ |
| - | 2022, Sunday, June 26th |
| 2022, Monday, June 27th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, June 28th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, June 29th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, June 30th | ❌ |
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| 2022 July (Month 1) | Flagged? |
|---|---|
| 2022, Friday, July 1st | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, July 2nd | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, July 3rd | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, July 4th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, July 5th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, July 6th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, July 7th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, July 8th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, July 9th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, July 10th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, July 11th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, July 12th | ❌ |
| 2022, Wednesday, July 13th | ❌ |
| 2022, Thursday, July 14th | ❌ |
| 2022, Friday, July 15th | ❌ |
| 2022, Saturday, July 16th | ❌ |
| 2022, Sunday, July 17th | ❌ |
| 2022, Monday, July 18th | ❌ |
| 2022, Tuesday, July 19th (day 1) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Wednesday, July 20th (day 2) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Thursday, July 21st (day 3) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Friday, July 22nd (day 4) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Saturday, July 23rd (day 5) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Sunday, July 24th (day 6) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Monday, July 25th (day 7) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Tuesday, July 26th (day 8) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Wednesday, July 27th (day 9) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Thursday, July 28th (day 10) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Friday, July 29th (day 11) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Saturday, July 30th (day 12) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Sunday, July 31st (day 13) | ✔️ |
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| 2022 August (Month 2) | Flagged? |
|---|---|
| 2022, Monday, August 1st (day 14) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Tuesday, August 2nd (day 15) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Wednesday, August 3rd (day 16) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Thursday, August 4th (day 17) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Friday, August 5th (day 18) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Saturday, August 6th (day 19) | ✔️ |
| 2022, Sunday, August 7th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, August 8th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, August 9th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, August 10th | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, August 11th | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, August 12th | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, August 13th | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, August 14th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, August 15th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, August 16th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, August 17th | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, August 18th | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, August 19th | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, August 20th | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, August 21st | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, August 22nd | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, August 23rd | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, August 24th | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, August 25th | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, August 26th | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, August 27th | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, August 28th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, August 29th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, August 30th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, August 31st | TBD |
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| 2022 September (Month 3) | Flagged? |
|---|---|
| 2022, Thursday, September 1st | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, September 2nd | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, September 3rd | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, September 4th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, September 5th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, September 6th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, September 7th | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, September 8th | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, September 9th | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, September 10th | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, September 11th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, September 12th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, September 13th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, September 14th | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, September 15th | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, September 16th | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, September 17th | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, September 18th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, September 19th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, September 20th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, September 21st | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, September 22nd | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, September 23rd | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, September 24th | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, September 25th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, September 26th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, September 27th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, September 28th | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, September 29th | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, September 30th | TBD |
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| 2022 October (Month 4) | Flagged? |
|---|---|
| 2022, Saturday, October 1st | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, October 2nd | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, October 3rd | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, October 4th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, October 5th | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, October 6th | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, October 7th | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, October 8th | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, October 9th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, October 10th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, October 11th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, October 12th | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, October 13th | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, October 14th | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, October 15th | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, October 16th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, October 17th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, October 18th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, October 19th | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, October 20th | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, October 21st | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, October 22nd | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, October 23rd | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, October 24th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, October 25th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, October 26th | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, October 27th | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, October 28th | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, October 29th | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, October 30th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, October 31st | TBD |
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| 2022 November (Month 5) | Flagged? |
|---|---|
| 2022, Tuesday, November 1st | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, November 2nd | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, November 3rd | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, November 4th | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, November 5th | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, November 6th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, November 7th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, November 8th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, November 9th | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, November 10th | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, November 11th | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, November 12th | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, November 13th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, November 14th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, November 15th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, November 16th | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, November 17th | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, November 18th | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, November 19th | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, November 20th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, November 21st | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, November 22nd | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, November 23rd | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, November 24th | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, November 25th | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, November 26th | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, November 27th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, November 28th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, November 29th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, November 30th | TBD |
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| 2022 December (Month 6) | Flagged? |
|---|---|
| 2022, Thursday, December 1st | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, December 2nd | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, December 3rd | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, December 4th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, December 5th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, December 6th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, December 7th | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, December 8th | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, December 9th | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, December 10th | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, December 11th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, December 12th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, December 13th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, December 14th | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, December 15th | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, December 16th | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, December 17th | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, December 18th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, December 19th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, December 20th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, December 21st | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, December 22nd | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, December 23rd | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, December 24th | TBD |
| 2022, Sunday, December 25th | TBD |
| 2022, Monday, December 26th | TBD |
| 2022, Tuesday, December 27th | TBD |
| 2022, Wednesday, December 28th | TBD |
| 2022, Thursday, December 29th | TBD |
| 2022, Friday, December 30th | TBD |
| 2022, Saturday, December 31st | TBD |
I was advised to make a message via my alt account. I have been hesitant to do so, as I fear it could get unfairly blocked as well. I am not attempting to circumvent the block, I just needed to message my followers what has happened.
I have plans for after my main account is unflagged, to fork important projects from my main account to my alt account, so that people won't lose all access when this happens. I have already started doing common forks from my alt account, but the main part requires my main account to be up and running first.
It might be related to the flag on my main account, but my first and main GitHub organization was also flagged.
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I have been under significant stress during this time period. Things are being delayed, and my future is uncertain. There are many examples of people cloning/forking my repositories, but my official projects are not publicly available at the moment. It has been extremely stressful for me. On 2022 July 22nd, I reached a bad milestone: I had never been so stressed in my life until that day, and my morale was the lowest it had ever been.
Additionally, I have received followers while my account was blocked, which I find odd.
| Original follower count at start of flag/suspension | Gaining a follower during flag/suspension |
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On 2022, Sunday, July 31st, someone unfollowed me. I am not sure how they are able to access my profile to do this.
Upon logging on on 2022 August 3rd, I found that I had earned the pair extraordinaire achievement for a pull request that was opened today. Apparently, any contributions on a public repository automatically credits me as a collaborator, even if it is a fork of the project I have never gone to before. I find it odd that I am earning achievements during the suspension.
When configuring GitHub actions (as of 2022 August 2nd and onward) I am asked for feedback on how to make actions better. Normally, I respond to these, but I decided not to, regarding the flag, and the lack of response (they likely don't listen to the feedback anyway, judging on how long I have gone without any response)
I am restricted from searching repository source code by language while logged in, but if I log out/go into private browsing mode, it works just fine.
Upon going to any of my issues or pull requests, I noticed that a label Spammy is applied to all my posts. This is additionally what it says:
GitHub customer support has been exceedingly poor. The contact form is taking a very long time, I am not being told why I was flagged, I can't email GitHub (they just blocked my email address when I tried) the forum appears to be moving to GitHub discussions (which will just make it impossible for people with this problem to reach out) and I have not been able to interact with an actual person (not even a bot)
The Reddit post didn't go as planned. I was met with downvotes, then a snarky reply, then the post was silent until around 1:00 am, when positive posts started coming in. From what I am hearing, it is very possible to get an immediate flag after being reviewed, and that GitHubs spam detection system is having severe problems. I was given the hopeful message "they will get to you eventually" and I was again told the importance of keeping a local server, which is additional support for the idea. Although I have already been starting to become aware of how important a personal server is, this user is now the 3rd person besides me to validate it, increasing the chances that I might actually be able to get one.
I will not leave images of the Reddit post here. The link is down below in the sources.
The flag has had a highly negative impact on my life and my future. Several opportunities have been missed, and most of my work is now hidden, with other unofficial reproductions now being the only source, most of them are incomplete and infringing.
Thousands of projects have been affected by this. Additionally, contributions to other repositories are now no longer crediting me, and I have missed out on a lot of people discovering my projects.
I tried to migrate to GitLab in the meantime, and GitHub finally gave me the reason why my account was flagged:
I have recently noted on 2022 July 26th that any discussion I currently have or make is automatically locked.
I can still view image files sparsely by switching over to codespaces (shortcut: .) but not all images load here. It is better than GitHub, where none currently load.
Starting on 2022 July 26th, drag and drop upload functionality has a new flaw, it is likely unrelated to the flag. Now each time I go to upload, the drag and drop is denied, and the black GitHub favicon is shown, instead of the white one. I then have to re-drop the files to upload them. This doesn't apply if I upload indirectly (clicking the upload button, rather than just dragging and dropping onto the repository when it isn't in upload mode)
Despite the account not being visible publicly, and several things being broken, I have continued to work somewhat normally. I can't let it derail all my progress. During the first 3 days of the flag, I did image file uploads in full, but as of 2022 July 22nd, I have finally made the decision to stop Git-image part A work, but still do Git-image part B work. I have also been rethinking how I will operate after this is over.
On 2022, Thursday, August 4th at 12:26 am, I finally received a response from GitHub support, reinstating the suspension until I delete all of my organizations. This is very very hard on me. It is a huge chunk of my life gone (500-2000+ hours) and it feels like they will bully me into getting rid of other work too.
Despite the issue not being my Git-image part A work, I am still not going to resume the project. I really don't believe that I was domain squatting, but I can't go against them.
I plan on reinstating all organizations on my private server once I get it running.
I am now stuck in a loop starting 2022, Thursday August 4th. I was told in the response to delete my organizations:
but when I go to delete them manually, it shows this, telling me to contact them to delete the organizations.
So I did, and wrote this really long message, a very, very hard decision for me
Then a few hours later, I come back to find that they refused to do the one thing that would fix the problems on both ends.
I am completely stumped, what do I do?
On 2022, Friday, August 5th, I looked back into the organization pages, and found that the option to delete the organization wasn't græyed out now, so later in the night, I began deleting organizations. I have 2 backup plans to restore them in the future.
I deleted 140 organizations (14% of my organizations) tonight, just the ones without forks. More work will be done to preserve the remaining 860 before I delete them, and it is going to take at least 1 week.
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GitHub flagged my account and restricted personal view of my own content for both me and others (and also did unnecessary restrictions that can be circumvented by logging out/browsing in private browsing mode)
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GitHub let a machine be the sole judge of the decision and didn't bother to have a human check first
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GitHub gave virtually no information on why I was flagged
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Despite giving no response for 15 days and counting, the decision was not reversed
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No error logs were made
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GitHub shut down their forum a few days later, and moved it to GitHub discussions, making it impossible for flagged users to communicate their problem directly
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GitHub did little to give users a voice, and made it harder by not listening
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GitHub prevented use of third party services during the account flag
I have learned a lot about what not to do when flagging/blocking/suspending a user from a platform, and I came up with some guidelines last night (2022, Sunday, July 24th, draft V2):
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If a user is flagged/blocked/suspended, they will still be able to access all content in their account (same as GitHub)
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A user will be reviewed by a machine first. They will not be blocked yet. A human will then review
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If/when a problem is detected, a detailed error log will be given
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If no response is given from the appeal within 12 hours, the user will automatically be unblocked, their content will be publicly reinstated, and the user will be granted immunity for a set amount of time.
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Logs will be kept privately by default, and the user has the choice to cite it if needed for their followers
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There will always be a forum that doesn't require an account to be unsuspended to use (even an account terminated from the service can still use the forum, albeit with some limitations that won't prevent them from reporting their problem)
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There will be a strong user voice, where the user can make their voice heard
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Third party services will still be usable to flagged/suspended users, as they are a vital lifeline for transitioning
These rules and guidelines come from a bad personal experience I (@seanpm2001) had with GitHub on 2022 July 19th. I have learned a lot about how NOT to run a service. I feel these 7 rules will be more fair to the user and the community as a whole. Revisions are allowed, but cannot be determimental to the existing rules, features, and functionality.
These rules were made during my first flag/suspension from GitHub, which as of writing this (2022, Monday, July 25th at 12:00 am) is still ongoing. I have extensively researched the issue, and hope to have corrected all flaws with this process, but there might be more, so this is still just a draft.
It has been decided that when I get my account back, I will pay the $7.00/month ($84.00/year) for GitHub Pro. This way, I can get better support, and also have the Pro label.
I have become openly critical of Microsoft and GitHub for the first time. This has stemmed from this issue, and the failures that have happened.
No conclusion is available, as this is still an ongoing issue.
Aftermath is unavailable, as this is still an ongoing issue.
https://github.community/t/flagged-account-aware-of-221-thread-2-questions/1785
https://github.community/t/my-account-is-flagged/282
https://github.community/t/why-is-my-account-flagged-as-spam/1333
https://github.community/t/github-us-trade-law-sanctions-appeal-is-bugged/199102/
https://github.community/t/the-community-is-moving/261602/
On 2022, July 25th, I archived the questions I deemed important from the GitHub forum, as it appears to be closing down soon. I might re-upload the data here.
On r/github: https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/wbfdf1/github_account_flagged_for_11_days_and_counting/
Crosspost on r/seanpm2001: https://www.reddit.com/r/seanpm2001/comments/wbfes4/github_account_flagged_for_11_days_and_counting/
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