Same error, from 73.137.147.123 which is a Comcast IP, no VPN, using Firefox 131.0.3 (64-bit) on macOS Ventura 13.6.4 (22G513). I guess @matt is the one who can help?
First attempt submitted the form and got this:
Second attempt only got as far as autofilling the new username and password my browser had saved from the first attempt, and the form showed this:
(I tried to attach another screenshot, but I guess that’s banned too)
Found this thread and tried to reply but when it prompted me to log in I figured that won’t work if I’m banned so I went hunting for any other way to contact you, and Contact Us — Write.as was not helpful, tho I guess I could have emailed abuse@ as a last resort. Going through all the tabs I’d opened I found support@ mentioned at Security: email addresses of subscribers are public to all Write.as users - #3 by writeprivacy, so was going to email that, but decided I might as well see if the create account with a different UI works, and it did. But then trying to log in to (I tried to link to your homepage, but I guess that’s banned too) said my account doesn’t exist, so I guess I have to have two separate accounts? This is going to be confusing in my password manager.
Last attempt to create a “real” account didn’t give the warning in the form, but gave a more polished fuck-off message than the first attempt:
(I tried to attach another screenshot…)
I’ve read your guidelines, I don’t see how I could have violated any of them without even creating an account, or how anything I would post would violate them - I expect to post things largely along the lines of my old abandoned blog at (I tried to link to my old blog…). Only one of my malware blockers is blocking anything on the sign-up page, potential trackers from stripe, I don’t know whether that affects this:
(I tried to attach another screenshot…)
What abuse did I commit to get banned? How could I avoid getting re-banned every time my IP changes?