Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]

Post by robertlagrant » Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 11:14 AM UTC

croes wrote: post #110

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It still not even close to the majority of Americans no matter your definition. The vast majority of the stock market isn't held by billionaires either. The total net worth of all US billionaires is ~5 trillion and the stock market is worth ~40 trillion. Even if you start counting anyone that works for a company even partially owned by a billionaire, about half of us employees work for small businesses: https://www.f…

You are still working for them, just not 100%

Post by tinus_hn » Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 11:16 AM UTC

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Both sides are reasonable, a common form of spam uses hacked accounts that have grown organically, the normal way, and have then been abandoned. Because they have been used the normal way they are ranked higher than accounts created by bots. So it isn’t that strange that the account is flagged if it suddenly starts posting and the first post is some product. It’s also reasonable not to want to provide Instagram not t…

> > I might as well let them delete my account that only follows a bunch of people I know without ever looking at their pictures. > Both sides are reasonable, a common form of spam uses hacked accounts that have grown organically, the normal way, and have then been abandoned. That does not seem to be the case here. When it comes to money, sure, take caution. When it comes to a dozen-or-so followers+followees, abandon…

Post by throwaway2990 » Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 11:18 AM UTC

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It's not just Amazon. All big tech companies have this "trigger happy" approach to closing down accounts. Especially payment companies. I believe we need to pass down new consumer laws to protect the people. We pretty much rely on their services and they have no accountability.

> All big tech companies have this "trigger happy" approach to closing down accounts. After years, I made my first Instagram post last week. I got instantly banned (it was a picture of a new bag I bought). Apparently the way to get it back is to jump through some hoops and post a selfie with an OTP. I decided that’s a bit much work and I might as well let them delete my account that only follows a bunch of people I k…

Post by SheinhardtWigCo » Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 11:20 AM UTC

Yeri wrote: post #28

Summary: The YouTuber had his Amazon affiliate account canceled after 7 years without warning or evidence of wrongdoing. The reason given was that purchases made through his links were for personal use or made by friends and family, which he denies. He finds the timing suspicious as it came a week after he made a video criticizing Amazon for canceling a customer's account for a racist doorbell claim. He argues that t…

Post by prepend » Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 11:22 AM UTC

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I basically never click a link if I can see that it leads to youtube, because I'm rarely in a situation where it's convenient to watch a video, and even if I am, it's usually the most noisy & inefficient way to receive a given piece of information. So a summary is incredibly useful, whether it's written by AI or not. What makes you refer to it as spam?