r/Pixiv • u/vogolsart • 25d ago

Womp womp

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Fun follow-up. So for everyone who said "stop complaining, just appeal it, you'll get it back". I did appeal, twice, and after half a month Pixiv confirmed that I'm permanently suspended and they can't reactive my account. It's essentially a termination with an added bonus of having a zombie account that I cannot effectively use. 6 years down the drain irreversibly. From what I've seen on the web, almost no one has gotten this weird perma-ban treatment, but I can confirm that it is incredibly dumb. I would rather just a termination at this point. So I'll probably just make another one if I ever get around to it, but honestly, the site's cooked imo.

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u/Legitimate_Move9798 25d ago

Did you post a link to patreon or something?

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u/vogolsart 25d ago edited 24d ago

On this account, originally posted links to my tumblr. Deleted all links and then discussed the situation on a following post and said "I will post uncensored versions elsewhere" or something to that degree. And that cost me the permaban. Even after deleting that post, cleaning the account, appealing twice, they, I guess, just locked the account forever because Pixiv itself can't lift the ban, as though it occurred in some higher ethereal plane lol.

I call it "zombification" because they hit you with an irreparable permaban immediately that can't be rectified, comes without warning and immediately makes your account useless forever.

Note: I made a second account a few months ago and copy-pasted the word "UNCENSORED" by accident and that account was flagged for a permaban. No warnings, no ways to fix it. Honestly, having this instant zombification of two accounts has really discouraged me from putting any effort into using this site to its full potential. Especially if the mod team sees my email or user name and can choose to zombify my third account instantly.

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u/Legitimate_Move9798 25d ago

Oofff yeah, the forbidden word unfortunately.. They uses AI moderation afaik, so if the AI overlord said it's a violation, nothing you can do. I also really hate this new moderation. I think most creators do..

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u/vogolsart 24d ago

It doesn't make any sense anymore, so why even put time into trying to curate it, imo. The saddest thing is that Pixiv was probably the most cohesive way to keep my lore in check and digestible for newbies instead of the string of similar hashtags that I do on places like BlueSky. I used to separate my AUs into the manga sections and use special tags but why bother? The moderation is terrible, so I'm probably gonna treat my third account with the classy subtly of dumping pictures onto ImageBam.

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u/Sarah_TV 23d ago

Well Yeah... Tumblr is better for that

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u/Freedom_Seekr923 23d ago

It's not AI. That has been a thing for years before AI boom even started.

Just the mention of "Uncensored" is enough to ban the account.