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r/AssholeDesign

15 April 2026 05:26

I pay for X Premium and use their official paid API. Today I was banned by a bot for "botting" and told to follow on-screen instructions that don't exist. Here is my appeal.

I am a developer and I pay for X Premium.

I built a custom Android app that takes a link, watermarks it, downloads it, digital-fingerprints it, and posts it using X's official, paid API.

is manual, original, entertaining content. Not a bot farm. Not spam.
I was hit with an automated suspension for "inauthentic behavior".

I appealed, and their automated system denied it, sent me contradictory emails, and refused to cancel my billing.

Premium support doesn't exist. It is a brick wall. I sent them this appeal today, though I doubt a human will ever actually read it. Sharing here as a warning to other devs and creators.

My Appeal to X Support:

My account got suspended because of inauthentic behavior. I believe this is because I posted from the API.

1. The paid API is there for a reason. You can post from it for a reason. I wasn't spamming, wasn't click-baiting, wasn't click-whoring. I was giving good, original, and entertaining content. Nothing wrong.

2. "But it's automated???" It's automated but triggered manually. I'm a developer and I built an Android app where I put a link into it—it watermarks, downloads, digital fingerprints, and posts. That's all. NOT a bot farm. NOT automatic pulling and pushing.

3. Look before you ban. Before you suspend an account for allegedly being automated—LOOK first if it's good content, if it's stealing others' content, if it's spamming non-stop, etc. Don't just BAN for using an API that YOU GUYS ADVERTISE ON X.

4. Premium subscribers deserve normal support. LET US CHAT WITH AN AGENT! Don't just freaking send a message saying "your premium subscription will NOT automatically be cancelled EVEN though you are suspended."

5. The "Instructions" lie. When you send me an email that you reviewed my appeal and still found me guilty, don't freaking say: "In order to restore account functionality, you can resolve the violations by logging into your account and completing the on-screen instructions." Because THERE AREN'T ANY F*CKING INSTRUCTIONS SHOWING UP THERE!

6. Response times are a joke. When you guys suspend an account, and the user appeals—ANSWER HIM RIGHT AWAY! NOT A WEEK LATER!

7. Be human. When someone appeals with a message like this, don't ignore the person. Listen to him! That's all.

Hope this finds you well. And in the worst case, if not... Reddit, Bluesky, Threads, and other platforms may find it well.
Unsuspend my account, or cancel my premium subscription and refund me every penny I ever gave you.
Yours,
Another customer who will hate the one platform he liked.

TL;DR: Paid for X Premium, used their official paid API exactly as intended to post original content. Got banned for "inauthentic behavior." Automated support told me to follow non-existent instructions to fix it, while keeping my subscription active. Support is completely dead.

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