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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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Days flagged

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 12th (25 days, or 3 weeks, 4 days)

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Days flagged in 2022

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Date	Flagged?

Days flagged in 2022 January

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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	❌

Days flagged in 2022 February

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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	❌

Days flagged in 2022 March

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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	❌

Days flagged in 2022 April

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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	❌

Days flagged in 2022 May

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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	❌

Days flagged in 2022 June

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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	❌

Days flagged in 2022 July

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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)	✔️

Days flagged in 2022 August

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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, response received)	✔️
2022, Friday, August 5th (day 18)	✔️
2022, Saturday, August 6th (day 19)	✔️
2022, Sunday, August 7th (day 20)	✔️
2022, Monday, August 8th (day 21)	✔️
2022, Tuesday, August 9th (day 22)	✔️
2022, Wednesday, August 10th (day 23)	✔️
2022, Thursday, August 11th (day 24)	✔️
2022, Friday, August 12th (day 25)	✔️
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

Days flagged in 2022 September

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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

Days flagged in 2022 October

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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

Days flagged in 2022 November

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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

Days flagged in 2022 December

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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

Usage of alt account

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.

I have been using my alt account on a daily basis to document the ongoing incident.

Alt account discovery

It might be related to the flag on my main account, but my first and main GitHub organization was also flagged.

Screenshot 1	Screenshot 2

As of 2022 August 9th, the organization has been deleted, and my alt account has returned to normal.

Stress

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.

Follows during suspension

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

On 2022, Sunday, July 31st, someone unfollowed me. I am not sure how they are able to access my profile to do this.

On 2022, Tuesday, August 9th, I randomly lost 2 followers.

Achievements during suspension

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.

Feedback during 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)

Odd restrictions

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.

Spammy

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:

Since it turned out to be my organizations being the problem, I am hoping the spammy label doesn't end up being a second issue. I have absolutely no idea what could be considered spammy, my forking sessions (25x) don't feel spammy and don't break any rules. I have still been a bit hesistant with them, but have resumed normally.

GitHub customer support

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)

Reddit post

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.

Negative impact

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.

Inability to use third party programs

I tried to migrate to GitLab in the meantime, and GitHub finally gave me the reason why my account was flagged:

Discussions locked

I have recently noted on 2022 July 26th that any discussion I currently have or make is automatically locked.

Codespaces workaround

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.

Upload functionality diminishing

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)

Attempting to continue normally

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.

Finally, a response

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.

Update 1

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?

Update 2

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.

Deletion log:

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Date (yyyy/ww/mm/dd)	# of Organizations deleted today	# of organizations deleted total	Percentage of total (daily)	Total % of organizations deleted
Day 1: 2022, Friday, August 5th	`140`	`140`	`14.0%`	`14.0%`
Day 2: 2022, Saturday, August 6th	`80`	`220`	`08.0%`	`22.0%`
Day 3: 2022, Sunday, August 7th	`60`	`280`	`06.0%`	`28.0%`
Day 4: 2022, Monday, August 8th	`80`	`360`	`08.0%`	`36.0%`
Day 5: 2022, Tuesday, August 9th	`80`	`440`	`08.0%`	`44.0%`
Day 6: 2022, Wednesday, August 10th	`81`	`521`	`08.1%`	`52.1%`
Day 7: 2022, Thursday, August 11th	`79`	`600`	`07.9%`	`60.0%`
Day 8: 2022, Friday, August 12th	`80`	`680`	`08.0%`	`68.0%`
Day 9: Coming soon	❌	❌	❌	❌
Day 10: Coming soon	❌	❌	❌	❌
Day 11: Coming soon	❌	❌	❌	❌
Day 12: Coming soon	❌	❌	❌	❌

Deletion log notes

Day 1: The 140 organizations deleted today don't have in-depth screenshots, as the organizations were empty, and already had screenshot documentation of themselves.

Day 2: 80 organizations were deleted today, in-depth screenshots started today as well.

Day 3: I had a difficult time today, and was only able to delete 60 organizations.

Day 4: I now plan to delete 80 organizations per day consistently until I finish deleting all of them.

Day 5: I continued with the plan of deleting 80 per day today. seanpm2001-all and seanwallawalla-forks were deleted, but still persist on my profile, despite the fact that any user (even me) that visits them gets a 404 error.

Day 6: I accidentally deleted 1 extra organization today.

Day 7: I deleted 79 organizations today, instead of 80, to even out yesterdays mistake. I will continue to delete organizations 80 at a time tomorrow.

Dya 8: I went back to deleting 80 organizations per day today. I expect to finish in 4 days. Today, I also have noted that my "what's left" screenshot contains an error (Firefox has been wrapping my username across a whole line of the list) it is possible to be fixed in the future with data and image manipulation.

On 2022 Monday, August 8th, I decided to set the amount of orgs deleted per day to 80 (8x8=64) so that I can have a consistent and measured reduction in just 8 days. I expect to finish on 2022, Tuesday, August 16th. If things don't go as planned, it may take longer.

I updated my second account (@seanwallawalla) on 2022 August 9th, removing the reference to seanwallawalla-software and changing the location to match my main account.

As of 2022, Friday, August 12th at 6:20 pm, seanpm2001-all and seanwallawalla-forks are still persistent on my profile, despite being deleted over 72 hours ago, and any user visiting them (including myself) will just get a 404 error page sent to them.

Survey

With remote content	Without remote content

GitHub sent me a survey at 10:01 pm PST on 2022, Monday, August 8th. Since my issue isn't resolved yet, and I don't want to interfere with it, I chose not to answer this survey. It was stressful receiving an email from GitHub at night due to the ongoing issue.

What was done and what should have been done

What GitHub did

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)
GitHub let a machine be the sole judge of the decision and didn't bother to have a human check first
GitHub gave virtually no information on why I was flagged
Despite giving no response for 15 days and counting, the decision was not reversed
No error logs were made
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
GitHub did little to give users a voice, and made it harder by not listening
GitHub prevented use of third party services during the account flag

What I would do differently

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):

Running an online service

Avoiding GitHubs 2022 July 19th mistake

Basic guidelines

If a user is flagged/blocked/suspended, they will still be able to access all content in their account (same as GitHub)
A user will be reviewed by a machine first. They will not be blocked yet. A human will then review
If/when a problem is detected, a detailed error log will be given

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.
Logs will be kept privately by default, and the user has the choice to cite it if needed for their followers
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)
There will be a strong user voice, where the user can make their voice heard
Third party services will still be usable to flagged/suspended users, as they are a vital lifeline for transitioning

Additional notes

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.

GitHub pro

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.

Microsoft

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.

Conclusion

No conclusion is available, as this is still an ongoing issue.

Aftermath

Aftermath is unavailable, as this is still an ongoing issue.

Sources

Forum is moving

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.

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Version 1 (2022, Thursday, July 21st at 8:32 pm PST)

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Started the file
Added the description section
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Version 2 (2022, Thursday, July 21st at 8:32 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Added the context section
Added the usage of alt account section
Added the stress section
Added the GitHub customer support section
Added the sources section
No other changes in version 2

Version 3 (2022, Friday, July 22nd at 3:10 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Referenced several image files
Updated the context section
Updated the usage of alt account section
- Added the Alt account discovery subsection
Updated the stress section
Added the odd restrictions section
Updated the GitHub customer support section
Added the spammy section
Updated the sources section
- Added the Other people dealing with the same problem subsection
- Added the related problems subsection
- Added the forum is moving subsection
- Added the contact link subsection
- Added the GitHub email address (bot) subsection
Added the file info section
Added the file history section
No other changes in version 3

Version 3 (2022, Friday, July 22nd at 3:10 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Referenced several image files
Updated the context section
Updated the usage of alt account section
- Added the Alt account discovery subsection
Updated the stress section
Added the odd restrictions section
Updated the GitHub customer support section
Added the spammy section
Updated the sources section
- Added the Other people dealing with the same problem subsection
- Added the related problems subsection
- Added the forum is moving subsection
- Added the contact link subsection
- Added the GitHub email address (bot) subsection
Added the file info section
Added the file history section
No other changes in version 3

Version 4 (2022, Saturday, July 23rd at 4:46 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Referenced some new image files
Updated the context section
Added the Negative impact section
Added the Inability to use third party programs section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 4

Version 5 (2022, Saturday, July 23rd at 9:00 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Referenced some new image files
Updated the stress section
Added the Attempting to continue normally section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 5

Version 6 (2022, Sunday, July 24th at 4:40 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the context section
Updated the usage of alt account section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 6

Version 7 (2022, Monday, July 25th at 5:00 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the context section
Added the What I would do differently section
Added the GitHub Pro section
Updated the Forum is moving section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 7

Version 8 (2022, Tuesday, July 26th at 6:47 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the context section
Added the What GitHub did section
Added the Conclusion section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 8

Version 9 (2022, Wednesday, July 27th at 6:47 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the context section
Separated the What GitHub did and what I would do differently sections into the what was done, and what should have been done section
Added the GitHub codespaces workaround section
Added the upload functionality diminishing section
Added the Reddit post subsection into the sources section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 9

Version 10 (2022, Thursday, July 28th at 7:00 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the context section
Added the discussions locked section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 10

Version 11 (2022, Friday, July 29th at 1:58 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the context section
Updated the Reddit post:source subsection
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 11

Version 12 (2022, Saturday, July 30th at 7:15 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the context section
Updated the Reddit post:source subsection
Added the Reddit post section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 12

Version 13 (2022, Sunday, July 31st at 4:00 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the context section
Updated the stress section
Added the days flagged section
- Added a 2022 January table
- Added a 2022 February table
- Added a 2022 March table
- Added a 2022 April table
- Added a 2022 May table
- Added a 2022 June table
- Updated a 2022 July table
- Updated a 2022 August table
Added the follows during suspension section
Added the index section
Updated the GitHub email address (bot) section
Updated the what was done and what could have been done differently section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
Added the footer
No other changes in version 13

Version 14 (2022, Monday, August 1st at 2:10 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the context section
Updated the index
Updated the days flagged section
- Updated the 2022 August table
- Added the 2022 September table
- Added the 2022 October table
- Added the 2022 November table
- Added the 2022 December table
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 14

Version 15 (2022, Tuesday, August 2nd at 4:03 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the context section
Updated the days flagged section
- Updated the 2022 August table
Updated the What GitHub did section
Updated the What I would do differently section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 15

Version 16 (2022, Wednesday, August 3rd at 5:45 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the index
Updated the context section
Updated the days flagged section
- Updated the 2022 August table
Added the Achievements during suspension section
Added the feedback during suspension section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 16

Version 17 (2022, Thursday, August 4th at 8:15 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the index
Updated the context section
Updated the days flagged section
- Updated the 2022 August table
Added the Finally, a response section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 17

Version 18 (2022, Friday, August 5th at 3:17 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the index
Updated the context section
Updated the days flagged section
- Updated the 2022 August table
Added the Update 1 subsection to the finally, a response section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 18

Version 19 (2022, Saturday, August 6th at 6:06 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the index
Updated the context section
Updated the days flagged section
- Updated the 2022 August table
Added the Update 2 subsection to the finally, a response section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 19

Version 20 (2022, Sunday, August 7th at 5:12 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the index
Updated the context section
Updated the days flagged section
- Updated the 2022 August table
Updated the update 2 section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 20

Version 21 (2022, Monday, August 8th at 6:20 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the index
Updated the context section
Updated the days flagged section
- Updated the 2022 August table
Updated the update 2 section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 21

Version 22 (2022, Tuesday, August 9th at 5:45 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the index
Updated the context section
Updated the days flagged section
- Updated the 2022 August table
Updated the update 2 section
Added the survey section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 22

Version 23 (2022, Wednesday, August 10th at 6:30 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the index
Updated the context section
Updated the days flagged section
- Updated the 2022 August table
Updated the update 2 section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 23

Version 24 (2022, Thursday, August 11th at 8:18 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the index
Updated the context section
Updated the days flagged section
- Updated the 2022 August table
Updated the update 2 section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 24

Version 25 (2022, Friday, August 12th at 6:20 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanwallawalla

Updated the index
Updated the context section
Updated the days flagged section
- Updated the 2022 August table
Updated the usage of alt account section
- Updated the alt account discovery subsection
Updated the index section
Updated the update 2 section
- Added the deletion log notes subsection
Updated the follows during suspension subsection
Updated the spammy section
Updated the file info section
Updated the file history section
No other changes in version 25

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Context

Days flagged

Days flagged in 2022

Days flagged in 2022 January

Days flagged in 2022 February

Days flagged in 2022 March

Days flagged in 2022 April

Days flagged in 2022 May

Days flagged in 2022 June

Days flagged in 2022 July

Days flagged in 2022 August

Days flagged in 2022 September

Days flagged in 2022 October

Days flagged in 2022 November

Days flagged in 2022 December

Usage of alt account

Alt account discovery

Stress

Follows during suspension

Achievements during suspension

Feedback during suspension

Odd restrictions

Spammy

GitHub customer support

Reddit post

Negative impact

Inability to use third party programs

Discussions locked

Codespaces workaround

Upload functionality diminishing

Attempting to continue normally

Finally, a response

Update 1

Update 2

Deletion log notes

Survey

What was done and what should have been done

What GitHub did

What I would do differently

Running an online service

Avoiding GitHubs 2022 July 19th mistake

Basic guidelines

Additional notes

GitHub pro

Microsoft

Conclusion

Aftermath

Sources

Other people dealing with the same problem

Related problems

Forum is moving

Reddit post

The contact link

GitHub email address

File info

File history

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