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OpenAI account deactivation policy questioned by user

A Reddit user is seeking information on whether deactivated OpenAI accounts can be restored, expressing frustration over a rejected appeal. The user speculates that their account may have been deactivated due to automated scraping of car ads, which they used to find deals. They are inquiring about the permanence of this deactivation, noting they were a paid user. AI

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OpenAI account deactivation policy questioned by user

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  1. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Caffeine_Overflow ·

    Is there really no way to restore a deactivated account? And why?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I got no real reason and as I understand it, that is the practice with all deactivated accounts?</p> <p>I appealed and got rejected with some generic message. At that time, I had no idea what could be the reason.</p> <p>Then I went in circles and…