Fun with #OkCupid: This is what happens when you get suspended from @OkCupid
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 11:47AMLast week was an interesting one on OKC. As some of you may know, I had a duderino hit me up wanting me to be his slave. He even hypnotized me over the phone, and flash forward 24 hours later when he fully read my profile and apparently checked out this loverly site he decided that he didn't want me to write about the experience. I then bit back at him and said fuck no, this is how I lead my life ... I won't sacrifice that for anyone. He then sent me a series of threatening text messages, and not out of fear but frankly frustration - I instead posted a video on the experience. You can watch it over yonder:
He then told me he was going to contact OKC and have me suspended.
See, in their TOS (terms of service) they say that you're not allowed to post shiznat from their site on anything else. This is why I don't post people's avatars or anything as well. I for reals don't need the bad karma, but you're actually not allowed to in general as part of their TOS. I've reached out to OKC HUNNDDREEEDDDSSSSSS of times - so I know they know about the 103 dates in 9 months and the thesis, but technically speaking of course they could suspend my account.
The duderino emailed them sometime last Thursday ... and on Friday morning I woke up to this ...
See, normally when you go to visit OkCupid.com and you're already a member, it just automatically logs you in.
I KNEW right away seeing this screen what was coming, but I still entered in my password and was then greeted with this screen ...
I then tried logging in through their Android App on my phone, and was greeted with the same message.
I was suspended one other time last December because someone was pissed that I posted an email (hence why now I also have a disclaimer in my profile).
If you go to my OKC profile you will now see this screen ...
Um ... yeah, I don't restrict my account - this is just them saying that I'm suspended in their, "we're not technically saying she's suspended ... but know, she's suspended" kinda way.
What happened in the past was that they enabled my account after about a week, and everything just moves on. I've emailed them twice asking what was up, but that's what has happened in the past.
Me thinks it's part of their business plan to penalize the person for violating their TOS while at the same time negating the situation for long enough so that the person that reported them also feels validated. (Hence why they don't take down your account or email you - rather just say, they're experiencing "technical difficulties".) Dude, OKC gets free publicity on this site. It would behoove them to keep that shizzy shiznat up, but whatevs. It happens.
So yeah - if you've tried emailing me on OKC in the last week, unfortunately I didn't receive it. I'm neither here nor there on the entire situation. I'm pretty much over OKC anyway, and have been looking for other dating site options. We shall see however if they return my account.
Kinda lame, not gonna lie - but after a year and a half on the site maybe it's time I move on anyway.
Either way, if you've gotten this screen on OKC know that someone reported you for some violation of TOS and after about a week you should be back up and running. Don't worry your account info and everything is saved; your profile will go back to normal once they lift the suspension. They don't email you or anything, you are literally just able to login again.
There ya go nerderinos! I've apparently been a bad bad girl ...
#SHAME
UPDATE: about an hour after I posted this they reinstated my profile. All is well once again. Note to nerds, to get reinstated don't send them an email just post a blog on your website! YAY LIFE!!
Reader Comments (6)
I always have the weirdest experiences on OKC. I even had to kick a guy in the cashews once because he couldn't take "no" for an answer when I told him he couldn't come back to my place. =__= Hence, I gave up on the site.
I even had a guy harass me and someone discover where I live. I reported him to OKC but they said my evidence wasn't suspicious enough. Good thing I as well reported his account and name to the police.
The same thing happened to me this past week, so when I googled info on it, this blog came up. Basically the same situation. My account was suspended on Sunday night, so according to this I should probe give it a week..Jen---when your suspension was lifted, were people able to send you messages, or how does their profile show up to you? see, I don't even know. lol..whatevs kinda over the OKC any who. i think it's a sign to move on haha.
Well this just happened to me, so I'll add the nerd stuff. For one I tried to recreate and account from the ip address I usually log on with and they wouldn't allow me. So there is an ACL (Access Control List) for my IP, I simply jumped to another sub and was able to generate another account and plam!.. it's like I never left. Two I was rude but I thought she was too, so I guess it comes down to who files the complaint first. Three I actually blocked her first, so I guess that doesn't count when you file the complaint. Four I used a different email addy when I created my new account. So keep that in mind. Really I'm not sure how long they will cut me off. But it seems that between the narcoleptic's, epileptics recent divorcees and those with serious physiological debilitation's. I think I might call it quits as well. I've never had a larger set of what may be anecdotal but terribly disturbed women hiding in such beautiful shells as I've met between match.com and okcupid. Even though I introduced an X to her now husband from match.com. So who knows. =)
i cant believe they blocked us from trying to get someone for my brother to talk to who is incarcerated for a while longer when all they had to do was check the profile has been there forever so if you are saying a week what then that person has been blocked i hope so that you dont meka the same mistake again i hope the wierdos dont think his family was going to stalk them what a douch3 ba9 move
I just got an email the other day saying :
"Your account was deleted because of inappropriate content in a message you sent
If you were subscribed to A-List, we refunded your credit card for a prorated amount based on the time remaining in your A-List subscription."
This doesn't sound like I'll be getting the account back...
Amazing thoughts what you have shared with us.
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