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The discussion titled “Your account was flagged for potential abuse” begins with various users expressing their struggles to register accounts with OpenAI. They encounter a message that flags their account for potential abuse and suggests contacting support at help.openai.com, as mentioned by bau9th9. Unfortunately, some like strigovre.g and Ahwaggy have found it impossible to find relevant help on that link. 4zyy43 and maciek.niemczyk also reiterated the issue they were facing, whilst highlighting the impossibility of accessing help from OpenAI without being able to log in.
In light of this issue AlexDeM’s response provides a comprehensive guide and context. He emphasizes the impact of regional restrictions, possible local blocks, limitations of certain VPNs, the role of third-party systems like Cloudflare in security management, and the potential effects of user hardware and software. AlexDeM points out solutions like checking your supported country and region, using a reliable VPN if your region is blocked, and updating browser and cleaning cache and cookies.
Despite extensive assistance, Maciek.niemczyk (8)(9) was still having issues reaching support. Similar frustrations are exhibited by other users like Oskar.niedbalski who described the signup process as nonsensical and opaque in the face of receiving an abuse flag.
In later exchanges, more technical details emerge regarding various internet security measures that might result in the flagging problem such as VPN usage and certain antivirus software. AlexDeM (26) and quiet.job discuss these aspects in detail. The discussions offer potential insights for other users dealing with similar issues, but they also highlight some of the complexities in troubleshooting these problems.
Towards the end, AlexDeM (32) further simplifies the possible solutions and advises anyone from non-supported countries to wait. Users from supported countries are advised to try signing up from a clean installation with trusted email and phone number, with a different IP for each attempt using trusted browsers without privacy extensions, and to clear cache and cookies after each attempt.
In short, the conversation demonstrates numerous frustrations among users attempting to create accounts on OpenAI, especially around receiving abuse flags and the lack of accessible customer support. Despite the shared struggles, there were also extensive attempts by users like AlexDeM to provide insights and possible solutions. However, a clear resolution or universal fix for the problem was not found within the posts provided.
Summarized with AI on Nov 24 2023
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