LinkedIn Just Banned Me Permanently Without a Reason (& It Makes Me Concerned About the Fragile…

🌈 Abstract

The article discusses the author's experience of having their LinkedIn account permanently restricted without warning or explanation, and their plans to change their content strategy as a result.

🙋 Q&A

[01] The author's experience with LinkedIn

1. What happened to the author's LinkedIn account?

• The author's LinkedIn account was permanently restricted without any warning or response from customer support.
• The author received an email stating that their "appeal has been denied and your account has been restricted permanently."
• The author is left wondering what "appeal" the email is referring to, as they did not initiate any appeal.

2. What did the hidden message in the email suggest?

• The hidden message in the email suggested that the author is a "mini-metric" on LinkedIn's server, and that they don't own any of their content or audience list on the platform.

3. How did the author react to this experience?

• The author considers this experience a "wake-up call" and plans to change their content strategy to become more independent as an online writer and content creator.

[02] The author's new content strategy

1. What are the author's plans for their future content strategy?

• The author plans to:
  • Focus on building their email list and a personal website, as these are the only ways they believe they can avoid getting banned from their audience.
  • Download all their Medium data and subscriber lists, and keep them safe on a hardware device.
  • Wait for a response from the LinkedIn support team, and if there is none, they may restart with a new account or drop LinkedIn completely to focus on their Medium and Substack platforms.