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

“Sorry, but you’re just a mini-metric on our server.”

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I woke up this Sunday morning to check out my LinkedIn.

Surprisingly, I wasn’t able to log in.

The app asked me to complete a verification.

Within a minute of scanning my ID and completing the verification process, this is what I received in my email.

Email received from LinkedIn Customer Support (Screenshot by author)

“Your appeal has been denied and your account has been restricted permanently.”

‘What appeal?’ — I’m left wondering without any warnings or response from customer support.

I think I just got to experience what Tim Denning has been talking about for years.

My online CV, a platform for sharing my writing and my audience have all been taken away, and I don’t even know why.

What Might Have Gone Wrong?

I started a LinkedIn newsletter 2 days ago and gained about 300 subscribers in the last 2 days.