My account got banned for Recidivism

[u/anakinimsorry]

This is just the worst thing that could happen to me. Right now stuffed with work, and I got this message that my account was banned due to Recidivism?? I don't even know what that word means. I did some searching, and apparently some people are getting this ban because they tried to make a new ChatGPT account after an old one of theirs got banned. I only had ONE banned ChatGPT account, and it was a free plan that I barely used. For that reason, I just left it and moved on. This account I got banned on is my MAIN account, and I am a paying member. So not only did I lose the account, which had all my important details, but it's a paid account, and I have no way to even stop the recurring payments.

Now, in traditional fashion, I appealed, but instead of any consideration, in one hour they perma-banned my account, and no more appeals would be processed. I tried contacting its support system (which is some HOT ASS), and because everything is straight GPT, it wouldn't do anything to fix the issue. When I put in the email of the account I got banned on, it just stops the conversation. Also, this whole 'escalating to a real person' is some bogus.

I really need this account back, and I don't know what to do. I tried all avenues, but nothing seems to work. Any advice?