Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

The poster says Claude bans are getting more severe, with Mac hosting providers moving China-market Mac minis overseas, and predicts Anthropic may next ban accounts by device model or serial number.

The author says their Claude account was banned and they are disappointed in Anthropic, but still liked the discussion, arguing that good people should go where they are valued more.

A user says they have used Claude for six months without being banned and argues that ban worries are exaggerated, with network stability being the main factor.

A user posted that their Claude account was banned before they had even started using it, sharing a screenshot as evidence.

A commenter jokes that if money is no object, replacing the machine after a Claude ban counts as one way to avoid getting banned.

After being banned, the author collected tips from commenters on running Claude through a bot without getting blocked, including fixing the exit IP to the US, checking ipinfo before use, disabling route forwarding, and blocking direct Claude connections in the firewall.

A user discovered during a business trip that their Claude account, used for seven months, had suddenly been banned, and posted in shock and frustration.

A user recalls their previous Claude ban came right after remotely controlling a dot cloud PC to claim Claude's $250 credit, and suspects either their local IP or the cloud PC environment was the cause.

A user says their Claude account is banned about every three months, after which they register a new one with another Gmail address, top up and keep using it over a self-built VPS proxy.

The author argues Anthropic banned an account for conduct outside its user terms, and worries AI companies will become de facto regulators of society.

After someone had two Claude accounts banned, the author compares Anthropic's outright bans with OpenAI's gradual model degradation, noting at least ChatGPT still treats users like people.

A user received a warm, empathetic reply from Claude and immediately after got a notice that the account was permanently disabled for violating Anthropic's usage policy.