Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

The author marvels at how many hidden Claude users there are in China, noting that after the ban wave, Douyin instructors are now selling KYC and local server room services.

A user who only used the Claude Code terminal says their account was banned without explanation and suggests appealing first, then re-registering and resubscribing.

A user who put a Mac mini at a relative's home in the US and accessed Claude remotely via a US IP and US bank card says the account was still banned, questioning Anthropic's ban logic.

The author sets up Claude Code on the US cloud host included with Grok Bot, accesses it remotely via Tailscale, and argues for a genuinely US-based environment over disguising one's location.

A joking post says using Claude, getting banned by it, knowing Codex and holding a U card are the entry requirements for the X circle.

Anthropic's rule announced October 8 and effective November 12 targets prolonged extreme abuse without legitimate purpose, while ordinary complaints, criticism and testing are not automatically violations.

A user replies that their Claude account was banned last month, suspects it was because they said bad things about A\ to Claude, and says they won't do it again.

A user says their new Claude account worked after subscribing to Pro but was banned instantly once they connected a GitHub repository, suspecting the GitHub link is the cause.

The post calls Opus 5.5 the best coding model but says buying subscriptions directly from Anthropic easily leads to account bans, so it suggests buying through Cursor, Droid or Devin instead.

A user asks another person how to run Claude Code stably without having the account banned, seeking advice on avoiding bans.

Treating Claude accounts as disposable and accepting bans as inevitable, the user logs back in on Claude iOS and enables remote, saying it still beats Codex remote.

A user posts that their Claude account was banned and tags Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to express their anger.