Banned Wrongfully

[crazyappledude]

Forum URL: realfreebitcoin.freeforums.net/

So, my friends and I owned this forum. It was taken down...because of this:
"In accordance with Section 25(a) of the ProBoards Terms of Service, this forum has been taken offline."

And their account were banned too! I think their email addresses were pros***@proton****.com and I forgot the other email address.

I know in your terms of service it says you can do this to anybody, but why? We spent a while on that, and now it's gone.
Is it because you thought we were alternate account because we were all advertising the same thing? Or is it something else?

All we did was show people how to get free bitcoin! What's so wrong about that? 

I expect a response. Goodbye.

[bigballofyarn]

Hi there,
I'm sorry to hear about your forum. Unfortunately, the support team is different from the abuse team. You can email [e-mail] and see if you get a response. I don't know if you will, and I don't know if they will work with you, but they are the only department who can assist with ToS issues. I wish you the best of luck.

Here is the ProBoards ToS: proboards.com/tos

If your forum's contents were similar to your URL and involved any illegal sales, trades, or gambling, that could be a reason to remove your forum. However, I do not work for the abuse team and cannot see the contents of your forum. So, my assumption may be entirely incorrect.

[crazyappledude]

Oh, thank you! I'll try sending the email.

My forums content involved ADVERTISMENT for 'crypto faucets' and HELP ABOUT CRYPTOCURRENCY and PREDICTIONS.

My explanation of crypto faucets: Bitcoin faucets are websites that giveaway small amounts of cryptocurrency (Ex:0.00000004 BTC) which you can eventually withdraw to get some crypto. You may have to spend months or even years getting to withdraw your first portion of bitcoin. These site make all their money from advertisement. Some sites have millions of members so lots of companies pay these site to advertise. Everything is legal. 


And, I did see the ToS but I don't think I did anything wrong!

I will contact the abuse team and see if I get a response. Thank you, once again.

And yes "realfreebitcoin" most likely does not seem real and could be a site for illegal sales! But, I assure you that realfreebitcoin is not that.   (I was looking for a laughing smiley but I couldn't find one so I put this)

Sincerely, crazyappledude

Edit: Email Sent!

Reply: Not Yet Recived

Site: Still Offline

[crazyappledude]

bigballofyarn , do you know anything about the response time of the abuse team? I still haven't heard back from them. I might just be impatient. It has not been too long. 

I have jus come to the decision that I am impatient. But, do you know about the response time?

-crazyappledude, former owner/partner of 'real free bitcoin' 

[Kami]

Sept 5, 2021 16:21:46 GMT -8 crazyappledude said:

bigballofyarn , do you know anything about the response time of the abuse team? I still haven't heard back from them. I might just be impatient. It has not been too long.

I have jus come to the decision that I am impatient. But, do you know about the response time?

-crazyappledude, former owner/partner of 'real free bitcoin'  

24-48 hours on average, but only during the business week. Since you submitted your email on a Saturday and there is a US holiday tomorrow (Monday), that timeframe won't begin until the abuse team returns to the office on Tuesday.

Just to levelset expectations, though: emailing the abuse team doesn't guarantee an explanation or a reversal of the decision to remove the forum from service. Since I am not staff nor am I a member of the abuse team I cannot hazard a guess as to why your forum was removed, but I wanted let you know what I have seen in past situations similar to this so you won't be surprised if it just so happens that the situation doesn't get resolved in your favour.