What is going on with "This content has been deleted for violating community guidelines."?

dg2k 1,401 Reputation points
2023-05-05T06:31:06.4033333+00:00

I was trying to ask a basic question but hit with a series of
This content has been deleted for violating community guidelines.
I didn't violate anything obvious to me. The submit button had a spin on it and assumed a network issue, so I tried to submit again. And second time by changing the title slightly. They all had the same "content deleted" when I looked at the question.

Suddenly I saw one of the deleted question was replied to here and moderators must have been on it in the background. That was a relief.

Then I got an email saying You’ve been suspended from Microsoft Q&A

Seconds later I got another email saying: A moderator is reviewing your content on ...

Again, seconds later I got an email: You’re no longer suspended from Microsoft Q&A

I must say, very disconcerting to say the least.

Is this an experimental AI system playing up?

PS:

Could moderators kindly delete those questions marked with "This content has been deleted ...".
I don't want to lose my hard-earned points needlessly.

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  1. TP 102K Reputation points
    2023-05-05T07:01:44.71+00:00

    Hi,

    I looked at the list of questions on your profile and it appears there are many duplicates of the same question. As you said, you tried to post your question, it seemed like it didn't go through, so you posted it again, and again, etc. This can happen sometimes when the edge cache doesn't update immediately, causing people to think their question never got saved.

    Based on your description of events, what likely happened is one or more moderators saw the duplicates, worked on cleaning them up, suspended your account (by accident), realized they made a mistake, and quickly unsuspended your account.

    Do you have any questions that you asked that are currently deleted but shouldn't be? If yes I would be happy to undelete them for you.

    If the above was useful please click Accept Answer.

    Thanks.

    -TP

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