m0useanswered grow question a year ago Try not spam the DM's or use any decimal points or weblinks.
The bans are getting more cryptic now and before had a simple cause and effect.
Sometimes you can get a ban in the DM's but can type on contest pages and questions. other times its opposite and sometimes its everywhere. just give it a day and come back.
when testing some things out I got a true 7hr ban where as before it was a fake ban and refreshing the page would fix it.
This was my original message on GTOM page in April when it was all happening, some of it is still true for some people.
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If you are all experiencing weird bans this seems to help.... The bans are not a true 7hrs but seem to be part of the new anti-spam filters Growdiaries initiated giving the trolls in the GOTM contest.
Start off by refreshing the page or reloading your chat that ban triggered in.
Do not post any links or URL's in full if they contain a . com suffix, spare things out to avoid the filter, eg, "www. something. com" .co .ca and .org or .net do not seem to be affected??
Do not post any numbers and letter with a decimal/period with out spacing it out, eg "2. 0EC"
Do not post any swears or racist slang, not always enforced.
Use of special charters like { * & % } can trigger it sometimes, use them as little as possible and separate them by spaces if next to numbers or letters.
Workarounds: use commas and colons in place of decimal points/periods. [ : , ] not likely to flag the anti-spam filter.
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Good Luck!