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hi again, it's been 2 weeks now since I've contacted WordPress to find out why they banned me, and haven't heard back from them. I guess they're simply too busy!

I have started using Zemanta again occasionally, and thus far no problems. So it must have been something else that caused their banning me. Anyway, all good now.

yes, I've already contacted them, but haven't heard back. Will use their support form to try again, and will let you know :)

it simply didn't work (I blogged about how it happened here, including screenshot: http://intellr.wordpress.com/ ). Apparently they don't ever notify you of the decision when they suspend an account - they just do it! I think it's shocking and I'm still a bit annoyed with them now.

edit: hence I'm wary to use Zemanta, if this is what did indeed cause it. I'm sure it didn't, as otherwise other people would have reported the same problem. However I would feel more confident if someone could definitely confirm it.

I've just returned from a business trip where I was unable to check. Hadn't contacted WP yet, but it's working again! Not sure why - did you speak to them? I just want to make sure it doesn't happen again, so I won't in fact use Zemanta till I know for sure...

thanks

I'm not 'blaming' you guys, I like what you do! It's just that this was the only change in terms of my back-end, hence, this is the first issue that I'm investigating. I've been blogging for 2 years in much the same style/with the same method and have never had any problems before. – lenina, on April 12, 2008 09:06

yep, I've already contacted support, but they're only available Mon-Fri.

It might not be Zemanta 'causing' it, but I don't violate any TOS or anything, and my blog is good and established. I.e. there is no reason whatsoever why they should suspend it! Since the only change I have made was to add Zemanta, that's the first thing that came to my mind.

On the other hand, someone may just have complained about my blog for some reason. I.e. flagged it up for some other reason. Either way, it's unaccpetable that WP suspend accounts without prior notification.

Thanks guys for your help, and I will let you know once I know what the problem was.