There are other reasons for rate-limiting besides an account being new—if an account has posted a lot of unsubstantive or uncivil comments, for example. I doubt that I told you it couldn't be undone, because it can be undone. What I probably said was that you should email us because it isn't a good idea to go on about it here.

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