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Re:Ask HN: If I get locked out of everything, please try to ... by TurkishPoptart on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:08AM (#33966070)
>What's worse is that the the error messages never explain the problem. It's just an endless sequence of "Oops! Something went wrong" "We could not fulfill your request" "Please try again later".

You're absolutely right. They each carry the tone of "This content isn't available right now", like when trying to view a tweet from a shadowbanned user. I've seen that drive people, particularly family, into a kind of aggressive version of frustration.

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Re:Ask HN: If I get locked out of everything, please try to ... by nonrandomstring on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:51AM (#33966289)
> They each carry the tone of "This content isn't available right now"

At this point it's merely static deception. Wait until they run a GPT bot programmed to interactively lie to you, deflect, stall, misdirect and stonewall you based on your personal profile. These companies are devious and untrustworthy to their core, and the only reason anyone uses them is because they're forced to.

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Re:Ask HN: If I get locked out of everything, please try to ... by actionfromafar on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @07:11AM (#33967825)
No need to wait: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/13/becoming-...
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Re:Ask HN: If I get locked out of everything, please try to ... by nonrandomstring on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @08:23AM (#33968475)
Quite staggering account of how technology has created the worst of all possible worlds for everyone. There are no winners here. People, we have failed. Give up and grow vegetables :)
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