D.L. Rand

The devastating effect of being temporarily suspended on X is not to be underestimated. Whatever happened to me and Mohamed @isma3eil was a traumatic experience. Over the past 72 hours, I rapidly went through the five stages of grief. Thankfully, I am back, but he's not, and I still have no clue what led to our suspensions. It appears we were both suspended simultaneously, likely due to something flagged by the X algorithm, possibly related to our new Dragon Day Wednesday community. The automated systems on X are a nightmare; I was locked out of my account for nearly four days. The first message claimed I violated authenticity rules—which I immediately appealed—only to receive a second message yesterday morning stating my account had been permanently suspended due to multiple or repeated rule violations. Those were the reasons listed: - Creating serial and/or multiple accounts with overlapping uses - Evading a suspension by creating or using another account - Cross-posting across multiple accounts - Aggressive following, particularly through automated means Replies to this email will not be reviewed as this decision will not be reversed. Imagine my shock upon seeing that the decision would not be reversed. Of course, I had done NONE of those things. I appealed a second time yesterday with a strong argument, bolstered by a fellow AI artist (Thank you! You know who you are), and fortunately, my account was unlocked this evening at 4:15 PM Eastern Time. It still doesn't feel quite right, as it has tainted this account (for now), but I'll live with it and move forward. I’m thankful to X if a real human being actually read my appeal and reinstated my account. Now, we need to help Mohamed Ismeil @isma3eil get his account back! And I must thank the following users for their support: Skipper Vanderwall @RobotCleopatra , XOne @xone_4 , Karl Johnson @1789Johnson , Cristian @cristianXcat , PAM @Heartwords3, RyuPixel - 竜ピクセル @RyuPixelAi , Imagination @A_I_magination , Freja @FrejaSmiles , SaintsRJ @saintsrj_ , Aeon @artbyaeon , Yoko ㊙️ @YokoLittie , SuVi @sudv05 , Heartist @Heartist95 , Bahcol Nurav @NBahcol , and AI ArtProdigy @aiartprodigy Also, Raw @raw_momo , Ai_irca @IrcaAi , NEXUS AI ACADEMY @Nexus_AiAcademy , Cita @Cita7_Ai , Mr. Fat-Cat @Fatcat2022 , Mirha @Mirha868684 , Yann Toskov @yannToskov , Christine (aka Ms. Sevier) @mssevier_ , 🆂🄴🅻🄴🅽🄴 🌙🌸 @Pretoria1971 , Serina_L @Serina__L , Ai Dream Girls @AiDreamGirls01 , Siloa @latfung , pK @psyKhimera , 𐱃 @swordd , PixelNinjaArt @PixelNinjaArt , Artistic Hauler @ArtisticMorning , RUby @RUby_KiRi , Mirha @Mirha868684 , Onix @Onixthil , Aaron Wacker @Aaron_Wacker , and many others, as well as those I may have inadvertently omitted. Thank you all for your immense support during this challenging time. 😊🙏🏼 REVEL IN AI

Happy Valentine's Day! 😃❤️

Stunning debut for the beginning of the official Dragon Day Wednesday! 😃🎉 Over 90 members Over 80 pieces of fantastic Dragon artwork (And it hasn’t been 24 hours!) Thank you everyone! 😊🙏🏼 Let’s keep going today, and beat last week’s record of 100 pieces of Dragon art! Chameleon Dragon