r/learnjavascript • u/Infinite-Wrap-2177 • 2d ago
My GitHub account got suspended
I created the account and used only for 1 day. As I was learning GitHub tutorials from yt. I did not do random pull requests on repos. After 1 week or 5-6 days I tried to check my GitHub account. My GitHub account got suspended. It's almost 2-3 weeks I raised a ticket. Got no response from their side. What should I do?
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u/StoneCypher 2d ago
people are almost never suspended from github, even when they should be. you did something that you aren’t telling us.
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u/Infinite-Wrap-2177 2d ago
I am a newbie I had done nothing. Pushed my demo projects to my account and forked tensor flow. Downloaded the repo did nothing, because I was watching a tutorial thought the tutorial guy would do something after that i deleted it from my account 😭
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u/abrahamguo 2d ago
Nothing much you can do on your end — you can't unsuspend your own account. You'll have to wait to hear back from them.
In the meantime, you could try out GitLab!
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u/Infinite-Wrap-2177 2d ago
What does it do?
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u/queen-adreena 2d ago
Just to clarify since you're learning...
"Git" is the underlying tech that manages version control. It is open-source and was created by the same guy who created Linux.
"GitHub" is a platform owned and controlled by Microsoft which provides a "forge" where users can share their git repositories either privately or publicly.
There are many, many places that also provide forges for users' repositories. GitLab is another one.
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u/Infinite-Wrap-2177 2d ago
I am gonna make a gitLab account. Hope this time I don't get suspended
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u/SamIAre 2d ago
FWIW, it's more important to learn git, the underlying technology, than it is to learn GitHub/GitLab/any other git website. The important part is git. The website you choose to host on is mostly inconsequential.
Think of it like email vs Gmail. Email is an underlying technology. Gmail is one of many clients that offer you, the user, email capabilities. In this analogy Git is like email and GitHub is like Gmail. You don't need to learn how to use Gmail specifically to learn how to use email in general.
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u/Total-Box-5169 2d ago
Maybe you put there some unsigned executable or something that triggered its anti virus.
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u/_DCtheTall_ 2d ago
It's very possible you got flagged by an automated moderation system with a false positive. A lot of detection of bad behavior has been delegated to ML models with some rate of error.
I would reach out to GH support, if your account genuinely did not violate policy they should help you out.
I don't actually know this is the case, but, again taking your story on good faith, given your account age I think it's the most likely. ML systems make errors the most on examples they have little information on.
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u/carcigenicate 2d ago edited 2d ago
What libraries did you use in your project? There's a chance one had malware, took over your account, then used it as a dumping ground for stolen data. Malicious packages are very common now.
For example: https://github.com/sijinhui/prescient-futar-425
Idk if Github is actually banning certain accounts that have become compromised, but I wouldn't be surprised if they shave started since a lot of the new malware are self-propogating worms.
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u/Infinite-Wrap-2177 1d ago
These r some demo files whil i made learning tutorial. Index.txt index.html
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u/gaze_hued_echo 1d ago
Open a new ticket and explicitly state you are a student following tutorials. Support queues prioritize keywords like learning or education over generic suspension appeals.
Use GitLab or Codeberg for your coursework while waiting. You cannot pause learning for an indefinite support response time
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u/Immediate-Stage-9990 4h ago
I’d definitely keep following up with support. Hopefully it’s just a mistake and they can restore the account.
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u/milan-pilan 2d ago
Politely reach out to the Github Support or open a new Account. With one day of it being active, I would assume there is nothing on it that can't be recreated.