From 4a405b4601c65bdbabb8abb6944d6c605969a3f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: okcoder1 Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 22:00:48 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] make sure fraudsters dont go around contacting admins instead of FD app (#575) --- app/views/static_pages/index.html.erb | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/app/views/static_pages/index.html.erb b/app/views/static_pages/index.html.erb index bbdd9b7..25bc03d 100644 --- a/app/views/static_pages/index.html.erb +++ b/app/views/static_pages/index.html.erb @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@

What does this mean? Your account was convicted for fraud or abuse of Hackatime, such as using methods to gain an unfair advantage on the leaderboards or attempting to manipulate your coding time in any way. This restricts your access to participate in public leaderboards, but Hackatime will still track and display your time. This may also affect your ability to participate in current and future Hack Club events.

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What can I do? Account bans are non-negotiable, and will not be removed unless determined to have been issued incorrectly. In that case, it will automatically be removed. We take fraud very seriously and have a zero-tolerance policy for abuse. If you believe this was a mistake, please DM the Fraud Department on Slack. We do not respond in any other channel.

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What can I do? Account bans are non-negotiable, and will not be removed unless determined to have been issued incorrectly. In that case, it will automatically be removed. We take fraud very seriously and have a zero-tolerance policy for abuse. If you believe this was a mistake, please DM the Fraud Department on Slack. We do not respond in any other channel, DM or thread.

Can I know what caused this? No. We do not disclose the patterns that were detected. Releasing this information would only benefit fraudsters. The fraud team regularly investigates claims of false bans to increase the effectiveness of our detection systems to combat fraud.