"The username violates our guidelines"

Anonymous
2021-12-28T21:56:04+00:00

I tried commenting on an article for the first time today. When i went to sign up and agree to the terms a window said in red letters "The username violates our guidelines"...

my username is my first and last name so I don't understand why I'm seeing this. There is no option to dispute on screen https://account.microsoft.com/profile?ocid=msedgntp

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-02-12T18:58:31+00:00

    @joshuazanola Does your account now work? Mine did just now.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-12T18:59:33+00:00

    This is what I saw today:

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-12T19:36:48+00:00

    Still blocked

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-12T19:56:01+00:00

    The only other thing I can think of that I did was several days ago I "change" my name. (And it had a recaptcha) Perhaps that did something.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-02-13T02:47:26+00:00

    This is also happening to me. I also was using my real name. I tried to change it to something else but it still won't let me post. Considering the original complaint about this issue was 25 days ago I guess Microsoft has no intention of fixing this issue or just doesn't care. What a shocker....and they wonder why people don't switch from Google....

    I sincerely hope this isn't some kind of retaliatory action by pleebs that work at Microsoft against people who post conservative comments. The fact that it isn't fixed going on a month later really, really screams "woke tech" employees trying to stop free speech once again.

    Microsoft: Fix this issue please

    Issue happening to me too. Can't reply to any news comments. I can put my real name and still won't work. All it shows is blank name.

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