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My account was OK one day before yesterday, but now when I try to open it, why does it show the message that the account has been temporarily suspended?

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I suspect it has something to do with your last two questions, both requiring moderator intervention. Put your email address in your profile so moderators can contact you. –  Uphill Luge Mar 30 '11 at 2:54
I have already added my email address –  user154990 Mar 30 '11 at 3:42
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I'm not the one who suspended you, but I see the reason and also that a notification was never sent out. I just sent a private message to your account on SO explaining the reason. Sorry for the skipped notification earlier.

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Can you send a private message to me so I can see what they look like? I'm curious. –  jjnguy Mar 30 '11 at 4:27
@jinguy The message says "YOU are curious" –  belisarius Mar 30 '11 at 6:48
@jjnguy: I would but it sends a copy to all moderators on the site, and Jeff already asked us to cut back on how much we're using it (basically to stop spamming him). He added a big red message at the top of the UI. "Privately contacting individual users should be reserved for VERY serious moderation issues only! If you need to communicate with a user for more typical issues, do so by leaving a comment on their posts, where other users can potentially benefit from it." –  Bill the Lizard Mar 30 '11 at 11:26
@Bill, so you are saying I should start causing serious trouble! :P –  jjnguy Mar 30 '11 at 12:35
@jjnguy: I was going to ask for the names of your sock puppet accounts, but I knew you wouldn't fall for it. ;) –  Bill the Lizard Mar 30 '11 at 12:38
the sad truth is that suspending users for quality is no longer notable or interesting, and happens pretty much on a daily basis. IMHO. –  Jeff Atwood Apr 3 '11 at 11:28
I learn something every day here.... today's lesson: SO does have private messages! :D –  Shadow Wizard Apr 3 '11 at 11:32
@Jeff: Do you think you could add a short reason (maybe link it to a longer explanation) to the "This account is temporarily suspended." message in user's profiles? That would make the notification that goes out to every site moderator optional. –  Bill the Lizard Apr 3 '11 at 14:11
@bill it links to the blog post which has a good and recently updated explanation. I am open to hearing ideas for edits to make that blog post better. –  Jeff Atwood Apr 3 '11 at 21:38
@Jeff: I was thinking of a more specific page based on the message templates you have set up, but I guess the blog post does already cover the two most common cases for boxing. If they can't figure out which category they fall in, then a more explicit message probably isn't going to help anyway. –  Bill the Lizard Apr 3 '11 at 22:23
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