someone from the Claude team got back to me
confirmed I was banned because of the supported regions policy
meanwhile DHH was just in China and openly said he was using Claude Code through Tailscale
if China is a hard restriction, shouldn’t it be the same rule for everyone?
not trying to get DHH banned lol
just trying to figure out if the policy is actually a policy
or a lottery
or selective enforcement with better branding
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going to sleep now
no Claude agent running tonight
Grok is up
let’s see if I wake up to some good news from @claudeai tmr
this guy was on the $20 plan
6 months later, he upgraded to $100
the very next day, banned
straight-up targeted fishing, no refund
absolutely disgusting
never again am I paying annually for any AI agent
they can get worse, disappear, or simply kick you out
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@damonchen @claudeai 我用20美金都没事，大概半年以后，我升级100美金的套餐后，第二天被封号，我觉得完全是在精准捕捞，绝对不会退款的，恶心至极
robbery in public
@damonchen @claudeai same happen to me, banned right after paid for the next month and no refund, how absurd it is
running a US company
being a US permanent resident
using claude only for personal + business work
temporarily staying in China
took my annual renewal for the team plan
2 days later: account is banned
@claudeai, can you at least explain what happened?
and if being physically in China is a hard restriction, then just refund the unused subscription and maybe don’t ban accounts right after taking their annual renewal
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review passed, officially got my first .cn domain 🎉
bought my first .cn domain on Alibaba Cloud yesterday
personal info approved today, now the domain itself is under review
1/3 done ✌️
moving faster than I expected tbh
not bad
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bought my first .cn domain on Alibaba Cloud yesterday
personal info approved today, now the domain itself is under review
1/3 done ✌️
moving faster than I expected tbh
not bad
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Just two very different games:
VC-backed: scale as much as you can. Go big or go home.
Solo: build a little software factory, make a living, enjoy your life.
Neither is better.
I’m rooting for both.
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sales teams automated cold outbound
so I automated the reply
my Grok bot now finds inbound cold pitches and drafts a personalized pitch back to them
reverse uno marketing at scale ✌️
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got a cold email
replied with my own pitch 🔄
buying a domain name in 🇨🇳
aliyun - alibaba cloud:
- ID please
- real name please
- real address please
- phone number please
sir, I just want a domain
Pretty sure I’ve returned all my circuit knowledge to my physics and EE teachers by now 😂
But maybe that’s OK.
I don’t need to understand every little thing happening under the hood.
I just need to make sure it works.
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unfair advantage:
living in 🇨🇳
earning in 💵
3D printing an enclosure for my DIY security key.
* Within China: 20 RMB ($3 USD)
* Within the USA: $46.18 USD
my next startup:
- ai + hardware
- b2b
- in 🇨🇳
Run out of AI usage, but dad usage has unlimited tokens 💪
we used @dubdotco to run our affiliate program
i referred them
they paid me
good platforms eventually pay you to use them
do this in your stripe
if not, that's not MRR. that's hope
hope someone comes back after 8 failed retries
everything easy to build is now free
so there are two moats left to counter AI:
1. hard to build. rockets, chips, factories.
2. needs real humans. trust, proof, a face on camera.
been betting on the second one for 6+ years
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I got rid of mailgun, postmark, brevo, and merge everything email related to @resend, couldn't be happier
Not every site I built is to make money
I built back in April 2021
It's for people to send a video to their future self
I don't mention it much in my feed
But it's been surprising to see people still using it daily
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