Civitai bans user for copying on-site prompts, ignores appeal for a month
NectarineDifferent67 · reddit · 2026-08-20
User reports being banned by Civitai for reusing prompts found on the platform itself, losing 106,000 Buzz balance. Appeals were ignored for 30 days and auto-closed with no human review. Criticizes the platform for hosting bannable content while punishing users for using it.
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