This experience was with a particular platform where you were required to only interact through the platform. Typical issue for Web 2, they are looking to protect their IP and as a result put in very restrictive rules. An innocuous sharing of an email address got me removed.

I was lucky as the only impact for me really was that this made me angry. It didn't really have any other impact. I could just go somewhere else, but I can imagine the real impact this type of activity could have one other people who depended on it for their livelihood or network.