Pinterest accusing me of "self harm" for a... possum meme

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So a couple of days ago Pinterest sends me an email accusing me of promoting self harm. I'm like... ???? Of course I can't see the pin they're talking about. But I figure this is like the time they accused me of "obscenity" for saving a color chart (which was literally strips of color with hex codes on them) and "hateful activities" for saving a guideline to photo editing settings.

So, I appeal the removal on principle. Yesterday they reinstated it. But then I guess someone at Pinterest HQ took my winning the appeal personally and at 3 am I got another email warning me about the same pin. It's apparently been removed again and I'm warned again about violating their Community Guidelines.

What is the pin? That old meme from about 2019 that either features a possum or a raccoon and says some variation of "Live fast, eat trash, get hit by a car." You can find dozens if not hundreds of variations of this meme on Pinterest not to mention Redbubble, Teepublic, etc. sold on stickers and t-shirts.

This is the dumbest shit I have ever seen. I wouldn't care but I recently started pinning some of my own work to try to promote it. That's actually when this stuff started. I think they just want me to pay them to promote my pins.
 
pinterest and all social media are like this nowadays...strictly censoring memes and bullshit, while pedos, gore and all kind of heavy trash that really harm society is still freely there
 
So a couple of days ago Pinterest sends me an email accusing me of promoting self harm. I'm like... ???? Of course I can't see the pin they're talking about. But I figure this is like the time they accused me of "obscenity" for saving a color chart (which was literally strips of color with hex codes on them) and "hateful activities" for saving a guideline to photo editing settings.

So, I appeal the removal on principle. Yesterday they reinstated it. But then I guess someone at Pinterest HQ took my winning the appeal personally and at 3 am I got another email warning me about the same pin. It's apparently been removed again and I'm warned again about violating their Community Guidelines.

What is the pin? That old meme from about 2019 that either features a possum or a raccoon and says some variation of "Live fast, eat trash, get hit by a car." You can find dozens if not hundreds of variations of this meme on Pinterest not to mention Redbubble, Teepublic, etc. sold on stickers and t-shirts.

This is the dumbest shit I have ever seen. I wouldn't care but I recently started pinning some of my own work to try to promote it. That's actually when this stuff started. I think they just want me to pay them to promote my pins.
This tale is as old as Pinterest itself. Pinterest support has always been this bad, I'll advice you don't post that pin again so you don't lose your account.
 
Pint*erest's algorithm is clearly having a meltdown, falsely flagging harmless memes and making it harder for creators to promote their work, it sounds like they're just trying to get you to pay for promotion
 
I believe this pin was removed by mistake. It is a harmless meme featuring a possum/raccoon and does not promote self-harm. Please review it again.
 
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