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WeChat blocking issue

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Doug Young

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Why is there a business in buying and selling WeChat accounts. If WeChat is as fragile and prone to blocking as it appears to be, and support so useless, isn't there a risk that a purchased WeChat account would be quickly blocked ? I am very new to WeChat. I managed to get my account blocked after only a few messages, have no idea why, the official documentation is impossible to comprehend, and I cannot get it unlocked. I only have one WeChat friend in Australia and she does not understand the unlock instructions. Multiple requests to WeChat support on the correct form have all been ignored. Is there a trick to get support ?
 
Doug Young said:
Why is there a business in buying and selling WeChat accounts. If WeChat is as fragile and prone to blocking as it appears to be, and support so useless, isn't there a risk that a purchased WeChat account would be quickly blocked ? I am very new to WeChat. I managed to get my account blocked after only a few messages, have no idea why, the official documentation is impossible to comprehend, and I cannot get it unlocked. I only have one WeChat friend in Australia and she does not understand the unlock instructions. Multiple requests to WeChat support on the correct form have all been ignored. Is there a trick to get support ?
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I believe in some regions and countries, like India, they've made it difficult or impossible to register new WeChat international accounts, and that's why there's a black market for WeChat accounts. So if you've bought an account from some third party, which is against WeChat's ToS, and it got banned, good luck, that's it, you're done, WeChat support will NOT help you.

IMO if one is not in China, the only reason why anyone would use WeChat is if they have to communicate with users in China. I'm in China and have had WeChat for nearly 10 years, but I communicate with my friends outside of China using WhatsApp and Telegram.
 
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mikedt said:
I believe in some regions and countries, like India, they've made it difficult or impossible to register new WeChat international accounts, and that's why there's a black market for WeChat accounts. So if you've bought an account from some third party, which is against WeChat's ToS, and it got banned, good luck, that's it, you're done, WeChat support will NOT help you.

IMO if one is not in China, the only reason why anyone would use WeChat is if they have to communicate with users in China. I'm in China and have had WeChat for nearly 10 years, but I communicate with my friends outside of China using WhatsApp and Telegram.
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Yes, India has banned TikTok, WeChat, and other China-based apps.
 
TikTok has some direct messaging features, so presumably could be used as a chat app, but as that's not what it's designed for I don't know how usable it is for that purpose (I don't have a TikTok account myself, and have never installed the app).

However, a quick web search reveals that you cannot use the international "TikTok" app with a Chinese SIM card (there is a different app within China). So if the people you wish to chat with in China have non-Chinese SIMs and access to an international app store (probably via a VPN) then you could use it to communicate with them, not otherwise.
 
Hadron said:
TikTok has some direct messaging features, so presumably could be used as a chat app, but as that's not what it's designed for I don't know how usable it is for that purpose (I don't have a TikTok account myself, and have never installed the app).

However, a quick web search reveals that you cannot use the international "TikTok" app with a Chinese SIM card (there is a different app within China). So if the people you wish to chat with in China have non-Chinese SIMs and access to an international app store (probably via a VPN) then you could use it to communicate with them, not otherwise.
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Yeah, Bytedance runs a separate service in China called Douyin. Which is pretty much the same as TikTok, but the two can't communicate with each other.

One can use WhatsApp or Telegram in China with a VPN.
 
Doug Young said:
Why is there a business in buying and selling WeChat accounts. If WeChat is as fragile and prone to blocking as it appears to be, and support so useless, isn't there a risk that a purchased WeChat account would be quickly blocked ? I am very new to WeChat. I managed to get my account blocked after only a few messages, have no idea why, the official documentation is impossible to comprehend, and I cannot get it unlocked. I only have one WeChat friend in Australia and she does not understand the unlock instructions. Multiple requests to WeChat support on the correct form have all been ignored. Is there a trick to get support ? acid staining minneapolis
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I am also facing the same issue.
 
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