Tell HN: LinkedIn Banned Me Out of Nowhere While Raising

A week ago, while filling out my YC application, I opened LinkedIn and saw my account was banned. No warning. Just a forced ID and phone verification loop that’s impossible to complete. Support gave me the usual copy-paste response : “just complete verification”, no explanation, no reason.

I have unread DMs from potential investors, people whose emails I don’t have. Friends messaged me asking why my profile disappeared. The effect? Like tossing a rock into the ocean.

The account was real. Created in March. About 50 connections, mostly YC founders, VCs, and school friends. work email, real name, real school.

And yet-gone.

Anyone had this happen before?