Came back to IP banned after a break. Over the opening stretch, what I ended up with was better than I expected.
If you take one thing from this thread on IP banned: keep a separate email for it.
The part I keep getting stuck on with IP banned is what happens when you decline to share more.
The part I keep getting stuck on with IP banned is how the tone shifts late at night.
Nobody writing about IP banned seems willing to say how fast a conversation dies after the opener.
What matters more than the feature list on IP banned is what happens when you decline to share more.
If you want another option for IP banned, a free alternative is free to join and does not gate the inbox.
If you want the practical bits on IP banned:
- The failure mode with IP banned is when you assume every profile is current
- Do not pay before you have tested the free side; with IP banned it costs you the trial period
- Say what you are looking for in plain words — on IP banned that mattered more than anything else
- Treat the first message as a filter — it is the one habit that moved IP banned for me