Curious about the surge in denials

[Al Terego]

Hi there!

I got the impression that a larger than usual proportion of the applicants are getting denied recently.
I think it was something around 10-15% historically (back of the envelope estimate based on published "position" of members registered in ~10 year before 2026).
Is it a summer thing?

And while I understand that every denial has its own reasons, I am curious about the general breakdown.
Are most denials (on the aggregate) happen due to underage suspicions, multi-accounting / ban evasions, behavioural red flags, or some categories?

[Revelation]

Greetings.

We deny accounts for a fair few reasons - I won't get into the nitty gritty of why we deny some accounts however as ultimately the reasons behind a deny are between the individual denied user and our approval facing staff.

I will however say no account is denied glibly or lightly.

[RedPhoenix]

To be fair if someone keeps trying to sneak back in and they are denied twenty times that might look like a surge of denials but its really just one person being denied over and over. I know they have said they often aren't transparent about this on purpose so that how they caught them can't be worked around or something like that.

[Al Terego]

Greetings.

We deny accounts for a fair few reasons - I won't get into the nitty gritty of why we deny some accounts however as ultimately the reasons behind a deny are between the individual denied user and our approval facing staff.

I will however say no account is denied glibly or lightly.

Obviously!

I was not asking about individual cases, but rather what are most common offences.

[Al Terego]

To be fair if someone keeps trying to sneak back in and they are denied twenty times that might look like a surge of denials but its really just one person being denied over and over. I know they have said they often aren't transparent about this on purpose so that how they caught them can't be worked around or something like that.

Oh, now I feel gullible, welcoming the same delinquent over and over...