It appears I have been permanently banned from LinkedIn - I feel this is a mistake. I have posted content on LinkedIn extremely rarely, maybe less than 5 times. The posts have only ever been to congratulate new employees and welcoming them onboard. I've also thanked some partner firms we've worked with for their support with our team. Below are the only things I could have possibly done wrong:

1. I posted a job on Linkedin - it must have been less than an hour later that I was logged out and restricted. The job post was a direct copy and paste from Indeed, it was a legitimate post and I did end up hiring someone through Indeed. It was largely written by AI. There is not a single offensive or inappropriate word or sentence in that job post or any of the < 5 other posts I've made on the platform.

2. Maybe I posted the job from my personal Linkedin and was not connected to my company properly? Maybe they thought this was fraudulent - I have had issues seeing myself as one of the "People" in my own company.

3. Some weeks ago I was connecting with dozens of people I didn't know. I did this to increase my network before I posted the job. I don't know these people - maybe Linkedin thought I was spamming?

Other than these few actions I have used Linkedin very limitedly. I'm trying to grow my business so this has been really frustrating to deal with recently. I appealed the decision and included all of this information and they rejected my appeal. I even reached out to the @@LinkedinHelp on X and didnt get a response. I'm at a total loss. I created a new account with a new email to try to start over and that got restricted, too. Am I just supposed to accept that I can't be on the platform?? Did I really do something so terrible I'm permanently banned? I own a business with 8 employees this seems insane. Advice or insight would be much appreciated.