By akashicseer
As a new customer it makes ZERO sense why I am being denied service until I upload selfies of everything in the world just to prove who I am. Why demand my credit card information first? In over 10 years of Web Development i have not had such a frustrating insane nonsensical experience. What genius thought this process was a great idea to put new customers through hell before they are allowed the almighty privilege of being allowed to purchase a $5 droplet to test out Digital ocean.
You know what this nonsense does??? Sends me to anyone other than DigitalOcean. Have fun with this campaign. It should be very successful
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Hi @akashicseer,
Unfortunately, we can’t provide you with a legit answer here as this forum is for technical questions addressing your server.
Having said that, speaking from experience with familiar system, most probably the DO system has detected you as a HIGH RISK customer. Please note this is just a presumption and it can be wrong!!
You might want to create a ticket with DO directly.
Kind regards, Kalin
Even a $5 DO droplet let’s a web dev serve what-ever content they might want online extremely fast.
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