I opened a second account so I was safe, but I have gone back to my old ways with no ill-effects or blocking by Medium. I do think they are only out to catch AI generated stuff. And when they make a mistake, they do re-instate accounts, albeit without much apology. If you ever find that you CAN'T leave a comment - (an error message comes up) and find it goes into your draft folder, you know you have been sent to Medium jail. They limit stories+comments to 200 per day. I've hit it a few times. You just have to patiently wait 24 hours. I'm sharing this with you because it took me a while to work out! That second account i opened has come in quite handy twice. It can be easier than you think to hit the 200 limit, especially if you get into a few back-and-forth exchanges with writers in the response column.