Can I find out what I did wrong here?

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Just curious, and whatever it was I did, I'd obviously not want to do again.

The post that triggered this quoted another post, contained a few sentences I wrote and also a YouTube link. Nothing else. Obviously I bailed on posting the message, as I wouldn't wish to run afoul of the site's ToS. But I'm curious what it was I wrote that in fact did violate the ToS. Thanks.

See here - Warning Message. (Photobucket link)

The details of what triggers a security alert are not published by CloudFlare because doing that could make it easier for assorted nasty types to bypass and cause problems. This security layer is independent from WrongPlanet so the warning won't be tied to a possible rules or ToS violation here.

I've seen reports of that warning being triggered by word content, URLs to images and even when simply trying to change an avatar. It doesn't seem to be too well explained but very likely, all you needed to do was jump through the extra hoop and complete the Captcha.

I can see not doing anything to tip off spammers, etc. In fact, given the world we live in, I suppose I have to support such measures.

I guess what I was more worried about than anything else was jeopardizing my account here, for no reason I could see. (Presuming such a thing actually applies, of course?) And, candidly, the rather kafkaesque idea that I'm doing something wrong without having any idea what exactly it is that I'm doing wrong does kind of bug me. Personal foible, I suppose.

There is no automatic vetting or suchlike at work here - the nearest to that would be the swear filter, and that's pretty clumsy at best...
In the rare case where a member's behaviour might be causing concern we would generally talk to them about it via PM first. Normally, the matter is resolved amicably and that's the end of it.