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What is cooldown and how does it end?
If your rating drops below 3.5, more than 30% of your last 10 burns are rejected, or you submit a burn that's silent, off-site or under two minutes, your account cools down for 7 days: you can still record, but burns don't pay and earn no Heat Points or credits. It lifts automatically.
What triggers it
- A rating average under 3.5 across the rated burns among your last 10 decided burns (once at least 5 are rated)
- More than 30% of your last 10 decided burns rejected
- A burn rejected for being silent, under two minutes, or mostly off-site
- Attempting to contact a site owner outside the platform
What it means
For 7 days you can still claim and record burns, but approvals pay nothing and add no Heat Points, no credit progress and no badges, and ad ratings earn nothing. Money already in your balance stays there and is paid out as normal. Your level and existing badges stay. Priority access and free audits pause.
How it ends
Automatically after 7 days; your Heat Points page shows the date. An admin can lift it early after a successful appeal. Burns approved during cooldown aren't paid or awarded retroactively.
Permanent removal
A second cooldown within 90 days, submitting AI-generated or pre-recorded content, or harassing a site owner results in permanent removal. Heat Points, badges and unspent credits earned through Heat Points are forfeited.
The full policy is at /demonetization.
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