[grecy]

I wonder if that would have been the result if the author didn't make so much noise about it....

[notRobot]

It would not have. For each of these articles you see, there are hundreds of others who lose access to their account for no reason and never get it back.

[chii]

or how prevailent the problem is, and is just not heard because most people don't have a voice on the internet large enough to garner attention.

[slau]

I think you mean “prevalent”. “To prevail” has a different meaning.