Perplexity permabanned me in their official sub for citing their own documentation to expose “Deep Research” false advertising and massive downgrade.
I am writing this as a warning to anyone paying for Perplexity Pro expecting the advertised "Deep Research" capabilities. TL;DR: I proved, using Perplexity's own active documentation and official launch blog, that their "Deep Research" agent is severely throttled and not meeting its contractual specifications. The community validated my findings (my post reached 280+ upvotes, 65 comments, 100+ shares, and reached the top of the sub's front page). Instead of addressing the issue, the moderators permanently banned me and removed the thread to silence the discussion. The Full Story: I have been a Pro subscriber specifically for the "Deep Research" feature, which is sold as an "Autonomous Agent" that "reads hundreds of sources" and takes "4-5 minutes" to reason through complex tasks and delive...








