Re:Twitter backs down and unlocks NY Post account
by zxcvbn4038 on Saturday October 31, 2020 @01:44AM
(#24949393)
My Twitter career ended a few minutes after signing up when they decided I was a robot with no evidence or appeal, so I am especially thrilled to see them held accountable for their arbitrary and baseless decisions.
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Re:Twitter backs down and unlocks NY Post account
by iamshs on Saturday October 31, 2020 @02:07AM
(#24949472)
Mine ended when they gated me on a screen asking for phone number to unlock the account. I cannot even log onto my account anymore as Twitter says Email does not exist - on a six month old account until I one day tweeted something that got some group of people riled up.
Re:Twitter backs down and unlocks NY Post account
by captn3m0 on Saturday October 31, 2020 @02:34AM
(#24949557)
They suspended 12 of my accounts for no reason (generic ToS violation) only because they were linked together using TweetDeck. None of them violated anything, and appeals are still progressing 2 months later. 8/12 unsuspended - 4 more to go.
What was especially sad was that I used tweetdeck to improve my security - can use the account without sharing my password. However, twitter penalized me for trying to improve security by using it as a discovery mechanism for my remaining accounts.
Re:Twitter backs down and unlocks NY Post account
by s9w on Saturday October 31, 2020 @02:13AM
(#24949493)
I'm actually confused as to how people even make Twitter accounts. Twitter has always asked for a phone number here at the time of creating your accounts. Who even considers giving that? I've never been able to even create a fake account.
Re:Twitter backs down and unlocks NY Post account
by bpodgursky on Saturday October 31, 2020 @02:16AM
(#24949506)
> Who even considers giving that?
Sorta funny you say that, given that Twitter's original value prop (how it got huge) was being able to Tweet via SMS. The character limits weren't just for fun.