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Re:Twitter cut off the ability to read a tweet by fetching i... by nebalee on Friday December 18, 2020 @12:48PM (#25469763)
I had the same happening, created an account and it was locked the same day only to be unlocked when I provide a phone number. I wrote them an email telling them I refuse to give them my number for privacy reasons and they unlocked my account the next day.
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Re:Twitter cut off the ability to read a tweet by fetching i... by newerduder on Monday December 21, 2020 @12:04PM (#25496824)
Which email address did you use to contact them?

I've had this exact same problem about half a dozen times, and every time I have difficulty getting in contact with a real person, and not being led through an automated system that just ends up asking me for a phone number, or getting a reply hours later about how that inbox isn't monitored.

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Re:Twitter cut off the ability to read a tweet by fetching i... by nebalee on Monday December 21, 2020 @02:13PM (#25498280)
Sorry, it's been a while, I don't quite remember, but I think I either replied to the mail they sent informing me of the lock or it was a support contact address in that email. And they never replied, I just logged into my account the next day and the lock was gone. I wonder if a real person ever read my mail or if I simply solved some sort of CAPTCHA by writing that mail.
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