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Re:Your account is permanently suspended by helsinkiandrew on Thursday October 20, 2022 @01:09PM (#33277672)
Permanently suspended means not temporarily suspended (for a few weeks etc). Everyone gets the ability to appeal. Whether the twitter kerfuffle affected the appeal process is another matter though.
Re:Your account is permanently suspended by p_j_w on Thursday October 20, 2022 @01:54PM (#33278275)
I think the word they really want to use there is "indefinitely." It doesn't imply the same thing that "permanently" does.
Re:Your account is permanently suspended by helsinkiandrew on Friday October 21, 2022 @04:12AM (#33285728)
Being pedantic indefinitely means "lasting for an unknown or unstated length of time", which kind of implies that the account will be unbanned at some point in the future. But I don't think there's an English word that conveys something will last for ever but could be stopped. Perhaps they should use "limited ban" for a temporary ban and "unlimited ban" for permanent or "permanent appealable ban".
Re:Your account is permanently suspended by threatofrain on Thursday October 20, 2022 @02:05PM (#33278408)
I don’t get the ability to appeal. My Twitter account is permanently suspended and the appeals process is blocked for me. I have maybe tweeted once or twice years ago. I don’t get any explanation for why the appeals process doesn’t work for me or what’s wrong with my account.