Today I woke up and like every other day I start browsing the net, looking for new posts on my favorite’s blogs, reading news and… checking email.
I suddenly saw an email from Twitter support, telling that my Twitter account has been suspended –God knows if temporally or for life- due to “strange activity”. Hmm, this is pretty interesting.
Of course I quickly contacted support for more information regarding this “little misunderstanding”.
I haven’t got an official feedback yet but firsts impressions are that someone created multiple Twitter accounts, followed me and, after that, blocked me, turning my account into a possible spam one.
Some guys just act like this to kill competition as their lack of skills to face on the battlefield with better content, and that’s something I assume.
Can’t say I’m not worry though, because if that was the reason why my Twitter account has been suspended then killing a Twitter account can be easier than counting one, two, and three.
That’s a similar problem that some users were having with Digg, where a specific amount of complains –even those given without any proofs of spam or fraudulent behavior- leaded to permanent ban.
Just thought it would be interesting to follow this issue as it’s a matter that regards us all.
Will keep you posted.
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I had one of my Twitter accounts suspended a while ago and was freaking out because they didn’t seem to be responding to my email. But about a month later it was working again with still no feedback from them. So just be patient.
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Sam Reply:
January 11th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
Thanks for the tip, Tom. Will wait to see what happened.
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Dallas Web Design Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 11:06 am
wow. a month is a long time. Mine was just suspended yesterday and still is. I think i’ll just be opening a new account if it takes that long.
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Sam Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
That’s what I did
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Wow that sucks! I was banned from Adsense for a while because someone I had an arguement with clicked on my ads loads of times and got me banned.
Some people online are so immature.
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Sam Reply:
January 11th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
Too many people, I’d say.
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are there really any guy use this dirty tricks sam?
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Sam Reply:
January 12th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Yes, I can confirm it, so sad.
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