Comments on: Are You Risking Twitter Account Suspension?

By: ThnxPinterest

ThnxPinterest — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:41:15 +0000

I’m so frustrated, I just started my blog and set up a twitter account that I have been using totally ligit and after less than a month it got suspended. The only reason above that might apply is including the same link – the only reason I include the same link is that my blog seems to keep the same shortened link for each post…although I would say that it was fewer than 60% of my tweets that included the link…argh! Anyone have tips on getting a suspended account turned back on?

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:20:34 +0000

Isnt that what twitter Is made up for? To follow people and tweet about stuff? Im confused…

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By: Shee

Shee — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:30:32 +0000

I can’t open my twitter account @IAmNahreshi. I don’t know if it was hacked or just suspended but I they say that my username and password does not match, well in fact I did not change anything in my account.I don’t want to start over because it took me a long time to have all of those followers. How can I get it back? Please help me! Please. contact me @IAmNahreshii. that’s my other twitter account. Thanks!!!

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:57:10 +0000

My twitter account SonomaCntyHomes was suspended without warning, so I’ve been trying to figure out why. Can’t get anything but auto-responses from the twitter help desk and it’s been over a week!

Reading the twitter terms of service didn’t help one iota, but your list helped — thanks! The item I think I violated was: * If your updates consist mainly of links, and not personal updates;

Still don’t understand why this would be considered a “mortal sin” but at least now I have a clue…

Thanks!

By: jimmy

jimmy — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:21:59 +0000

f## this dude if you follow all this rules where is the freedom than they making more and more rules after couple years nobody is gonna use twitter anymore and because twitter is now most popular community that does meand that they have to be arrogant

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:37:56 +0000

Then Twitter so suspend @SomedaywithJB and her second account @somedaywithJDB she asked told this girl ” Heyyy dont change you’re icon, i really want to save you’re picture!” ( The picture was of her BTW)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:35:51 +0000

this girl on twitter is trying to suspend my friend for no reason and she said twitter DMed them about suspending her account and this girl is really rude and keeps stalking me and my friends on twitter even though we blocked her she still finds ways to talk to us!
her username’s are
@SomedaywithJb and @somedaywithJDb

By: Sohair

Sohair — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 02:49:59 +0000

So is there any way at all that I can re-open my account? Please reply to me ASAP. Thanks(;

By: poulan dealers

poulan dealers — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:08:22 +0000

Good publish, adding this to my personal blog now, thanks.

By: Chaser Cruz

Chaser Cruz — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:20:51 +0000

Like in any organizations rules are set to follow. The suspension of Twitter account is base on what have you done or the damage you have done. Rules are rules and everyone must agree to obey all of it. Consequences awaits for every action taken.

By: Daan

Daan — Mon, 30 May 2011 15:50:26 +0000

Notice that a large group of people can get together and get yoususpended without reason and without you ever seeing it comming.
* If a large number of people are blocking you;
* The number of spam complaints that have been filed against you;
twitter has no check to see if there is a real reason for spam complaints or mass blocking.

By: Elvin Guenin

Elvin Guenin — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:46:09 +0000

I am very thankful to this topic because it really gives great information ‘**

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:19:59 +0000

I never knew there was a term for the follow-un follow-follow action.

Wonderful and informative article, Susan!

By: Maha

Maha — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 08:38:42 +0000

I made more than 90 accounts for my work, after that I found all the accounts are suspended,I couldn`t fix the problem.
Is the reason because of all these accounts I made??

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:25:07 +0000

There’s a grey area there, and there will be some victims. I feel sorry for them.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:43:25 +0000

grrr. one of my accounts is suspended and i cant figure out how to dispute it.

By: Diamond Chavous

Diamond Chavous — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:22:14 +0000

have been visiting ur blog for several days. really enjoy your posts. by the way i am doing a study concerning this topic. do you happen to know any other great blogs or maybe online forums that I might get more? many thanks.

By: courtney

courtney — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:00:02 +0000

hey erm i recently got suspended from twitter i dont know why i read your thing and i havnt really done anything i have said a trending topic repeatedly but everybody does that and they havnt been suspended i also sent a message to a girl because she had set up hate account to my idol demi lovato and her tweets were voilent and threatening there are a number of accounts like this and they havnt been suspended its seem very unfairk, if i have broken one of the rules above im not aware becus they didnt send an email explaining anything im fine with taking the suspension but i just wondered do you know if theyll restore my followers because i worked really hard to earn them and some of them were celebrities and i would be horrible to loose for something stupid xx thnx pls reply in email :]

By: twitter unfollow

twitter unfollow — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:37:44 +0000

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By: Sarah Baron

Sarah Baron — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:31:50 +0000

Very interesting and information post for the rest of us.

Thanks,
Sarah Baron

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:27:24 +0000

I believe there is a general difference between unfollowing people, churning, and then spam follow/unfollowing people. How long are you waiting between when you follow someone, and then unfollow them?

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:32:25 +0000

All I can say is wtf!!

By: 3l337

3l337 — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:41:10 +0000

I wish I would of followed your advice before yesterday…. I lost aprox 750,000 followers in 1 day… yes on multiple accounts. each account targeted a specific keyword in the same niche. Now I am screwed… I just wasted a year on social networking and now I am going back to my basic SEO articles, press releases, etc ….. foxtrot uniform charlie kilo.

I am not a spammer but, all my accounts were pointing at the same url. and my tweets were dripping over all the accounts, but they were the same tweet on each of the accounts, I should of used a spinner….

I would tweet this article but I lost all 200 accounts.

I still have all the ping.fm integration connected…. maybe i can salvage that.

By: David Weedmark

David Weedmark — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:31:23 +0000

Always a good idea to refresh oneself on these rules. Thanks for posting them.

By: dotJenna

dotJenna — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:24:44 +0000

This is a great article. Thanks for the time and trouble of putting it together. Unfortunately, Twitter has these horrible follow-limits on me that make it impossible for me to follow more people. I am being very good and not spamming anyone, yet I’m treated like a step-child. Very annoying.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:22:03 +0000

Ok what happens with people who follow but don’t get the people they follow to follow back? I follow 203 people but only 76 follow me in return. It’s been like this for a while. I don’t care if they follow back or not, some reply some don’t but they haven’t blocked me either. Am I at risk of being suspended? Please help. I like twitter because of the fan interaction by a few celebs. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

By: Blu (The Blu in you)

Blu (The Blu in you) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:18:27 +0000

Just as I was getting ready to unleash my can o’spam on the twitter community…. Ah, I kid, I kid.

Eye opening article. Am I ever glad that none of the undesirable mentioned could come back and haunt me, as I never participated in any of it. Sure, I’ve posted maybe a couple of links, if that. I’m a read-o-holic, unfortunately for my own account. I get so absorbed by everyone else’s wonder-tweets that I foget all about my own.

Thanks for the heads up, in any event.

By: gilcarvr

gilcarvr — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:41:41 +0000

churn… nice name… even before i knew of it… i decided to turn off e’mail all notifications within days of joining twitter…

i pay absolutely no attention to who is following or unfollowing me…

instead of wasting time on follow/unfollow and dm notifications… i spend my time interacting with the folks who actually respond via twitter…

By: Syl Wilson

Syl Wilson — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:38:49 +0000

Wow, this was so eye opening. I think I have done some of this..yikes. I better make sure I stay on the straight and narrow and I suppose...if I keep getting annoying DM's I know have some ammunition! .-= Syl Wilson´s last blog ..Recession meets angry marketers =-.

By: Warren Bobrow

Warren Bobrow — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:34:08 +0000

Why not suspend all those autoreply folks? I reply back to everyone who follows me with a real message.. not one of those thank you for following me without any care in the world. .-= Warren Bobrow´s last blog ..food poetry.. tea reviews and musings on Park Avenue Winter =-.

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By: Beth

Beth — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:56:54 +0000

I’m going to be honest and say- Why doesn’t Twitter 1. Crack down on actual spammers-those who mass follow, post links to make money fast schemes in every Tweet and 2. Those who have 10,000 followers, but only follow 10? It seems like the more I block, the more spam I receive.

It also seems the rules don’t apply to all, especially the so-called “elite” Tweeters and celebrities. When you sign up for Twitter you agree to their terms- just as everyone else- it should be enforced despite who you are in real life, (or Twitter itself).

The two below are examples of what the most notable get away with:

If your updates consist mainly of links, and not personal updates.

If you post duplicate content over multiple accounts or multiple duplicate updates on one account.

I am a conversationalist on Twitter, with the exception of promoting charities. Do I post links? Yes- as do the charity accounts- how else are they to inform people of what they do? It’s no different than a self-proclaimed guru telling people to follow a certain person over and over again. At least I’m providing information and helping good causes who need recognition. This is how social functions work in life- you converse, engage and provide information. And this is how Twitter should work.

By: Branwen

Branwen — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:41:57 +0000

Thank you for explaining that odd behavior some folks do, churning. I could never figure it out, because that’s not how I operate on Twitter. But I’m glad you explained what it was (they wanted to be on the front page). I find churning annoying.

I’m blocking someone because of it. I don’t know if that will be enough to get their account suspended, but they’ve been doing this follow-unfollow behavior on my page 5x now. And each time they follow, I have never followed them back. Makes me wonder if they ever got the hint.

Appreciate your list on Twitter’s policy. I plan on sharing your article with others.

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Web 2.0 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:15:24 +0000

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By: Matt A

Matt A — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:15:06 +0000

Thanks for the great article explaining a lot of this – I didn’t know quite a bit of that so I’ll be careful! I did use an unfollow ap not long ago – I had closed my account, restarted it and wanted to severely limit the # of people I was following. They didn’t close me out but I’ll have to be much more careful!

And now I have to go find you on Twitter to follow you. haha

Matt
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By: maikeru76

maikeru76 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:31:53 +0000

I have been suspended (too “automated”) and it was a lesson well-learnt… GREAT article btw.

By: Ima Cracker

Ima Cracker — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:50:54 +0000

I’m not going to panic , If twitter decides to cancel my account. I’m too busy worrying about frost getting on my roses , and trying desparately to find new ways – to keep the cable guy from leaving teethmarks – on the windshield of my Landrover.

By: Jean Ballinger, CPA

Jean Ballinger, CPA — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:00:14 +0000

Thank you for this very informative article! I started w/ Twitter last Fall & learn new things all the time. I really wondered when I saw accounts with only 1, or maybe 3 or 4, posts yet had 1,000 followers. Now I understand.

I do sometimes go on a binge & manually follow alot of people at one time. A few days ago, I laboriously searched my followers to unfollow those who haven’t tweeted in the last 3 months.
Sure hope Twitter doesn’t see a bad “pattern” in this type of activity.

I’m having a great time with Twitter!

By: Brad F.

Brad F. — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:59:25 +0000

My question is, what's the point of getting more followers automatically? Who are those people? Are they real? Will any of them pay attention to your content? Follower growth should be done naturally so you get quality followers that are following you because they actually want to follow you. It's not a numbers game. I wish people would stop trying to turn every social network into a popularity contest based on the number of 'friends' they have. .-= Brad F.´s last blog ..Save Your Lawn Clippings =-.

By: lydia kimble-wright

lydia kimble-wright — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:00:13 +0000

Thank you for the info, esp. about churning, which has happened to me a number of times, but I too thought it was a glitch or something I’d done. I follow you for informative material that is sure to be relevant. Your effort is appreciated. Blessings.

By: Lori Moreno

Lori Moreno — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:03:22 +0000

Excellent post Susan! Thanks for helping keep people current with Twitter’s policies.

You #RAWK! LOL XOX

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By: LunaJune

LunaJune — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:55:17 +0000

I need help I dont’ do any of those things.. I do have a couple of fave tweets that I send out to new people following me but twitter now thinks Im a spammer serious crying.. no one can find me ina search..
I have messages everywhere but twitter doesn;t seem to hear…any ideas?

By: wrapadoo

wrapadoo — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:55:17 +0000

Fairly new to Twitter and always spending a few minutes a day to figure out how all this works. I pleased beyond measure to have come across this article because I have found myself perplexed and bafffled by some of things that occur, reoccur and then disappear. I’ve tried honestly to grow a list from an organic source of basic business & marketing and have often wondered how so can have the massive amounts of followers???? It’s kind of like karma, it either works for you or it works against you. I’ve made honest learning mistakes and hope to keep learning the dos and dont’s along the way. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO WRITE THIS ARTICLE!

By: Anita Nelson

Anita Nelson — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:24:31 +0000

Great post, Susan!
Twitter has not been very clear about expressing the rules, perhaps they should hire you to write them. Or at least adopt this post as official =) Very well communicated great content as usual!
x0x
Anita @ModelSupplies

By: Jeanette Bennett

Jeanette Bennett — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:15:09 +0000

Huh? You can get suspended for unfollowing people? That’s a bit insane. I’m sorry, but most of us are not celebrities. The only way anyone will discover us is to follow them. If they like us, they follow back. If they aren’t interested, they don’t. Since they can’t see you, why would you keep them? It’s nothing personal on either side.

I’m an aspiring writer trying to promote myself. Publishers won’t even look at you nowadays unless you can prove you already have a following. Crazy, I know, but that’s the nature of the beast today.

Now I could just tweet “Go here and read my first chapter” over and over. Instead I’m tweeting as my character on his daily adventures. I follow lists of sci-fi fans, book lovers, historians, etc. that look like they might be interested. I have hundreds tweeting me how much they love my twitter feed and telling others to follow me. 90% of these people would never have discovered me, if I hadn’t followed them first.

I don’t believe I’m doing anything wrong. I’m not intentially bothering anyone and I’m certainly hurting no one. And I seem to be entertaining a lot of people. If Twitter ever suspended @Wendell_Howe I think there might be a riot!

Does Twitter automatically suspend people, or do they look at what you are doing first? People are finding all kinds of clever and harmless applications for Twitter that Twitter doesn’t seem to even know about. Twitter should remember to follow the spirit of the law rather the letter.
.-= Jeanette Bennett´s last blog ..A Debate on the Ramifications of Time Manipulation =-.

By: Alice

Alice — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:25:17 +0000

Thank you for this post! I never spam people but post quite many links – I didn’t know it was against the rules… I also knew nothing about the churning. However, now I understand why one and the same person followed me at least 3 times (it stopped when I unfollowed them)