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Document: WM-055 P. Webb
Category: Social 2023.07.17
Twitter
Abstract
…that's it?
Body
I've been banned from Twitter.
It happened suddenly, without warning. After dinner, I loaded up
Twitter for something and saw:
> Your account is suspended
> After careful review, we determined your account broke the Twitter
> Rules. Your account is permanently in read-only mode, which means
> you can’t Tweet, Retweet, or Like content. You won’t be able to
> create new accounts. If you think we got this wrong, you can submit
> an appeal.
The (indefinite) suspension email:
> Your account, NetOpWibby has been suspended for violating the
> Twitter Rules. Specifically, for: **Violating our rules against
> platform manipulation and spam.**
> You may not use Twitter’s services in a manner intended to
> artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior
> that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on Twitter. Note
> that if you attempt to evade a suspension by creating new accounts,
> we will suspend your new accounts. If you wish to appeal this
> suspension, please contact our support team.
I've since sent two appeals, the first basically confused and the
second, inquiring which tweets fell under "platform manipulation
and spam."
Twitter's reply to both appeals:
> Your account was suspended due to violations of our Terms of
> Service. After reviewing for reinstatement your account will not
> be restored.
I have a couple ideas as to what Twitter could _possibly_ mean by
"platform manipulation and spam." Bit of a reach IMHO, but hey.
The first is my usage of the hashtag, "#StoppableDomains." If that
sounds familiar, you're probably thinking of Unstoppable Domains.
From DomainNameWire[1]:
> Blockchain domain name company Unstoppable Domains has threatened
> to sue a Handshake domain name service for offering registrations
> under the .wallet Handshake domain name.
Basically, Unstoppable thought they could use the might of their VC
dollars to bully a company and the blockchain it's built on, into
submission. I happen to enjoy that blockchain quite a bit, so that's
where my beef comes in.
Using the hashtag #StoppableDomains, I also exposed UD's sketchy
W3DA, or, "Web3 Domain Alliance," which is actually just a vehicle
for them to legitimize future lawsuits and protect pending
trademarks. Did you know they filed for "Bitcoin"?[2][3] In five
countries? A company, built on Ethereum, trying to trademark the
**original** blockchain. These folks are nuts. But I digress, my
initial blog post on the topic is here.[4] I just wish I took
screenshots of all my tweets or put them on Wayback Machine.
When you're suspended, all of your tweets disappear. All that
investigative work, gone. GG
My second theory is, maybe I mentioned too many other social networks
in one tweet. I recently got an invite to Farcaster and have been
loving it, so I tweeted about it, comparing it to Bluesky and
Mastodon. Can you get banned over something like that? Who knows,
it's Elon's world over there.
In any event, this ban feels retaliatory. I'm unable to concieve how
this could happen, accidentally. I didn't have a lot of followers and
certainly never had viral tweets. I'm frustrated because I've been on
the site since 2009…that's 14 years ago. I'm unable to even export my
data. It's gone, wiped.
_spends a few minutes searching computer for possible exports_
My last Twitter export is from November of last year so at least I
have most of it.
If nothing else, this experience highlights the need for cultivating
your own space online. Thankfully, I'm technical, so writing this
blog post and SFTP'ing (shh, I know I know) it to my server isn't a
big deal. I'm also not enthused about using any of my other (14)
Twitter accounts (most of them placeholders for future or postponed
products). I've already intended to get back to working on my paid
social network[5] after I launch the registry[6] and registrar[7] for
my Handshake TLDs and now I'm motivated to work harder.
SIGH.
End of an era. 🕸️
P.S. Oh good, my #StoppableDomains tweets were in my 2022 export.[8]
References
[1] <https://domainnamewire.com/2022/07/20/unstoppable-domains-threatens-rival-handshake-domain-name>
[2] <https://twitter.com/_chjj/status/1565158353055145985>
[3] <https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=97095196&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch>
[4] <https://blog.neuenet.com/post/stoppable-domains>
[5] <https://socii.network>
[6] <https://neuenet.com>
[7] <https://twitter.com/beachfront_>
[8] <https://imgur.com/gallery/VhG3uC6>
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