Permanently Suspended on Twitter. Now what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m suspended from Twitter too and I’ve NEVER even posted. I followed like 15 people (none with radical or controversial ideas). My suspension makes zero sense. I’ve appealed and heard nothing back.

Thank you for saying this. I think this is more common than people realize. Typically when I talk about my Twitter suspension people are like, what did you do?!? Nothing! Not a thing. It makes no sense!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Something doesn't track here. 4k followers isn't a lot but it's way more than the sort of user OP is describing would have. Occasional poster who only started using more frequently during the pandemic, and largely uses it to follow school and local news? That sort of Twitter user will wind up with 300-400 followers typically. Maybe if they have a large network that is very online (perhaps work in a field where having a Twitter account is common), they could have up to 1k or so.

But 4k? I don't think so. I know some minor DC "celebs" who don't have that many followers, including people who are very involved in DC politics or culture, tweet daily, and are followed and retweeted by ultra-popular local accounts like Popville and Barred in DC. A lot of NOT minor DC celebrities only have 10-15k followers. OP is a 40-yr-old mom who doesn't post often and has a narrow range of interests? Nope, either that's not an accurate description of your Twitter activity, or you are lying about your followers, or you bought a bunch of bot followers for your account (perhaps in anticipation of launching your business), and that's precisely why your account was flagged and suspended.

Look, Twitter suck since Elon took over and with his new verification policies, it's probably going to be over soon. So it's not some great loss. And I wouldn't put it past Elon's Twitter to make some boneheaded decision about suspending an account, either. But something about your story doesn't make sense. The follower account and the claimed Twitter behavior don't track, and no one uses Twitter as their main source of school info, that's bonkers. There is something missing from this story or you are changing a key piece of information that would make more sense. I'm guessing you got suspended for a reason, miss it terribly for reasons that have nothing to do with schools, and are looking for sympathy here. I don't buy it.

+1 million to this. 4k followers is not something that happens organically and the root of your suspension most likely lies in how you got to that number.

I amassed those followers when I was working in PR in my 20s. Almost none of them are recent follows.