<story><title>Bjarne Stroustrup had his Reddit account suspended</title><url>https://twitter.com/blelbach/status/1295018218298335232</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gentleman11</author><text>I made a twitter account once. I followed maybe 4 people basically as a way to subscribe to whatever they were saying, then liked a few posts.&lt;p&gt;I got banned the same day and told that I had violated their tos in an undefined way and that attempts to contact support would be ignored. My only tweet was to say that I had finally made a dumb twitter account.&lt;p&gt;Maybe the assumption was that every human on earth must already have a twitter account, so any new account must be a bot?&lt;p&gt;These platforms are just ridiculous and we shouldn’t use them.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>derbOac</author><text>I got banned before I even posted anything. I had the account, then the third time I logged in it locked me out because of unspecified suspicious behavior. It was baffling.&lt;p&gt;Later I tried again with a different account and they wanted a phone number. It was a huge turnoff.&lt;p&gt;People give Signal heat about wanting a number but they won&amp;#x27;t even bat an eye at the same behavior from Twitter.&lt;p&gt;Frustrating to say the least.</text></comment>
<story><title>Bjarne Stroustrup had his Reddit account suspended</title><url>https://twitter.com/blelbach/status/1295018218298335232</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gentleman11</author><text>I made a twitter account once. I followed maybe 4 people basically as a way to subscribe to whatever they were saying, then liked a few posts.&lt;p&gt;I got banned the same day and told that I had violated their tos in an undefined way and that attempts to contact support would be ignored. My only tweet was to say that I had finally made a dumb twitter account.&lt;p&gt;Maybe the assumption was that every human on earth must already have a twitter account, so any new account must be a bot?&lt;p&gt;These platforms are just ridiculous and we shouldn’t use them.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>FrontAid</author><text>I ran into the exact same situation. Have been trying to get in contact with their support for weeks without getting any response at all. This is absolutely ridiculous! (Yet at the same time they get &amp;quot;hacked&amp;quot; by teenagers and I can&amp;#x27;t help but to feel karma has been served...)&lt;p&gt;edit: Should anybody from Twitter read this, please unblock @FrontAid_CMS. (I guess it&amp;#x27;s worth a try...)</text></comment>