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My Twitter Account Got Suspended

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

I woke up this morning and discovered that Twitter had blocked my account. Why? I have no idea. Apparently they have decided that auto-posting links to my blog or from Buffer looks like spam or something. I had to go through and verify myself using an SMS message to get it enabled again.

I do believe Twitter’s attempts to “clean up” the social network are just making it more difficult to use. They clearly have nothing more than vague over reactions as a strategy. That’s not good.

Or maybe I’m just a Russian troll, who knows? 😉

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