Tweeting “Memphis” autolocks your Twitter account • Hacker News Board

Re: Tweeting “Memphis” autolocks your Twitter account

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 8:10 PM UTC

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Re: Tweeting “Memphis” autolocks your Twitter account

#12

Post by coconut08 » Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 8:10 PM UTC

Yeah that definitely seems like a mistake. I tried it and it worked. I'm going to appeal it and see what happens. This must just be one of the algorithms going haywire or something.

Re: Tweeting “Memphis” autolocks your Twitter account

#13

Post by stormqloud » Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 8:11 PM UTC

Some twitter $2/hr contract worker for a subcontator (I knew nothing about the slave labor) on the other side of the world having fun.

Re: Tweeting “Memphis” autolocks your Twitter account

#14

Post by idlewords » Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 8:13 PM UTC

One neat trick doubles your productivity!

Re: Tweeting “Memphis” autolocks your Twitter account

#15

Post by aneutron » Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 8:13 PM UTC

coconut08 wrote: post #12

Yeah that definitely seems like a mistake. I tried it and it worked. I'm going to appeal it and see what happens. This must just be one of the algorithms going haywire or something.

Someone in the thread suggested a more probable (somewhat substantiated) reasoning: They got banned for "revealing private information". OP is thinking that someone at twitter tried banning publishing some address in Memphis, but somewhat it got tokenized (?) and so Memphis is now blocked.

Re: Tweeting “Memphis” autolocks your Twitter account

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Post by Spare_account » Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 8:13 PM UTC

https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/13711918852686725...

> What's possible is a Twitter staffer tried to block a street address, but the postal syntax acted as an escape sequence, or the original was multi-line and they only pasted the city.

What postal syntax in the US looks like an escape sequence?

Re: Tweeting “Memphis” autolocks your Twitter account

#17

Post by halotrope » Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 8:13 PM UTC

I just tried. It works. But why?

Re: Tweeting “Memphis” autolocks your Twitter account

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 8:14 PM UTC

FeteCommuniste wrote: post #4

I tried it and was locked for violating the rule against posting people’s “personal information.” I just appealed the account lock...

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Re: Tweeting “Memphis” autolocks your Twitter account

#19

Post by threevox » Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 8:14 PM UTC

idlewords wrote: post #14

One neat trick doubles your productivity!

Social media companies hate this weird trick!

Re: Tweeting “Memphis” autolocks your Twitter account

#20

Post by dgellow » Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 8:14 PM UTC

aqme28 wrote: post #3

I am now enjoying my 12 hour enforced break from Twitter.

So, Twitter now has a no procrastination feature? :)