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Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by Kiro »

bryced wrote: post #163

Seems most likely you replied to this tweet and forgot. Your tweet makes sense in this context. "They arent bothering to train current conscripts. Some Russian soldiers say they are given a weapon and sent straight in. Learn on the job." 11:29 AM · May 2, 2022 https://twitter.com/Johnrigsby128/status/1521195277033648129

In that context it doesn't really look like a reply a hacker would make to get an account banned (unless they know exactly what triggers the auto-ban algorithm and are covering their tracks).

Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by zhfliz »

throwntoday wrote: post #226
jacquesm wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would not make any assumptions about implementation details to which I have no access.

It is common practice in the industry to never delete data. There are also legal reasons for this.

not arguing in favor of op but there's also legal reasons to not keep data.

Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by jacquesm »

throwntoday wrote: post #224
jacquesm wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> why aren't you deleting the tweet? Because deleting it would remove the one bit of evidence that this happened and may well wipe out the data that would allow establishing how this was done. > What if someone got hold of your password somehow? Theoretically possible, practically not very likely for all kinds of reasons which I won't go into here but which you are going to have to take my word for. Let's just say th…

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> I hate to be that guy

Proceeds to be that guy.

Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by stagas »

jacquesm wrote: post #176
bryced wrote: post #163

Seems most likely you replied to this tweet and forgot. Your tweet makes sense in this context. "They arent bothering to train current conscripts. Some Russian soldiers say they are given a weapon and sent straight in. Learn on the job." 11:29 AM · May 2, 2022 https://twitter.com/Johnrigsby128/status/1521195277033648129

Ok interesting, but within that context the tweet at least makes some sense but does not call for someone to die explicitly... it just gets weirder...

It seems someone is replying to your tweet by triggering the appeal process and telling you it's not "learn on the job", you said it wrong, it's "die on the job...".

Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by jacquesm »

stagas wrote: post #239

Is it possible for the "appeal" process to be compromised with any arbitrary content so that was what triggered the email? Are you sure the email is really from Twitter and not some kind of phishing?

It certainly doesn't look like a phishing email. That said, I've received plenty of email from Google where I was quite sure that it was phishing when eventually it turned out that it wasn't so I guess anything is possible.

But it definitely looks genuine, headers and all.

Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by _Nat_ »

jacquesm wrote: post #235
_Nat_ wrote: post #214

Twitter blocking an account for a message made by that account seems mundane and uninteresting. The related issue of someone-else allegedly posting on the author's Twitter-account would seem more interesting.

Indeed.

Currently, the title is "Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make", and the first part of the post shows an appeal of the block.

It'd seem like a more direct title might be something like, "An unauthorized party posted using my Twitter account.". Or just, "My Twitter got hacked.".

Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by jacquesm »

jrootabega wrote: post #236
jacquesm wrote: post #232

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think I would be aware of that.

You very well might not be. Carbon monoxide, stress, medication, sleepwalking, etc. If it's CO, at least try going outside and getting fresh air and see if things clear up. And at least ask someone for their opinion and get a CO detector. It's well worth a try for your own well-being.

Regardless of whatever is up here that's good advice, I'll pack it in for the day and check back tomorrow to see what if anything happened. Thank you for the concern!

Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by sjs382 »

throwntoday wrote: post #226
jacquesm wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would not make any assumptions about implementation details to which I have no access.

It is common practice in the industry to never delete data. There are also legal reasons for this.

Depending on context (GDPR, CCPA, etc) there are legal reasons to actually delete data when your users request to rather than simply mark the data as "deleted".

I understand OP's "I would not make any assumptions about implementation details to which I have no access." approach. That said though, I wouldn't expect any sort of "investigation", so my approach would probably be the same as most: "meh, delete it, change my password, revoke tokens and move on".

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Post by tamaharbor »

carabiner wrote: post #107
wfhordie wrote: post #9

I am sort of baffled by all the ink being spilt about Twitter. I still find it jarring that anyone reports on “tweets,” and that there is even a process to ‘appeal’ a decision made ‘about a tweet.’ Anyway, meta-commentary aside, this blog post is something of a mystery. I don’t know whether the author of the post actually wrote the tweet in question and is somehow trying to get back onto Twitter, or if his account wa…

The previous US president used Twitter as his primary form of public address. These are now part of the presidential archive. Like it or not, in 2022, Twitter is a first class medium for communication.

And now that previous US President has been kicked off of Twitter, yet Russian President Vladimir Putin remains in good standing. Explain it.

Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by cafhhh »

rexpop wrote: post #11
wfhordie wrote: post #9

I am sort of baffled by all the ink being spilt about Twitter. I still find it jarring that anyone reports on “tweets,” and that there is even a process to ‘appeal’ a decision made ‘about a tweet.’ Anyway, meta-commentary aside, this blog post is something of a mystery. I don’t know whether the author of the post actually wrote the tweet in question and is somehow trying to get back onto Twitter, or if his account wa…

From the author's account, it's clear to me that he didn't write the tweet.

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