Twitter link to etherscan got me suspended

[haggercody]

Hope this topic is ok in this forum.  Just wanted to see if others have run into this?  I was replying to someone with an etherscan link and immediately got suspended.  I figured the etherscan url just got picked up as spam or phishing so I opened a ticket to appeal.  Twitter denied the appeal! Goodbye account.
Fortunately i wasn't a big twitter user, so whatever, but it surprised me they stuck to the suspension.

[HashFace]

That is terrible.  Did twitter explain the reason in the appeal?  I know some social media said they will ban crypto ads - which I took as paid for ads - but never heard that they will suspend people for links.  And etherscan is harmless.  

[unusualfacts30]

that's quite interesting as I don't see any mention of it on the web. What was your tweet about? could be possible they picked up some other keyword as spam. Do you have a screenshot?

[haggercody]

This was the explanation I got after I filed a case and verified i was real person to their automated email.

Hello,

Your account has been suspended due to multiple or repeat violations of the Twitter Rules: https://twitter.com/rules.

Please do not respond to this email as replies and new appeals for this account will not be monitored.

Thanks,

Twitter Support

I'm assuming my "repeat" violations were the subsequent posting of etherscan links.  I had a prior post that got suspended that also had an etherscan link, that i reactivated with my phone, but i wasn't really sure what the issue was; now i definitely think they didn't like the etherscan links--maybe i should have tinyurl'd it?
Sucks, because i was trying to help someone find a transaction that was claiming their ico wasn't delivering to them (Refereum).

[chitocrypto]

Where you suspended or warned before? Links are usually automatically converted to short URL so might not be because of links. Probably due to etherscan.

[unusualfacts30]

This was the explanation I got after I filed a case and verified i was real person to their automated email.

Hello,

Your account has been suspended due to multiple or repeat violations of the Twitter Rules: https://twitter.com/rules.

Please do not respond to this email as replies and new appeals for this account will not be monitored.

Thanks,

Twitter Support

I'm assuming my "repeat" violations were the subsequent posting of etherscan links.  I had a prior post that got suspended that also had an etherscan link, that i reactivated with my phone, but i wasn't really sure what the issue was; now i definitely think they didn't like the etherscan links--maybe i should have tinyurl'd it?
Sucks, because i was trying to help someone find a transaction that was claiming their ico wasn't delivering to them (Refereum).

that's a very vague message from twitter without any specification. Can you send a dm? Try contacting them on on twitter.com/twittersupport via direct message or other account. Hope you get it back.

[haggercody]

Where you suspended or warned before? Links are usually automatically converted to short URL so might not be because of links. Probably due to etherscan.

Yea, i had a suspension a few days prior that i was unable to unlock by verifying a code from my phone.  That post also had an etherscan, but at the time i didn't think it was an issue.  But now I'm pretty sure it was after it happened again. I'm just surprised they stuck to the ban rather than investigating it and seeing that etherscan is an ok site to link to.

[jan.nicolas]

I still did not understand what was the problem? Wow, maybe twiiter made some changes? I have never used it exactly as you say, but now I will know, so thank you for such information

[haggercody]

that's quite interesting as I don't see any mention of it on the web. What was your tweet about? could be possible they picked up some other keyword as spam. Do you have a screenshot?

Can't find it anymore--i guess the suspension removes all posts from the account?  I was replying to some other posts on the Refereum ICO that were about the token releases--people saying they hadn't received there's--just showing them there were transactions on etherscan.  And also pointing out that one wallet still held 99.6% of RFR tokens, and if that meant more tokens were yet to be transferred.

[haggercody]

This was the explanation I got after I filed a case and verified i was real person to their automated email.

Hello,

Your account has been suspended due to multiple or repeat violations of the Twitter Rules: https://twitter.com/rules.

Please do not respond to this email as replies and new appeals for this account will not be monitored.

Thanks,

Twitter Support

I'm assuming my "repeat" violations were the subsequent posting of etherscan links.  I had a prior post that got suspended that also had an etherscan link, that i reactivated with my phone, but i wasn't really sure what the issue was; now i definitely think they didn't like the etherscan links--maybe i should have tinyurl'd it?
Sucks, because i was trying to help someone find a transaction that was claiming their ico wasn't delivering to them (Refereum).

that's a very vague message from twitter without any specification. Can you send a dm? Try contacting them on on twitter.com/twittersupport via direct message or other account. Hope you get it back.

Thanks for the tip.  I tried the DM and it ended up routing me back to the form i had already used to appeal a suspension.  Oh well. Not that tied to twitter anyway.  Just made me feel cool to follow other more cool people.

[shinratensei_]

Hope this topic is ok in this forum.  Just wanted to see if others have run into this?  I was replying to someone with an etherscan link and immediately got suspended.  I figured the etherscan url just got picked up as spam or phishing so I opened a ticket to appeal.  Twitter denied the appeal! Goodbye account.
Fortunately i wasn't a big twitter user, so whatever, but it surprised me they stuck to the suspension.

LOL twitter still consider all of the crypto related links as a suspicious link. If there will be more people on the twitter will try to think to make another report. That was obviously true if with only a single link and then your account gets banned. Said there will be so many people will get a lot of problems with it. My friends are getting the same result as you and all of their account got suspended. But with the different problem just like doin a twitter campaign.

[haggercody]

Hope this topic is ok in this forum.  Just wanted to see if others have run into this?  I was replying to someone with an etherscan link and immediately got suspended.  I figured the etherscan url just got picked up as spam or phishing so I opened a ticket to appeal.  Twitter denied the appeal! Goodbye account.
Fortunately i wasn't a big twitter user, so whatever, but it surprised me they stuck to the suspension.

LOL twitter still consider all of the crypto related links as a suspicious link. If there will be more people on the twitter will try to think to make another report. That was obviously true if with only a single link and then your account gets banned. Said there will be so many people will get a lot of problems with it. My friends are getting the same result as you and all of their account got suspended. But with the different problem just like doin a twitter campaign.

Yea, certainly i would not be surprised if there are algorithms in place to auto-detect phishing links.  There is definitely a lot of scamming happening in the crypto world, so its understandable.  It just appears that as of now, some legitimate stuff is getting absorbed. 

[haidangtp]

Hope this topic is ok in this forum.  Just wanted to see if others have run into this?  I was replying to someone with an etherscan link and immediately got suspended.  I figured the etherscan url just got picked up as spam or phishing so I opened a ticket to appeal.  Twitter denied the appeal! Goodbye account.
Fortunately i wasn't a big twitter user, so whatever, but it surprised me they stuck to the suspension.

LOL twitter still consider all of the crypto related links as a suspicious link. If there will be more people on the twitter will try to think to make another report. That was obviously true if with only a single link and then your account gets banned. Said there will be so many people will get a lot of problems with it. My friends are getting the same result as you and all of their account got suspended. But with the different problem just like doin a twitter campaign.

Yea, certainly i would not be surprised if there are algorithms in place to auto-detect phishing links.  There is definitely a lot of scamming happening in the crypto world, so its understandable.  It just appears that as of now, some legitimate stuff is getting absorbed. 

Maybe you were right, most likely already have programs that automatically block suspicious links. Machinery can be mistaken for that.

[haggercody]

Tried to re-open my ticket, but it was automatically closed with a firm email reminder that essentially said, "get over it".