I am unable to share anything on Twitter at the moment, as they have locked my account. They want me to delete a (supposedly potentially harassing) tweet that was sent as a joke. I am happy to do that, but as they have locked my account I have no access to be able to do that.
Has Twitter never heard of Catch-22, I wonder?
Strangely enough, as soon as I published this post, I received an email telling me they had restored my account as the tweet in question was not offensive.
That must be the shortest ‘Jail Time’ in history!
beetleypete 
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God save us from Wokery!!!!!!!!!
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Huh! First I’ve heard of Twitter jail – more social media nazis for harmless things. I just finished a month jail stunt from Fakebook. It seems we aren’t allowed to state our factual opinions there, but posts about Nazism are just fine. 😦
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I never get how some people are allowed to troll and stalk people (including children) online, make racist slurs and death threats, yet a joke got me banned from Twitter until I appealed.
Best wishes, Pete.
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No kidding!!!
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You to huh. About a month back I posted what most UK residents believe is the only way to stop the thousands of illegal immigrants from crossing the channel – sink the rubber boats, and was chastised by Zuckerberg’s Woke idiots! So much for Free Speech!!!!!!!!!!
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I’m glad they restored your account, maybe someone there saw this article. I haven’t been on Instagram, twitter or facebook for a few years now, I’ll go back if I have a product to promote.
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I sent an appeal. Someone read my comment in context, and restored my access in 10 minutes. It does seem that they rely too much on ‘Algorithms’.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Good grief! 🙄 And there is some TRULY offensive stuff on Twitter that nobody bats an eye about! At least they admitted it was a mistake.
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I was pleased that they changed their mind so quickly, Debbie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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If I say ‘hello’ to a stranger – is that an invasion of their privacy and therefore no longer socially acceptable? I wonder. 😜🤔
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It seems we have to walk on eggshells around Twitter these days, Trish. What was once an old joke that everyone understood is now a ‘threat to life’.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Welcome to the club, Pete! 🙂 I think there isn’t any regular blogger not got locked out by Twitter at least once a time. Their behavior is like in primary school. xx Michael
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This was the first time for me in 10 years, Michael.
Best wishes, Pete.
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How is the saying “There always will come the time!” More and more i am suspect about AI. xx Michael
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Reblogged this on NEW BLOG HERE >> https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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I gave up on Twitter almost a year ago. I switched to Mastodon. A much more interactive site with more people and fewer bots.
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Thanks for that information, Dreamer. I generally only use Twitter to directly promote my blog posts. On this occasion I also made a jokey comment, and that backfired on me.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Hilarious in a “so frustrating” way!
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It is indeed, John. If they had banned me completely, it wouldn’t have been the end of the world.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I had a fling with Twitter. That fling is long over. No more Twitter for me!
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I just use it for promotion of the blog as a rule. Then I made the mistake of trying to make a joke, and they banned me. Luckily, they soon saw sense.
Best wishes, Pete.
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So, all is well now? Warmest regards, Ed
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Yes, they took just 10 minutes to allow my appeal. And they apologised too! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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i hate it when they put you in Tweeter jail. They have done that to me a few times.
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This was a first time for me, Molly. I soon got a free pardon though.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Big Brother is even watching us oldies, both on Twitter and WordPress. You can run, but cannot hide these days!!
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It was a mistake to comment with that old joke. Lesson learned, and back to boring!
Cheers, Pete.
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Morality and censorship bots. What a world.
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Algorithms and banned words, apparently. At least in my case. Fortunately, a human dealt with my appeal very quickly.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Both Facebook and Twitter do not have the people with the historical knowledge to understand. That is probably why someone else looked at it and let you back in. They have a criteria to follow but again they don’t get it.
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Thanks, LC. My comment contained a ‘keyword’ that alerted the algorithm. Once someone looked at it in context, they allowed me back immediately.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m not much of a Twitterer. Mostly it’s a time-waster much like Facebook.
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I mainly use it to share blog posts of mine and others in the community. Then when I decide to leave a jokey comment, I get locked out! I won’t be doing that again in a hurry.
Best wishes, Pete.
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“I’m free! I’m free!” I know this is a whole can of worms because we certainly want freedom of speech. Your situation is typical of many who get mysteriously locked out, frequently over something completely harmless. At the same time, how many times have I heard someone utter the words, “Why didn’t someone stop him/her before?”
It is a bit ironic that Donald Trump made a living out of making more hateful comments than just about anyone I know, and it took forever for him to be locked out finally. I recently read that Facebook or Twitter was not a lifetime ban for him. He may return to bring the world more cheer (total sarcasm).
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Yes, it was rather galling to be locked out for a comment including an old joke, when racists, fat-shamers, and stalkers are allowed to continue to spread hate. But at least it only took Twitter 10 minutes to let me back in. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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At least you’re out of jail now.
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It was done and dusted in 10 minutes. I have to say that really surpised me, Stevie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’ve been locked out of my FB page for over a month because I set up two-step authorization and their brilliant computer sends my access code via text message to my landline. I’ve tried every way possible to get a human to respond and fix this, but no luck so far.
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I once had a similar problem with WordPress. They asked for a phone number to send an authorisation code to, and when I gave them my mobile number they said it ‘was already in use by someone else’. That someone else turned out to be me all along, and it was lucky I had a paid plan so I could contact someone straight way.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Hi Pete, I’ve been in Twitter jail and Facebook jail for the weirdest things. FB thought my Covid cake featuring a cake shaped like a shoe surrounded by children home learning on laptops was offensive. It’s just weird!
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Algorithms do the strangest things, Robbie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I was put in Twitter jail for answering a question about a character in my current novel-in-progress. (There was a suicide involved.)
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My comment was just an old joke. But it mentioned killing, so the algorithm picked that up.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Dang, that is not fair!
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At least they overturned it very quickly, Annette.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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All these “Platforms” who encourage self expression can be dicks sometimes. I am surprised that we are still allowed to discuss anything controversial at all.
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My comment was just an old joke, but algorithms have no idea what jokes are, John.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I have all but stop using Twitter….Sue visits my site but I am not happy with the content any longer. chuq
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I only use it for blog post promotion, chuq. It is usually just an automatic posting, but on that occasion I tried to make a joke. Bad idea.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I used to link my posts on Twitter but I no longer see the app on my WordPress wall. I don’t check it anyway….haha!
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It would have been no loss if they had banned me for good, Arlene.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Did you suggest that Liz Truss is an id##t by any chance? Naughty Pete. She’s not one of those . . . oh no . . just the laughing stock on our news tonight
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It wasn’t remotely political, Gavin. Just a very old joke.
Best wishes, Pete.
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you must have had a get out of jail free card!
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The reviewed the tweet, and realised it was supposed to be humorous. But you gave me some nice memories of playing Monopoly for hours at a time. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Your not the only one who has upset the ‘Woke’ idiots Pete. Facebook’s minions threatened me the other day for reposting something they didn’t like, instead of going after the originator of the post! This is not the first time I’ve upset the childish morons, and I dare say it won’t be the last!
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I wish they would concentrate on the real offenders, those who make racist slurs, stalk women online, or write sexual insults. Instead of nit-picking around genuine people, they could do some real good by removing the dangerous ones.
Thanks, Jack.
Best wishes, Pete.
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starts paragraph with typo 😂
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Ah, a pedant…
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Come on then, who were you harassing??. 🤣
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It was a reply to a tweet asking about secrets. It was from a writer who I don’t know well at all. She wanted us to tell her real secrets. I replied with the old spy joke.
“I could tell you, but then I would have to kill you, and I don’t want to do that”.
I didn’t even remember sending it, but Twitter picked it up as a ‘Harassment and Threat”. Once they told me, I could see why, but I thought it was a shame they didn’t lock the accounts of all the facists and weirdos who make genuine threats.
They reviewed the tweet ‘in context’, then apologised.
Best wishes, Pete.
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A good result then!
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Hi Pete, I just use Twitter to get different viewpoints on things but could live without it. It’s so fleeting. I guess I missed your joke!
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I didn’t even remember sending it, until they locked me and quoted it. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Glad that normal service has been restored Pete, but if nothing else, this reinforces my commitment not to use Twitter. Having said that, Facebook can be equally temperamental………. 😀 Cheers, Jon.
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I have never been on Facebook, and only use Twitter to connect with other bloggers. If they had closed me down, I really wouldn’t have cared, Jon. I only appealed their decision because what I had written was so obviously a joke.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I entirely commend your appeal to Twitter, Pete: I would have done the same—I get sick & tired of these faceless corporates bullying us, just because they can.
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I never really got the hang of Twitter. Why bother thinking up comments for such a short shelf-life?
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I only use it to publicise my blog posts and share those of others I follow. The first time I try to make a jokey comment, I get locked! 🙂
If they hadn’t unlocked me, it wouldn’t have worried me in the least, Cathy.
Best wishes, Pete.
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