grand total of \u00a325,775.83<\/a>\u00a0for charitable causes. \u00a0I also sometimes receive emails from people telling me my activities on Twitter have helped them shake the shackles of some deeply negative ideology. \u00a0Seriously. \u00a0Isn’t that amazing? \u00a0I love Twitter.<\/p>\nI’ve been suspended several times in recent months, and the reason supplied to me is always ‘targeted abuse or harassment’. I kindly explain I don’t feel I am violating any of Twitters’ rules regarding these areas, and politely request examples of me doing this. \u00a0This at the very least would be helpful so I may learn what is acceptable and adjust my behaviour accordingly. \u00a0I also note in my emails that I believe it is I who is being targeted, to no response or investigation. \u00a0My account is always reactivated – without highlighting where precisely\u00a0I went wrong. \u00a0It seems even though I’ve maintained my commitment to non-abusive, civil discussion, Twitter has decided\u00a0my lives have now ran out.<\/p>\n
I think\u00a0the bigger issue is however;\u00a0I’m not\u00a0in violation of your terms. It seems to me\u00a0your ‘report abuse’ function is being abused in order to silence dissenting voices or genuine civil criticism.<\/p>\n
Abuse and harassment are both awful and incredibly serious things. I applaud and support Twitters’ commitment to penalising those who feel it’s acceptable to engage in such a deplorable way.<\/p>\n
However, your system is flawed. I appreciate you have far too many users for it to be anything but automated, but it is currently punishing users that are using your services legitimately, for discussion, challenging ideas, and promoting worthy causes and dialogue.<\/p>\n
All I ask is that you please review my case by\u00a0putting\u00a0actual human eyes<\/em> on the tweet examples provided to you, as I believe examples are mandatory when making these reports. When doing so, please ask yourself whether these constitute ‘abuse’ in any meaningful sense and whether it’s more likely your reporting function is being exploited to silence genuine, but undesired\u00a0criticism by the same individual, or individuals.<\/p>\nIn your worthy\u00a0commitment to providing a report function for\u00a0genuine abuse, it appears you have overlooked the possibility of that function actually becoming abused as a tool to constantly silence legitimate voices. What measures can you suggest to prevent this function from becoming an actual tool of harassment? \u00a0It appears I am a casualty.<\/p>\n
Kind regards,<\/p>\n
Stephen (Previously The Godless Spellchecker)<\/p>\n
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