Well, it’s been a few weeks since my Twitter account was suspended, and my account still has not been reactivated. I spent a couple of days after the suspension reading up on Twitter’s rules, and the more I learned the more convinced I became that I have absolutely not violated any of their rules. Nevertheless, my account remains “permanently suspended” — a penalty that was recently meted out to Kanye West for his antisemitic remarks. What amazing company to keep… Continue reading →

So, this afternoon, I opened Twitter to find the message, above. It was, as I’m sure you can imagine, quite a surprise.

I have no idea why my account has been permanently suspended. There was no more detail in the app, but an email stated that it was for “Violating our rules against evading permanent suspension.” Given that, prior to that email arriving, I had never been suspended, warned, cautioned, or in any way run afoul of Twitter rules/guidelines… it is a mystery (I don’t recall ever even getting the “Are you sure you want to Tweet that?” pop-up.) I have appealed, of course, so maybe this will be resolved as some strange glitch. Continue reading →