lalgsw
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- Dec 20, 2017
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Been monitoring twitter closely and recent reports from sources close to it tell me that they are actually banning more accounts than accounts are being created. Something like 2-3M accounts banned.
A number of high follower count accounts were removed in the process. While bannings are constantly happening, some do seem to be coming in waves. Certain types of accounts all disappearing at the same time. IPs and interactions between accounts seem to be what a lot of the bans are based off of.
Most were permanent bans.
If you are marketing on twitter, be extra careful. Methods like: follow unfollow, recycling content may not work anymore.
My TIPS:
A number of high follower count accounts were removed in the process. While bannings are constantly happening, some do seem to be coming in waves. Certain types of accounts all disappearing at the same time. IPs and interactions between accounts seem to be what a lot of the bans are based off of.
Most were permanent bans.
If you are marketing on twitter, be extra careful. Methods like: follow unfollow, recycling content may not work anymore.
My TIPS:
- If you've grown a good account already, be as clean as possible.
- If it's not making you much money, sell it. There's still value on it and if you keep trying to grow you risk getting banned
- If you're just starting out on Twitter, I'd recommend doing Instagram. Facebook and Insta aren't exactly friendly but it's not like Twiter at least. Follow unfollow, liking, and some automation still work on Insta.
- If you really want to do Twitter, growing from scratch is painfully hard. Buy an account. Before purchasing, study the account carefully. Are the accounts liking and RT'ing the posts legit? Or are they bots? Scroll through the followers. Are they legit? Or bots? Look at the history of the account. Ask questions. If the account has any red flags, there's a chance it could be blocked at some point
- If you have a network of accounts, lay low on RT'ing/liking the same things for a little while. At least do it on a smaller scale or make it less obvious.
- Group RT'ing and using a social media panel on twitter will be harder than ever so be careful if you plan to do it.
- Twitter is responding to a lot of negative PR about their bots. This could be a move to make themselves look good. It's possible that this ban wave will happen and in a year, things will be a bit better again. Who knows? Just keep an eye out.
- Twitter's purge cuts out a lot of noise. This may be the best time in ages for real original and good accounts to shine. Timelines are less cluttered with junk. You may see some jumps in engagement if you survive the bans.
- Twitter may continue to wield the ban hammer like crazy......and in which case.....I have a suit case packed. If the storm hits, I'm running.
yeah i got the same message on a few accounts that i had collaborate with each other. different phone numbers, but i guess because they cross promoted a lot, twitter caught them
