What exactly is meant by "unsolicited replies or mention"?

mahilena · 2013-12-24T07:15:39.000Z

I think tonight I got a revelation as to what causes this type of suspension…I got suspended again but I had not had many replies or mentions at all or any heated political conversations, so when I got unsuspended I went thru each one of my tweets with a hint from Zach Green at UniteBlue…which said if you have been blocked by someone on a conversation and you keep on having this person who blocked you on the replies you sent to others then this will cause the suspension…well, as I said before I checked everyone I twitted and none except for one had me blocked, which I did not know, it was a tweet I sent with the glennbeck account on it, he had me blocked (which is an honor) i.e., mentioning him …I am almost 99.5% certain that this caused the suspension cause how else would twitter really automatically can assert who is behaving aggressively by multiple replies or mentions since we all do that all the time…it is when someone who your tweet mentions that has blocked you that will cause it …so please check to make sure that someone who you know maybe hostile to you is blocking you before you put such person in your mentions…

ArthurPork · 2014-01-03T18:30:24.000Z

Same problem here. It seems further proof of two things 1. That the internet is meant to be an arena for free thought and speech but uptightness and censorship are in plentiful supply. 2. The days when someone was innocent until proved guilty are long gone and all you have to do is cry wolf and the wolf gets it

ArthurPork · 2014-01-03T18:45:56.000Z

I think you are EXACTLY on it here bro. So much for social eh?

lynnerlou72 · 2014-01-09T01:39:47.000Z

Me too! Twitter suspended my account and I had to agree to abide by their rules before being reinstated. Ummm… except I didn’t do what they accused me of? They’re basically accusing me of spamming…or mass tweeting. Ummm… but if you actually look at my account, you’ll see that I retweeted articles but they aren’t addressed (@ or #) to anyone. So what am I doing wrong again? What fascist didn’t like my comments today?

mahilena · 2014-01-09T10:07:04.000Z

look at the conversations prior to the suspension and check each mention…you will most likely find one or more that had you blocked…whenever someone blocks you if you send tweets with a mention to that person say as a secondary mention…somewhere in your tweet this can happen
or if you are debating and retweeting hostile ppl they may block you without you knowing and if you continue mentioning them in say your retweets then your account can get suspended…it is the “blocking” you by others that causes this for the most part…

thetammy0r · 2014-01-16T00:54:00.000Z

it’s typically Liberal types who are about censorship

BitterPikken · 2014-01-27T13:35:06.000Z

I have experiensed exactly the same as @mahilena.
Don’t really know how to avoid suspension. I reply to tweets to get to talk to people.
What could be wrong with this? Isn’t the idea of social media that you talk to people?
I tried to contact support, but they aren’t replying as soon as i’m unsuspended.

For the future i will remove mentions from replies. Hope it helps.

nisma_123 · 2014-02-04T16:19:44.000Z

two months you are account has been suspended since two months you dint appeal ?

previewfilms · 2014-03-12T06:10:12.000Z

My friend opened his account for his business and after 2 weeks he had 1 mention and 9 tweets and got suspended on his first mention. What is happening. This is not spamming

alishamarie28 · 2014-03-21T12:05:06.000Z

Im hoping someone can give me answers. From the time I went to Bed to the Time I woke up this morning. I found out my twitter was temporarily suspended for sending multiple unsolicited mentions to other users. The only people I tweet or Mention to are the ones I follow or TV shows. So does that mean someone reported me or did Twitter pick that up on its own? I didn’t berate anyone or send explicit mentions. I asked for a follow, live tweeted with the cast of tv shows I watched yesterday on abc

alishamarie28 · 2014-03-21T12:26:38.000Z

some of the stuff I write i get quite a few RT and Favorites, can that get me into trouble for violating twitter rules? Is there a phone # for twitter?

alishamarie28 · 2014-03-21T13:03:03.000Z

Twitter sent me via email Twitter has spam systems that review account behavior and automatically suspend users who appear to be engaging in spam behavior. It looks like a disproportionately large number of users, including ones you followed or @replied, have chosen to either block your account or report it as spam

ffsotomayor · 2014-04-07T21:39:17.000Z

I had exactly the same suspension. This problem is not user´s fault, it is due to a lousy design of twitter as a software system. There are more simple and more effective ways to control what they supposedly want to control.

Why the reply option is available on tweets whose author did not solicited me a reply? This reply button (option) should not appear in my account on tweets whose owner did not solicited me. Why twitter doesn´t set a time constraint (for example 1, 2 or 5 minutes) for consecutive responses to the same account?

ErectorGedi · 2014-07-13T23:13:22.000Z

This just happened to me too, almost a year after this post. I can’t believe this isn’t fixed yet.

Reading the zillions of random forum posts about this, It seems to mainly happen to new accounts, and many of the affected are people who have other accounts already established – ie, they know what they are doing, and what behaviors are acceptable. And yes, that means they’re more likely to mention people. BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO ON TWITTER.

My guess is they’re using some kind of terrible algorithm that’s only looking at the expected new user’s behavior, as compared to yours, by comparing the % of tweets that contain an @, as opposed to actually looking at their content/value/spamminess. Pretty shoddy programming, if so.

It’s both embarassing for the seasoned user, and very harmful for new accounts in that tender new-growth phase as well, and especially confusing because it seems to decry the vary behaviors that made Twitter popular in the first place! Mentions were a user-created feature. Why would Twitter “police” them like this? Surely if it’s a failed spambot-catcher gone awry, they should have enough resources to throw at the problem to ensure a good experience by now? Or is all the effort going into copying every terrible aspect of Facebook?

** One actual non-rhetorical question: My following and follower counts appear to have been reset by this suspension. Did this happen to any of you? How long did it take for them to display accurately again? **

ErectorGedi · 2014-07-14T00:50:16.000Z

FYI for others wondering, my follwer/ing counts fixed themselves without any interaction on my part in about 4 hours.

inu_doki · 2014-07-19T14:52:16.000Z

yes me too. I don’t understand how to use twitter now. I mean, i thought you are allowed to reply to peoples tweets? Now i just don’t know!

inu_doki · 2014-07-19T14:55:46.000Z

Can somebody explain this concept to me of unsolicited mentions?

If i see a tweet and it has a subject i am interested in or if i can add something to the discussion i am not allowed to reply to people with the @ sign?

diankotsikas11 · 2014-07-26T09:15:22.000Z

what is reply trap?

diankotsikas11 · 2014-07-26T09:31:38.000Z

i have the same questions about unsolicited mentions. i am new at this computer thing and i always see mentions but thought that meant they were followers and for all i know they are. i can’t understand now what i can and can’t do except maybe you can only engage in conversation with those yoou follow or thay follow you.

FawazCarter · 2014-08-26T16:05:59.000Z

My account got suspended for Rting a tweet with a phone# in the context. still awaiting reply from support.