In some of my previous posts on here i know i have put in a good rap for Twitter for giving me the oppurtunity to discover musicians and bands that normally i would never have a chance of doing, mostly in the United States.
Yes Twitter does come in very handy and by all rights has the potential to be a wonderful means of
networking and a great tool for lobbying politicians and public servants in the service of democracy.
But Twitter has an evil and sinister side, no not because of any of it features or functions, but because of some of the people working for the social media giant in San Francisco and their politically motivated manipulation to suspend the accounts of Twitter users without warning and without jury, meaning some of the people working at Twitter think they're God and it's their right to snuff out people in the blink of a proverbial eyelid, for something as frivilous as a slight overuse of the @reply function on Twitter.
I have two Twitter accounts, my main one is @tbadrick and my back-up account is @tim_badrick. I have mainly used @tbadrick for most of my 12 months on Twitter, and it's no secret that i am a robust and opinionated freelance writer who actively networks with high profile australian politicians, public servants and lobbyists. The only people i have tweeted in the United States for the most part is Barack Obama (@barackobama) and two other commoners - @dlgarrison and @mormondemocrat.
Without any denial, i have always used the @reply function with heaps of australian politicians, journalists, celebrities and lobbyists. All of the people i use @reply to are either high profile or tolerant of being tweeted randomly, you get to know people along the way who dont appreciate it and normally they will let you know after you tweet them the first or second time in their own way.
Twitter has suspended @tbadrick three times in the past month for what i feel is unacceptable and exagerated reasons regarding my more than average but still controlled use of the @reply function. The wildly overreactionist and dispropotional action taken by Twitter to suspend @tbadrick is ridiculous more than sinister, but Twitter's dark megalomaniac side is there for all to see when it comes to demanding an explanation from their San Francisco headquarters after your account is suspended, as i know only too well now.
There are thousands of people on Twitter calling other people a fuckhead, a cunt or a slimy arsehole, but for whatever reason, even though this vitriol breaches Twitter guidelines and rules, Twitter administrators aren't suspending their account. But they'll suspend Tim Badrick for using @reply frequently but in a polite enough and unoffensive manner. Twitter administrators are hypocritical to the point of giving you nausea.
ReplyDeleteThe following twitter account holders are in my opinion the lowest of the lowest scum
whom twitter refuses to permanenty suspend despite them committing defamation against
myself as well as breaching every single twitter guideline in the process :-
@LCDR_RAN
@Doktor_Uber
These two individuals who both reside in Australia like myself are particularly nasty
and evil people, both list themselves on twitter as suffering bi-polar and being atheist, @LCDR_RAN especially is a vile individual. Spread the word to all on the
internet to shut these two people down.
Furthermore, for my readers in Australia, beware of @susannea_72 on twitter, who obviously is bitter and twisted and at times moonlights as a troll, other times
she puts on a facade as a so-called political lobbyist.
Ever since one of our conversations went a bit wayward many months ago she has been nothing but a vindictive and pestering bitch to me, constantly butts in as an univited third party in conversations/communications i have with other internet
users.