new to twitter-suspended message?

mrsgreenwood_2

EDIT: well ive been suspended again!!!??? cant unblock it this time. would help if i knew what ive been doing wrong.

bl**dy twitter!



just got this message on twitter...im totally new to twitter. just started using it for comps last week.

can someone please tell me what ive been doing wrong?????


Your account has been suspended

This account was suspended for sending multiple unsolicited mentions to other users.

The mention and @reply features are intended to make communication between people on Twitter easier, and posting messages to several users in an unsolicited or egregious manner is considered an abuse of its use. Plus, it bothers other users! For more information about these features and proper use, please visit our @Replies and Mentions help page.

You will need to change your behavior to continue using Twitter. Repeat violations of the Twitter Rules may result in the permanent suspension of your account.

To continue using this account, please confirm below:

I confirm that I will discontinue abuse of the mention or reply feature, as well as any other behaviors that are prohibited by the Twitter Rules.
I understand that my account may be permanently suspended if I continue using Twitter in a way that violates the Twitter Rules.

mrsgreenwood_2

right...ive managed to enable my account again, but i darent enter any competitions untill i know what ive meant to have done wrong.

any ideas anyone?????

becky004

Do you C&P a lot of comp tweets? I used to until May (I was a bit of a C&P spammer for not far off 2 years with no problem), got suspended 3 times in a week, even though I had stopped C&P after first suspension. After third time asked them to check my feed as I was only doing original company RT's, had no problem since but rarely C&P now.
Also have a friend who doesn't enter a quarter the amount of comps I do, and for weeks, was getting suspended every Friday morning, they told her she was being reported by several of her followers. She used to do the odd C&P and she has continued to do so, but has had no further problems.
I don't think anyone will be able to give you a definite answer for why you were suspended, as Twitter doesn't really give you a set criteria, you probably aren't doing anything wrong xx

emmaglet

Are you using Twitter just for competitions? Generally speaking, a profile needs to show two way communication, by having others "follow" and @reply you. There's a thread on here with other MSE twitter usernames to follow to help with this.

Try and space out your comps on Twitter too, I believe there is a limit on the number of RTs per hour.

rugmaker

I got exactly the same message within 24 hours of starting on twitter and had only retweeted.

I was advised to mix in some ordinary tweets amongst the comping ones, and get some followers. Since doing both I have had no problems despite still doing stacks of retweets for comps.

If you find you need to complain to a company, do it by twitter and kill 2 birds with 1 stone!

mrsgreenwood_2

thank you all for your help.

i have only copied and pasted 1 or 2 times. i have retweeted quite alot within a short space of time so maybe thats why?

i am following a few from the twitter thread on here, but maybe i need to mix in some other tweets.
im still only just getting the hang of it all so not sure what else id tweet and who to? any suggestions welcome:)

becky004

mrsgreenwood wrote: »

thank you all for your help.

i have only copied and pasted 1 or 2 times. i have retweeted quite alot within a short space of time so maybe thats why?

i am following a few from the twitter thread on here, but maybe i need to mix in some other tweets.
im still only just getting the hang of it all so not sure what else id tweet and who to? any suggestions welcome:)

If you RT lots in a short space of time you usually get sent to "Twitter Jail" and do not get suspended. (Twitter Jail is where you cannot RT or tweet for a couple of hours & doesn't involve suspension, even now I go to jail occasionally :rotfl:). My account is comps only but last few months I do occasionally chat to a couple of people, but because of regular jail time, I tend to chat via DM mostly to try and avoid jail.

mrsgreenwood_2

becky004 wrote: »

If you RT lots in a short space of time you usually get sent to "Twitter Jail" and do not get suspended. (Twitter Jail is where you cannot RT or tweet for a couple of hours & doesn't involve suspension, even now I go to jail occasionally :rotfl:). My account is comps only but last few months I do occasionally chat to a couple of people, but because of regular jail time, I tend to chat via DM mostly to try and avoid jail.

wonder why i got suspended then? thought that might have been the reason?

it said: suspended for sending multiple unsolicited mentions to other users.....whatever that means???

BlueBella

I have just had the same! I have never been sent to Twitter jail before either!

Marg2k8

mrsgreenwood wrote: »

not sure what else id tweet and who to? any suggestions welcome:)

If you see a winner has been announced, you could tweet to the winner and the company running the competition, saying something like "well done - great prize", or you could just check your twitter feed and see if anyone says something like "anyone won anything lately?" and respond to that, or ask a similar question yourself, or just say something about the weather.

lindens

have you got followers? if not it looks like a one way street. best to get some followers, make a few random tweets about the weather etc