# Banned from Twitter---for life? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 16, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037 "2019-05-16T05:03:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/21 "2019-05-16T18:22:26Z")
I’d like to know which one of you little snakes here snitched this out to the Moderator. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/22 "2019-05-16T18:25:49Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > I’d like to know which one of you little snakes here snitched this out to the Moderator. You don’t need any help, you’re doing just fine on your own. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/23 "2019-05-16T18:32:18Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > I’d like to know which one of you little snakes here snitched this out to the Moderator. > … It’s kind of hard to believe that you got yourself banned from twitter. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/24 "2019-05-16T18:34:58Z")
I’m beginning to question your assumption that Twitter made a mistake here. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/25 "2019-05-16T18:41:26Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > I’d like to know which one of you little snakes here snitched this out to the Moderator. > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk It’ll come to you. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/26 "2019-05-16T18:56:22Z")
I have nothing to add really other than a glowing sense of pride that I know someone banned by Twitter. Now if someone I know gets banned by FaceBook I can die happy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/27 "2019-05-16T19:29:17Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > I’d like to know which one of you little snakes here snitched this out to the Moderator. For what it’s worth, there was more than one. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/28 "2019-05-16T19:57:28Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > I have nothing to add really other than a glowing sense of pride that I know someone banned by Twitter. Now if someone I know gets banned by FaceBook I can die happy. 😉 Yo! I got banned by Facebook (for not being my real name)! So check that off your list. I joined way way back before there were any requirements (easily in first 10,000 ppl as only 4 schools). They kept changing their use policy, I kept ignoring them and never gave them any identifying information, phone number, etc. Finally about 3 years ago, I pointed out some serious hypocrisy in a school equity debate and my arguee reported me to Facebook as being a fake name. They wanted a picture of my drivers license or passport to stay alive. [but don’t worry folks, they would delete the image within 30 days!!!] They didn’t like my hand drawn replicas of such items telling Facebook to go eff itself. After a year, my account finallly seems to have deleted itself- so make sure that everything you want deleted is gone before you get banned. I stopped using it seriously/productively in 2004 when they first upped their “we now own your picture rights”. I needed to keep it for community and school groups. Oh the random clubs I had joined additionally in order to keep their algorithms guessing. Speaking of which: dehumidifier, welder, rubber duck, checkers [these are my current words for checking in to see who and where I am being listened to. If I get corresponding google or amazon results, I’ll know for sure] ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/29 "2019-05-16T20:47:34Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > For what it’s worth, there was more than one. 😉 With all the sniveling weasels around here that does not shock me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/30 "2019-05-16T20:49:47Z")
I think I prefer being a weasel to a snake. They’re furry and sort of cute, in a murderous way. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/31 "2019-05-16T20:56:02Z")
Could a weasel inspire a shirt like this one? [![](https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1alf.JXXXXXcpXXXXq6xXFXXXK/Harajuku-Scary-Red-Snake-Fashion-Men-Women-Sportswear-Creative-3D-Printed-Short-Sleeve-T-Shirt-ukraine.jpg_640x640.jpg) ](https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1alf.JXXXXXcpXXXXq6xXFXXXK/Harajuku-Scary-Red-Snake-Fashion-Men-Women-Sportswear-Creative-3D-Printed-Short-Sleeve-T-Shirt-ukraine.jpg_640x640.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/32 "2019-05-16T21:06:56Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > …dehumidifier, welder, rubber duck, checkers [these are my current words for checking in to see who and where I am being listened to. If I get corresponding google or amazon results, I’ll know for sure] Say, friend, would you like to break into the exciting world of checking rubber ducks? Can you lift 50 pound boxes? Melt the edges of dehumidifiers until they fuse together? Pass a drug test? Well, just click here, or come to think of it, don’t bother. Our agents are already in your neighborhood and will be at your door in 7 minutes. We suggest you have a carryon bag packed, and bring snacks and a valid passport. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/33 "2019-05-16T21:16:25Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > I’d like to know which one of you little snakes here snitched this out to the Moderator. How do you mean “snitched this out?” Brought the thread to the attention of the mods? I can’t imagine why you’d expect its existence to escape their notice indefinitely. But, if you DO mean that, I’ll just cite your aggressive characterization above as my reason for unrepentantly taking credit for it\*. And while I’m at it, I might as well confess to “snitching out” post 19 (which I’m about to do). \*(based on **e\_c\_g** ’s response, I suppose I should make that “partial credit”) ETA: P.S. _ssssssssssss_ ETA: P.P.S. Before this thread gets locked, why don’tcha go ahead and share the joke you made. Purely so that none of us gets stomped on for the same mistake, of course. It’ll be like a public service! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/34 "2019-05-16T21:25:18Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > **The board rules prohibit discussion of how to commit crimes.** I don’t recall there being a rule against helping someone breach a contract. Only criminal torts, or civil torts too? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/35 "2019-05-16T21:40:18Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I think I prefer being a weasel to a snake. They’re furry and sort of cute, in a murderous way. Why can’t we be the [best of both worlds](https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.441218592.7068/flat,550x550,075,f.u3.jpg)? > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Before this thread gets locked, why don’tcha go ahead and share the joke you made. Purely so that none of us gets stomped on for the same mistake, of course. It’ll be like a public service! No, that runs the risk of hijacking this thread. Oh wait… Never mind. Carry on, fellow weasels and snakes! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/36 "2019-05-16T22:01:35Z")
“Hijack” my ass. I have a feeling there’s a damned good reason he doesn’t want to say so. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/37 "2019-05-16T22:14:35Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > How do you mean “snitched this out?” Brought the thread to the attention of the mods? I can’t imagine why you’d expect its existence to escape their notice indefinitely. > > But, if you DO mean that, I’ll just cite your aggressive characterization above as my reason for unrepentantly taking credit for it\*. > > And while I’m at it, I might as well confess to “snitching out” post 19 (which I’m about to do). > \*(based on **e\_c\_g** ’s response, I suppose I should make that “partial credit”) > > ETA: P.S. _ssssssssssss_ > > ETA: P.P.S. Before this thread gets locked, why don’tcha go ahead and share the joke you made. Purely so that none of us gets stomped on for the same mistake, of course. It’ll be like a public service! When you do kindly point out Posts 17 and 18 where I was personally attacked. I said in the OP I wasn’t going over the content of the Tweet because it has nothing to do with how to get back on Twitter. So why ask for it? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/38 "2019-05-16T22:23:14Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > where I was personally attacked. Since you like youtube…[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7rJpRqK-8E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7rJpRqK-8E) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/39 "2019-05-16T22:28:40Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > When you do kindly point out Posts 17 and 18 where I was personally attacked. > > I said in the OP I wasn’t going over the content of the Tweet because it has nothing to do with how to get back on Twitter. So why ask for it? > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Because explaining WHY you got banned in the first place might HELP you get back. Duh. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/40 "2019-05-16T22:39:40Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Because explaining WHY you got banned in the first place might HELP you get back. Duh. :rolleyes: How? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037.md?page=3)