# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/41 "2019-05-16T22:47:52Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > When you do kindly point out Posts 17 and 18 where I was personally attacked. You not getting the joke in post 18 doesn’t make it a personal attack. > [@](#): > > 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? If it was so innocent that you shouldn’t have been banned from Twitter over it, why not share it? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/42 "2019-05-16T23:09:37Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > When you do kindly point out Posts 17 and 18 where I was personally attacked. Since there is an ongoing thread here about the vital role of the comma in the English language, I feel I would be remiss in not pointing out the linguistic offensiveness in that run-on comma-deprived sentence. I mean, really, **russian heel** , how can you not see the essential difference between your linguistically careening “When you do kindly point out …” and the civil and comprehensible “When you do, kindly point out …”. You’re welcome. Perhaps that is why you were banned from Twitter. ---
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/43 "2019-05-16T23:12:26Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > 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) Well, no. :mad: > [@TroutMan](#): > > Why can’t we be the [best of both worlds](https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.441218592.7068/flat,550x550,075,f.u3.jpg)? I like it! > [@Miller](#): > > If it was so innocent that you shouldn’t have been banned from Twitter over it, why not share it? Considering how hard it is to get banned from the place, I’m dying to know how he did it. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/44 "2019-05-16T23:19:33Z")
So far the OP has convinced me that he managed to craft a sentence that is _ **so incredibly offensive** _ that posting it anywhere would instantly result in an instaban and speaking it aloud would cause you to be struck by lightning. ---
**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, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/45 "2019-05-16T23:21:57Z")
> **[What Does It Take To Get Permanently Banned From Twitter?](https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/07/20/486738705/what-does-it-take-to-get-permanently-banned-from-twitter)** > > Twitter says it's reviewing its hateful-conduct policy. The suspension of conservative writer Milo Yiannopoulos has prompted a new focus on the company's ongoing struggle to rein in abusive messages. > [@From Twitter's own Policies](#): > > We may suspend an account if it has been reported to us as violating our Rules surrounding abuse. When an account engages in abusive behavior, like sending threats to others or impersonating other accounts, we may suspend it temporarily or, in some cases, permanently. Damn, that’s a pretty high bar…not just a simple misunderstanding or over political correctness. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/46 "2019-05-16T23:29:26Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > … > > VPNs are also commonly used for illegal file sharing, mostly for things like videos, music, and games. … Wow thanks for the advice as to what I can use for my illegal file sharing. Perhaps someone should now report his post for rules violation. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/47 "2019-05-16T23:39:27Z")
I am amused that OP thinks his Twitter absence will be sorely missed. I am further amused that he shares a Twitter banning ignominy (if not notoriety) with the likes of Milo Yiannopoulos, Louis Farrakhan and Alex Jones. Your mother must be so proud, RH. ---
**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, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/48 "2019-05-16T23:48:27Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I am amused that OP thinks his Twitter absence will be sorely missed. > > I am further amused that he shares a Twitter banning ignominy (if not notoriety) with the likes of Milo Yiannopoulos, Louis Farrakhan and Alex Jones. > > Your mother must be so proud, RH. Exactly. It took years to get those turnip heads off Twitter. RH did it with an “in-joke”. I’m sure there was nothing offensive about it at all. ---
**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, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/49 "2019-05-16T23:51:40Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > So far the OP has convinced me that he managed to craft a sentence that is _ **so incredibly offensive** _ that posting it anywhere would instantly result in an instaban and speaking it aloud would cause you to be struck by lightning. In fairness, it wasn’t the original joke that got an instaban; that was just a suspension. It became a ban when he attempted to explain himself. I wonder if his response to the Twitter moderators included calling them snakes, weasels, and morons. ---
**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 17, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/50 "2019-05-17T00:04:26Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Since there is an ongoing thread here about the vital role of the comma in the English language, I feel I would be remiss in not pointing out the linguistic offensiveness in that run-on comma-deprived sentence. > > I mean, really, **russian heel** , how can you not see the essential difference between your linguistically careening “When you do kindly point out …” and the civil and comprehensible “When you do, kindly point out …”. > > You’re welcome. Perhaps that is why you were banned from Twitter. If you use grammar correction to win and argument you lost. And we weren’t even arguing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**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 17, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/51 "2019-05-17T00:12:03Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > If you use grammar correction to win and argument you lost. This should be “…to win _ **an** _ argument…” ---
**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 17, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/52 "2019-05-17T00:24:55Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > This should be “…to win _ **an** _ argument…” Now I’m 2-0. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**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 17, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/53 "2019-05-17T00:42:17Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I am amused that OP thinks his Twitter absence will be sorely missed. > > I am further amused that he shares a Twitter banning ignominy (if not notoriety) with the likes of Milo Yiannopoulos, Louis Farrakhan and Alex Jones. > > Your mother must be so proud, RH. I doubt anyone will miss me. I enjoy using the app. Leave my mother out of it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/54 "2019-05-17T02:36:43Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > Now I’m 2-0. > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk WINNING! You are Charlie Sheen and I claim my five pounds. ---
**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 17, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/55 "2019-05-17T02:43:47Z")
Come on, let the poor guy have his moment. ---
**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 17, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/56 "2019-05-17T02:46:35Z")
> [@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? > [@Guinastasia](#): > > Because explaining WHY you got banned in the first place might HELP you get back. Duh. :rolleyes: > [@russian\_heel](#): > > How? Well, maybe it wouldn’t. But it might get your fellow Dopers to come around to your view that you’ve been treated shabbily. ---
**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 17, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/57 "2019-05-17T02:48:55Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Since there is an ongoing thread here about the vital role of the comma in the English language, I feel I would be remiss in not pointing out the linguistic offensiveness in that run-on comma-deprived sentence. > > I mean, really, **russian heel** , how can you not see the essential difference between your linguistically careening “When you do kindly point out …” and the civil and comprehensible “When you do, kindly point out …”. > > You’re welcome. Perhaps that is why you were banned from Twitter. Nah, I think it was because all of his tweets ended with > [@](#): > > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**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 17, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/58 "2019-05-17T03:16:38Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Well, maybe it wouldn’t. But it might get your fellow Dopers to come around to your view that you’ve been treated shabbily. I wasn’t asking for sympathy. I asked a simple question and in true fashion for this message board got skewered for it. Way too many smug jerks around here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/59 "2019-05-17T03:50:58Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > WINNING! > > You are Charlie Sheen and I claim my five pounds. Someday, no one is going to get this. This is not that day. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037/60 "2019-05-17T03:52:15Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Come on, let the poor guy have his moment. He also used a Midnight Run clip as an insult. He can’t be all bad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-twitter-for-life/834037.md?page=4)