Home > Archive > 2009 > November > 22Can Twitter users link out?Sunday, November 22, 2009 by Dave Winer.
This evening I got an email from the Twitter support person BFF, who explained: "Your account was suspended because our specialists found that your tweets were primarily links to other sites and not personal updates, a violation of Twitter Rules." http://help.twitter.com/forums/26257/entries/18311 It's true of that account but it's also true of the NYTimes and many other news oriented Twitter sites. I suggest they take another look at this. And it's a reminder once again that we're playing in someone else's ballpark here, and they make the rules. This is not in any way like the Internet. Update: Alex Howard quotes Twitter co-CEO Biz Stone saying Twitter "has long outgrown the concept of personal status updates." |
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