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The past Months on Twitter has really been dramatic as there has been serious Purge of accounts on Twitter. With Twitter suspending a lot of accounts on their platforms without even notifying some. After conversations with some of the suspended users and with my experience of Twitter usage. I will be sharing some key things you need to note while using twitter to prevent your account from being suspended.

1.) Avoid Mass Following and Unfollowing

According to twitter Rules, Twitter does not permit any automated or bulk following or unfollowing behaviour, and the limit which an account can follow on a spree is 30 accounts, Every Twitter account can follow up to 400 accounts per day. Verified Twitter accounts can follow up to 1,000 accounts per day. Continuously following users aggressively puts an eye on your account as Twitter monitors all accounts for aggressive following and follow churn, which can get your account suspended for violations of the Twitter Rules prohibiting spam.

Also, note that you should not follow a user you have unfollowed previously, this can also get your account suspended.

2.)  Avoid Posting Contents/Materials You do not Own! ‘Copyright’

Another major reason for large chunks of accounts suspended on twitter is due to violation of the Twitter ‘Copyright Policy’. According to Twitter, You are not allowed to post contents you do not own or haven’t been authorized from the original owner to post, which are visible in profile photos, header photos, background images, Twitter-hosted media (e.g., pic.twitter.com), and Periscope broadcasts. Twitter frowns strongly at this, and if your account is reported, you can get a temporary or permanent suspension. 

So Avoid posting contents you do not own, and if your original content has been posted on the app by another user, you can make a report here to fill twitter copyright infringement form.

3.) Avoid fake or artificial account interactions and engagements.

The urge to have a lot of followers fast has made people go to the extent of buying followers, retweets and likes on the micro-blogging platform. There are a lot of these applications claiming to help get followers quickly, and some do ask for money for followers or ask you to follow a list of some particular accounts in order to participate. Twitter is against such, and this sits on top of their violation rules. Using these programs is not allowed according to the Twitter Rules. 

Therefore, this can get your account permanently suspended due to violations of the Twitter Rules prohibiting spam.

According to Twitter, When you give out your Login details or grant access to another website or app, you are giving control of your account to someone else, so If a third-party application causes your twitter account to violate the Twitter Rules, your account may be suspended.

4.) Avoid Posting 'Problematic' Contents

This might sound strange to some people, but to some users who have been suspended in the past for these, they will understand better.

Problematic tweets are contents posted to cause unrest in the public space, Fake news, Fake election results, distribution of hacked or illegal materials, 

In 2018, Twitter updated its election integrity measures to ensure the improvement of the health of public conversation on Twitter and protecting the integrity of elections as an essential part of that mission.

Several accounts were taken down from different countries for violations as part of the election integrity efforts in different countries including Iran, Nigeria and other countries.

So to avoid suspension, Avoid problematic contents and don’t let your page be a problematic account.

So there they are, 4 Important things to note to avoid being suspended on Twitter, If you are Experiencing issues with twitter, you can share in the comment section below and also feel free to share your thoughts on this post.

This post was written by Samuel Ibrahim Kolawole - Naijablogger

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