Marked as sensitive account
jasonleow • 9 Nov 2023 •
The plot thickens.
I’m been on a search suggestion ban for the past 2 days on Twitter.
I think I know why I’m on a search suggestion ban. My account had somehow been marked as sensitive.
Look here:
If I switch off the “Hide sensitive content” setting under my Search settings, I appear in search results. Otherwise, no result.
The big question now is: Why is my account marked as sensitive??!!
My understanding from X’s support page of what constitutes sensitive media:
“You may not post media that is graphic or share violent or adult nudity and sexual behavior within live video or in profile header, List banner images, or Community cover photos. Media depicting excessively gory content, sexual violence and/or assault, bestiality or necrophilia is also not permitted.”
I did not post anything of that nature, not recently or ever.
So I suspect this might be a system glitch, a false positive, or even malicious reporting.
At this point, I’m tired of playing detective. Twitter ain’t no fun anymore if you’re constantly walking on eggshells.
I’m just going to continue using as per normal.
For my own learning.
Connect with peers.
Support one another.
Share/see new ideas.
For fun.
F**k the algo.
Comments
There’s probably a room full of monkeys and switches that do random things. Which would be funny if it wasn’t hurting people’s ability to make a living. You might have to start doing trending dances on Tiktok.
@therealbrandonwilson With it on it. F Twitter.
@Winkletter That analogy actually makes sense on how the moderation system works now. Just pieces of monkey code doing what they’re designed to do, while the master is clueless cos he fired all the monkey keepers.
F Twitter/X. Simple as that.