Anatomy of a Twitter Suspension
So it begins innocently enough.
I Try to send a Tweet from an active, important account I manage. The Tweet doesn’t send.
Error Message: “There was an error sending…please select the Social Network and try again.”
So I try, and try again.
Then it slowly dawns on me: There’s more here than meets the eye.
I sign into the account, and there it is: “Your Account Has Been Suspended.”
Caution light flashes: The suspension occurred the day after I published a mildly critic
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Someone in my home feed on Twitter only posted the number of followers he/she gained. And the number of followers he/she lost. Every day
"Today I lost 5 Followers and gained 3."
"Today I lost 1 Follower and gained 0."
And so it went.
The steady drumbeat of the daily report fascinated me: I wanted to know why these followers came on board or jumped ship.
I wanted to know why they followed and unfollowed this rather humorous, clever person.
Then of course I started seriously to wonder the same ab
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In Cannes, France, members of the elite International Luxury Travel Market crowd (ILTM)
paid grudging respect to the power of the social media “crowd”.
The elite at the classy Riviera resort had to admit that the power and wisdom of Face Book, Twitter, and “invite only” travel web sites was changing the face of luxury travel, for good.
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Cruise Lines Sail the Social Media Seas
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