Getting Twitter Account Suspended
For previously being underage :(
Time changes so fast, and so does social media trend. Facebook was so fun back then, and suddenly it’s filled with a lot of old people talking about religious and political stuff. People then moved to Twitter, but those toxic people migrated to Twitter as well. I thought Instagram is going to be super clean as it only allows people to upload pictures. Now that it allows videos and stories, it’s a complete shithole.
Interestingly, after Twitter was quiet for some time, my friends said that smart people and funny people are back to Twitter posting high quality threads and memes. I have just used Twitter back last year, and I highly approve that claim. It then became my favourite source of information.
And… my account got suspended for a VERY STUPID reason. And it’s my fault.
How I Got Suspended
I finally graduated this year after all the shit I’ve gone through. I decided to change a lot of my social media biography/description, one of them is Twitter.
After changing my bio, I noticed that my birthday year is 1996 in Twitter. I was like, why was it 1996? Was it typo? I changed the year from 1996 and 1997. And…. this happened.
WHY WHY WHY WHY. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WHY IT WAS 1996. AND IT’S ONLY A PROFILE INFORMATION NOT AN ACCOUNT INFORMATION. SO WHAT THE HELL TWITTER, WHY U DO DIZ TO ME.
How to Unlock
The process is quite simple but so long. There are two steps in general.
- Give Twitter your identity card photo via an appeal form. I used my passport because my other identity cards don’t provide English information. I submitted the appeal in July 3rd. This one took a very long time and I did not receive any update whether it’s finished already or not. I tried to check everyday, nothing happened.
- I randomly tried to check in 20th July and yes, something happened. When I clicked the appeal form, it showed up a new page. Basically, they acknowledge that my birthdate is September 1997. My registration date is March 2010, therefore I was not 13 at that time. I was asked for several reasons why this could happen. I checked the option “I was below 13 at that time, but now I’m over 13”. And I got redirected to this page.
Final Words
If you’re like me who registered at Twitter with a fake age in order to gain access, never try to change you birthdate on your profile. Otherwise, this unfortunate case will happen to you as well :(
So yeah, time to see interesting and funny threads without toxic people’s existence again 😄.
