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Social media giant Twitter has banned a Belgian Elite Dangerous player for tweeting a poem in reply to a tweet from the official game's account. Tim Wellens, the now-suspended Twitter user, has yet to regain access to his account at the time of writing, despite multiple appeals.
[...] In Elite Dangerous, the Thargoids are an alien race that is at odds with humanity. Twitter caught onto the threatening language that Wellens used — despite directing it at a fictional group — and suspended his account. According to Eurogamer, in an email to Wellens, Twitter support explained that they took action because he violated their "rules against posting violent threats."
He has since appealed the decision, pointing out that he "never ever threatened a real person or organization on Twitter."
"Thargoid or foe, I'm coming to kill you, was directed to the thargoids and enemies in the game," he told Eurogamer.
His appeal was met with a computer-generated email, and Wellens followed up by re-appealing his case. As of Oct. 8, his account remains out of his hands.
Good ole Artificial "Intelligence"...
Source: https://techraptor.net/content/twitter-suspends-elite-dangerous-player-for-posting-poetry
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @07:01AM (7 children)
Many years ago, I created a Match.com profile with the headline "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
The profile was deactivated due to concerns about "violence."
I explained to the customer service rep who, apparently, hadn't seen the wonderful film [wikipedia.org] that this was just a movie quote.
While I was eventually allowed to keep the headline, I was quite annoyed. This seems like more of the same.
However, before acting decisively [quotes.net], perhaps we should keep this [xkcd.com] handy. Cutting his throat is only a momentary pleasure, and is bound to get you talked about (with apologies to RAH).
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday October 20 2018, @07:57AM (4 children)
Sadly, Randall never got laid from showing that woman all about Diet Coke and Mentos. His Magnum Opus [xkcd.com] never got him laid, either. Now he just looks like a goddamn idiot no matter how "smart" his comics are.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Saturday October 20 2018, @09:16AM (3 children)
How do you know he never got laid? Are you his sister or something? I know, sisters always know.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @10:46AM (2 children)
You mean that your sister was literally the first to know?
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Saturday October 20 2018, @03:08PM (1 child)
No, but it's always somebody's sister. In my case, it was your aunt's sister.
(Score: 3, Informative) by requerdanos on Saturday October 20 2018, @06:16PM
For the slow, this was a "your mom" joke.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @02:29PM (1 child)
What did you expect, for their systems to recognize a pop culture meme? Did you actually expect the CSR, who may not even be located in the US or speak proficient English, to know a movie reference of your liking?
(Score: 2) by requerdanos on Saturday October 20 2018, @06:18PM
Reasonable expectations would be more along the lines of:
Contrast this with the effort actually expended by both parties (more than five seconds each, in case math isn't your strong suit).