Censorship on X: freedom with limits

[JohnnyDoe]

X locked my account.
The crime? A profile banner. This:

The email they sent me:

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Hi Johnny Doe,
Your account, @JohnnyDoe_real was reported and has been automatically locked for violating the X Rules.
Violating our rules against graphic violence or adult content in profile images.
You may not include graphic violence or adult content in your profile photo or profile header image. We consider graphic violence to be any form of gory media related to death, serious injury, violence, or surgical procedures. We consider adult content to be any media that is pornographic and/or may be intended to cause sexual arousal. Learn more about our media policy.
Profile header
Please note that repeated violations may lead to a permanent suspension of your account. Proceed to X now to fix the issue with your account.

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By deleting the banner my account was immediately reactivated.

What's wrong with them? Aren't buttocks and hamstrings part of the human body?
Do you need to be an obese black transsexual 150kg blob today to be accepted?

Apparently, in the new “free speech” platform, a bit of healthy skin is a threat to civilization.
And that's from the same site where cartel videos trend for days; but it suddenly draws the moral line at a woman’s body.

 

[Justit]

I might seem a bit monothematic here, but I think the underlying idea is also to avoid showing healthy human bodies — or to show them as little as possible — under the guise of “censorship for the good of society.” In doing so, it indirectly promotes, among other things, the already widespread use of insulin. The less people see what healthy bodies look like, the more obesity comes to be seen as normal. Controlling people becomes easier when they’re unhealthy.

 

[Fiscal]

Very strange as even porn was allowed, at least until recently that is. So I don't see how this is a problem. But their algorithm and helpdesk completely sucks. I was running a very succesful ad campaign with them when they just randomly banned my ad accounts across all of my profiles. No reason no give, no possibility to restore. I have a big account and the algorithm has been a drama for the past few weeks. Visibility dropped 70%. Since Musk became CEO the app and freedom of speech has somewhat improved but they are still under immense pressure of the EUSSR and obey their requests.

 

[CEO]

Very strange as even porn was allowed, at least until recently that is. So I don't see how this is a problem. But their algorithm and helpdesk completely sucks. I was running a very succesful ad campaign with them when they just randomly banned my ad accounts across all of my profiles. No reason no give, no possibility to restore. I have a big account and the algorithm has been a drama for the past few weeks. Visibility dropped 70%. Since Musk became CEO the app and freedom of speech has somewhat improved but they are still under immense pressure of the EUSSR and obey their requests.

What kind of offer you ran? BH, GH, WH

 

[Fiscal]

What kind of offer you ran? BH, GH, WH

Follower campaign to gain followers from 1st world country. It's not possible anymore unfortunately. I paid a couple cents per follower and felt like I struck gold. Although it was completely WH and not against the rules I believe they weren't too happy with it either. Their ad manager UX is the worst there is out there and the main reason why they were running at a huge loss. Still hasn't been fixed. X bans many, many ad accounts without any reason as well

 

[CEO]

Follower campaign to gain followers from 1st world country. It's not possible anymore unfortunately. I paid a couple cents per follower and felt like I struck gold. Although it was completely WH and not against the rules I believe they weren't too happy with it either. Their ad manager UX is the worst there is out there and the main reason why they were running at a huge loss. Still hasn't been fixed. X bans many, many ad accounts without any reason as well

It's very normal, ban is good if we learn how to treat this crap algo.
Pick a trusted agency account, launch your WH offer to reach creative affiliate minds that will promote your business instead of profile followers.
I prefer TikTok even with SaaS or apps works well.

One unique rule:
Never use your real personal account.

 

[Fiscal]

It's very normal, ban is good if we learn how to treat this crap algo.
Pick a trusted agency account, launch your WH offer to reach creative affiliate minds that will promote your business instead of profile followers.
I prefer TikTok even with SaaS or apps works well.

One unique rule:
Never use your real personal account.

I'm done with X, fortunately I found way greener pastures.

 

[marioIT]

I've got X but not for business (not worth).
Since musk took it I like it better than other generalist social networks for some things...
but my ban/mute list is huge and the muted words too... once you get a decent list of muted words, it cleans up and it's better.
Kinda like it that way, but after a while I feel a little too much in my own bubble.
Better this way than fighting weirdos all day long... but sometimes there's fun in that too! (anyway, I'm glad they moved all to bluesky)
There are still too many catchy clickbaits, scam artists, pump & dump, you must really dig deep into it to find the good content, but there is some, and usually it get banned on other social networks.
There were some sketchy events about censorship/quieting some news even under musk.
You have a bit more freedom than the alternatives, but push it too much and if you have visibility you'll still get hammered.

Also, about the sweet figures in your banner... it's weird, as porn is everywhere on X. There are even specific communities.
But there are still many of those weirdo "furry trannies" employees from the previous admin!
Maybe it was one of these envious weirdos that reported your banner?

But their algorithm and helpdesk completely sucks

yeah agree, you better know some people and they will fix it quick, otherwise good luck!
He sacked almost all the employees... and the app is faster than ever. The issue is customer support as you said, I feel they're trying to go 100% AI on it...