Twitter has banned the XRPTipBot account again, after claiming that the service was impersonating other user accounts.
According to a series of tweets published by XRP developer Wietse Wind, Twitter has banned the XRPTipBot account, causing user funds to be frozen in the process.
⚠️ Please note: @Twitter decided to ban the @xrptipbot account. Again. Funds are safe, but tips on Twitter can't be processed at the moment (as they have blocked that). App Reddit and Discord work fine. Twitter: please have the decency to reply substantively for once.
— Wietse Wind { 𝚡𝚛𝚙𝚕𝙳𝚎𝚟: 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎 } (@WietseWind) January 23, 2020
Wind, who also developed the tipbot program, was able to get a response from the Twitter support team after multiple attempts at contact. According to the reply, Twitter banned the account for violating the social media platform’s policy on impersonation. Despite Wind being the creator of the project, owning the domain name and source code, Twitter claims that the XRPTipBot has been pretending to be another entity in order to deceive users.
According to Wind, the XRPTipBot will likely not come back to Twitter, despite currently being functional through Reddit and Discord.
⚠️ Update regarding the @xrptipbot account being banned by Twitter.
The good news: they replied 😳
The bad news: they say the account will not be coming back. Apparently my own project, domain name and source code I wrote is … Impersonation?! @Twitter: shame on you. pic.twitter.com/0qo2smm36e
— Wietse Wind { 𝚡𝚛𝚙𝚕𝙳𝚎𝚟: 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎 } (@WietseWind) January 23, 2020
Wind reassured users that their funds were safe, and claimed to have a method for recovery.
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