Shoutout to the guy in Phoenix who got his account back after a false bot flag

I saw a post last week about a user in Phoenix who got flagged as a bot on a major platform just for posting too many links to local news articles in one day. Everyone in the comments was saying the platform was right to crack down on spam, but I think they got it wrong. He was just trying to share info about a city council vote, and the automated system had no nuance. It took him 3 days of appeals to get his account reinstated. Has anyone else had a legit post get caught in an anti-spam filter like that?

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the_julia2mo ago

Three days just to prove you're not a robot? That's insane. What if it was something really urgent?

milar461mo ago

wait, @robinson.quinn feelin personally attacked by the algorithm? join the club, that thing loves to flag the dumbest stuff lol but yeah, three days is crazy for a fix. unless they had you out here solving captchas blindfolded or something.

robinson.quinn2mo ago

Oh man, I once got flagged for "suspicious activity" just for liking too many cat videos in a row. Felt like a personal attack!