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Ask HN: Twitter marks my link as suspicious - can't figure out why...
My website is a sweepstakes/giveaway platform. We don't do anything fishy. I read through Twitter's terms and rules and don't see why our links are being blocked as spam and suspicious. Google says our site is safe and there is no malware. Really would like to understand the issue so we can resolve it. I have submitted the link for review via Twitter's form several times with no feedback at all.
Appreciate any one's help since I haven't had much luck figuring this out myself.
Please email me at support@myfreebeez.com. Thanks so much, means a lot to me
- minimaxir 13y agoA sweepstakes/giveaway platform is almost always inherently spam. The name itself also is not good (never use a domain with "free" in it) and likely set off a few Bayesian red flags.
- cmstoken 13y agoWhat about words that have free in them by definition, e.g. freedom?
- izzyfoshizzy 13y agothere's tons of domains with the word free in it, i don't think thats an issue. and while there are many sweepstakes sites that are spam, we are not. i doubt twitter would block all sweepstakes sites, i see tons of links every day about sweepstakes. there's something else going on here that i can't figure out
- yogo 13y agoEven if they are inherently spam there should at least be some confirmation of this before marking an entire website as unsafe. Naturally they can do as they wish.
- izzyfoshizzy 13y agoyes they can do as they wish. just very frustrating that there is no feedback at all from filing tickets or emailing them. no way to know how to resolve the situation