📌Twitter Account Suspension Incident: What Happened Behind the Scenes? I dug up clues from dozens of tweets, and the truth is far more complex than you think...

Article Outline:

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Unofficial API + Repeated Posting: Eliza was judged as a "bot"

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Is Eliza = Bot Network? Is X actually targeting the "AI forces"?

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Posting patterns highly repetitive, Eliza proxies were accurately flagged?

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A quick grab? ai16z historical controversies + Gmgn competition background?

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Can KOL accounts in the Chinese community be retrieved?

We will analyze the above one by one:

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1. Unofficial API + Repeated Posting: Eliza was judged as a "bot"

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Eliza proxies did not use the official API, but instead posted automatically through "backdoor means," with repetitive content that did not resemble human behavior and did not pay the API fees.

The reason is that Twitter's API is too expensive; according to Eliza's chatty posting style, it would definitely not be enough, so alternative methods were sought to circumvent it.

This likely violated Twitter's API policy, leading to account suspensions.

Thus, many accounts using the Eliza framework were suspended.

2. Is Eliza = Bot Network? Is X actually targeting the "AI forces"?

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@zelfi_ai believes this suspension is an "unprecedented ban," suggesting that X's actions against accounts like @ai16z, @shawmakesmagic, and @elizaOS may aim to curb the expansion of AI-driven bot networks.

@kirstenrpomales suspects that X is trying to "prevent the growth of bot networks" by banning Eliza.

X may view the Eliza framework as a potential bot network generation tool, especially after it supported cross-platform (X, Discord, Telegram) automated interactions.

Such concerns may have prompted widespread bans targeting ai16z ecosystem accounts.

3. A quick grab? Do historical controversies of ai16z + Gmgn competition background make suspensions more likely?

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Competitors or disgruntled community members (possibly due to ai16z's token controversies) launched mass reporting against accounts related to ai16z, Eliza, and Gmgn. These reports prompted X's algorithm to prioritize the review of related account networks, leading to bulk suspensions.

Evidence:

@OnChainTerror's speculation (reports from competing platforms) and ai16z's historical controversies (like the ELIZA token incident) support this possibility.

X's reporting system is prone to abuse; historical cases show that coordinated reporting can trigger account suspensions.