Twitter doesn’t care about your feelings.
There’s some discussion in our forum right now about content disputes and the specifics of our Terms of Service. It seems there is room in our Terms for folks to debate the difference between an update and an insult. There is some confusion surrounding our official policy with regard to taking action.
Some people think we should ban one person if another person is unhappy with the content—or more specifically, if they personally define that content as “harassment.” In the case being discussed, we didn’t perceive a violation of our Terms after a careful review.
This speaks to our larger stance that Twitter is a communication utility, not a mediator of content. For those who are interested in this debate, please note that we are engaged in editing our ToS so it more clearly states the scenarios in which we will take action. The revised ToS will reflect this earlier statement of our policy on abuse.
I would agree if a violation was made posting personal info. But just because someone called you a “cunt” doesn’t mean its harassment. I’ve been called much worse and I don’t bawwww at people to get someone banned. Unless someone posted my home phone number all over, its not harassment.
Edit: Don’t get me wrong. Calling a female a cunt is horrible, but it doesn’t warrant banning an account.
Its yet another issue of unwarranted self importance from a blogger. You are not a special person. People are going to call you names. Deal with it. Of course if they are ACTUALLY harassing you (ie, putting up personal info online) then twitter is responsible.
