Rob Reiner smoked Meat(head) comment apparently got be banned from X forever.

[JeffDime]

So much for free speech. The day after Election Day I was about to take a flight and saw some stupid post saying Rob Reiner was going to light himself on fire if Kamala lost the election. I wrote in the comments of the post something like “400 pounds of smoked Meat(head)”.

When I landed my Twitter was permanently suspended for violating the X rules. Now, I never got any clarification on exactly what I did, but this post seems to be the only thing that makes sense. I have sent in appeals apologizing for the comment and saying it was a joke in poor taste. I said maybe the person making the decision was unaware Reiner was called “Meathead” in All in the Family. Thus the context may have been lost and taken literally? I really don’t know.

I meant no harm in the comment. Maybe it was a poor attempt at humor. But to get banned with no explanation is truly mind boggling. I have received no correspondence in two weeks regarding the reason for the suspension or any notice that they even received my appeal.

At the end of the day I wasn’t very active on Twitter lately so it’s just an annoyance. But just really ironic with X being called the last bastion of free speech and literally the day after the election I get banned for this nonsense. I have never been banned or even warned on any social media site in my life.

When I go on X now it is really tilting seeing how much leeway people are given with the posts. This whole thing really makes no sense. I’m sure if I paid for blue I would be fine. Who knows, maybe Reiner himself flagged the comment. Bullshit.

To be clear, there are no DMs “I slid in”. There is no conduct that could be seen as improper even by the most strict standard. This has to be a massive overreaction to a single silly post.

[JeffDime]

This is what I see when I sign in for the last 2 weeks. I followed around 300 and had about 300 followers. All really came from live tweeting an online season of the show Big Brother years ago when I was recovering from surgery. So I don’t give much a shit about that. It still lets me pay for premium to see posts, lol, if I would like to. What a joke.

Btw sorry about the self serving post. I was hoping that the account would be reinstated. But 2 weeks later and hearing nothing forced my hand. But I think it does show that even on a “free speech” platform like X, you could be arbitrarily fucked over at a moments notice.

[tgull]

Just do what people do here when they get banned, set up a new account with a different user name.

[BCR]

This is what I see when I sign in for the last 2 weeks. I followed around 300 and had about 300 followers. All really came from live tweeting an online season of the show Big Brother years ago when I was recovering from surgery. So I don’t give much a shit about that. It still lets me pay for premium to see posts, lol, if I would like to. What a joke.

Btw sorry about the self serving post. I was hoping that the account would be reinstated. But 2 weeks later and hearing nothing forced my hand. But I think it does show that even on a “free speech” platform like X, you could be arbitrarily fucked over at a moments notice.

This seems more painful than any surgery could be.

I think you nailed it with some young kid not understanding the reference. Doesn’t even have to be a kid at this point. Could be 45 and not get the reference.