7 May
2024
7 May
'24
12:56 a.m.
On 2024-05-06 19:33:00 William Morder via tde-users wrote:
On Monday 06 May 2024 17:15:57 J Leslie Turriff via
tde-users wrote:
I
have to confess, I don't remember Mastodon's name requirements, but I think
that that misguided requirement is peculiar to Meta. I only created the
tde(a)floss.social account because the admins were adding it and it
doesn't "lock you in" the way Facebook does.
Okay. I can't see that page anymore because
it gets redirected to
my "suspension notice" page. I'll try explaining why the account was
inactive and hope that they'll recind the suspension.
Leslie
I don't actually use Mastodon, just like I never used Twitter before it,
don't use X, etc. However, do they require real names, full names, etc.?
Is it possible just to go to a different place and create a new account
with a new identity?
I don't know that either, but the suspension notice does
say "...we will
retain some basic data to prevent you from evading the suspension," which
suggests that the answer is no.
If not, then I will probably never use any disservice like them.
It does look
pretty bad, but Michelle has given me an email contact point, so
I will try to get it resolved.
Bill
After creating the Mastodon account I looked at tde(a)floss.social for a few
days but there wasn't any activity to speak of, and then I pretty much forgot
about it until recently when some posts on the list made it apparent that a
lot of stuff that I would have expected to appear in the Announcements list
were happening on Mastodon, and I was missing a lot of traffic. That's how I
found out that my account is suspended (presumably for lack of activity, but
that's just a guess).
Like Facebook, once one has been suspended, there is no way to find
support/contact information.
Leslie
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