Twitter banned my API access, so I'm offline until they review my case. 😭😭

They’ve said I post a lot of similar content (yup 🙄), which is against the rules, and therefor I’m spam. 😭 Going through further review and trying to make sure the bot didn’t accidentally reply to the same thing multiple times.

Answer from @TwitterSupport. Because this bot replies to the art tweet instead of the mention, Twitter says it’s spam. Unfortunately, I wrote this bot that way because otherwise it can be used to harass/spam people! The bot will be offline until I can find a solution 😓

Found a workaround. I think. Maybe. Not great, not terrible. We’ll see if Twitter allows it.

Most images on Twitter lack descriptions, excluding #blind people like myself from conversations & critical information. Start 2021 with a commitment to include image descriptions with your photos & help increase #accessibility. Here's a guide help.twitter.com/en/using-twitt… #a11y

Twitter tried to block the headless browser I use to take the screenshot for the video 🙄 "Tried" being the operative word -- we're back in business! 🎉

Hello fellow kids. We know it is "cool" and "hip" to use Unicode "font" changers to turn your text into mathematical alphanumeric symbols when you don't have markup. But you know what is really cool? Using ASCII. You can be *bold*, you can be /italic/, and you can be understood!

Twitter has currently blocked this bot. Hopefully we'll be back online soon 😭

No word from @TwitterSupport yet, and I haven't received the email, so it's uncertain when or if this bot can come back online. 😭

Finally got a response back from @TwitterSupport who are stating that this bot is either making unsolicited or duplicate replies. Which is strange because the bot only replies to mentions, and it makes a unique video asset every time.

You make it accessible to accommodate people's needs. Just like the great folks at the Van Gogh Museum do with Feeling Van Gogh -- a tactile/descriptive experience of his art and life. vangoghmuseum.nl/en/visit/whats… The only point your tweet is making is about yourself, Browski.

"Don't use　　　　　"Just Fix fancy text or　　　　screen emoticons."　　　　readers." 　　　　　　　🤝 　　　　"Not MY problem." We can't 🪄✨🎩 fix screenreaders. We can't stop people using Unicode for art. But we can at least inform. [cc Gretchen McCulloch now at @gretchenmcc.bsky.social Ashley Bischoff]

The absolute dumpster fire that man has made of this website seems to have caught up to this bot. Suspended, but not suspended enough to get unsuspended 🙃