Twitter was catalogued by the UXP2 Lab over how it applies a “time out” to certain users. According to the entry, Twitter gives a “time out” to users deemed “abusive” or “bullies”, and rather than disabling the account it only limits their posts to being seen by their followers for the duration of the time limit.
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Twitter: Bully Time-out.
“Twitter gives a “time out” to users that have been deemed “abusive” or “bullies”. The time out doesn’t disable their account, it only makes their posts limited to be seen by their followers during the time limit.”
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