Comment by leereeves

> This is likely a problem with the link banning algo not treating signal.me as high volume enough to prevent an automated ban.

And rightfully so. Despite being discussed a lot here, Signal is not very popular or well-known. Even TFA felt the need to start by explaining what Signal is. TFA then adds:

“This request looks like it might be automated” reads another prompt. “To protect our users from spam and other malicious activity, we can’t complete this action right now. Please try again later.”

And if signal.me is being used for automated spam, automated attacks require automated solutions.

> The real problem then is that even if it was deliberate (conspiracy theory: Mark messaged Elon: Pls help me curb the growth of the biggest competitor of Whatsapp?) twitter can easily hide behind "overzealous automation, sorry".

That would indeed be concerning. (And maybe illegal?) But is it anything more than an unfounded accusation?