New Life State Poll (Not) on Twitter !

"Lomelindi7;c-16580514" wrote:
I think it’s a good point that they could post links to an external survey to include more voters. But, having said that, it’s pretty easy to make a Twitter account for the sole purpose of following SimGurus. A great way to feel involved with the game these days is to use Twitter. It’s absolutely full of interaction with the devs and community manager and other simmers. Well worth making an account, I think. I find it more engaging than using the forums, and I’ve been a dedicated forums user for some time now!

Personally I had some annoying issues with a Twitter registration.
Last year I wanted to create a Twitter because suddenly you couldn't check other people's "Tweets & Replies" without being logged in. So I created a Twitter and within less than 10 minutes my account was suddenly disabled and I got a mail that I'm a bot account. Took me weeks (!) and multiple mails to get it back. Weird story and I don't know how often it happens, but there's this side too.
I also hate to be forced to sign up for even more social media stuff. I don't use Twitter but just being able to read updates from other people "forced" me to get an account which still annoys me so much.

The best option is still to either make a survey on an external site without registration or make the same poll available on their official Sims forum here as well which should take less than a minute.

"wormstache999;c-16692957" wrote:

Last year I wanted to create a Twitter because suddenly you couldn't check other people's "Tweets & Replies" without being logged in. So I created a Twitter and within less than 10 minutes my account was suddenly disabled and I got a mail that I'm a bot account. Took me weeks (!) and multiple mails to get it back. Weird story and I don't know how often it happens, but there's this side too.

That happened to me, too. I created my account for the polls only, so after registering I went straight to them, voted and logged out again. When I tried to log in for the next poll the next day, twitter said my account had gotten deactivated for "suspicious activity". I was able to re-activate it by passing a captcha, so it was a minor inconvenience only.

If anyone wants to register just for the purpose of voting, be sure to do these steps:
- Fill in your personal information and upload an avatar
- Post a "first tweet". Even if it sais "Obligatory post so the system recognizes me as a human. Don't want to talk to anybody." As long as the system sees you posting, it's at peace.
- Follow some other accounts
After doing all this I never had any problems anymore even though my account is dead until a new poll pops up.