[Update 3/17/2020:] The NicheGamer Twitter account has been restored.
I just wanted to thank all our friends and fans again, and for @TwitterSupport for helping get us back ❤️ We’ve cleaned up any potentially DMCA related stuff. Only articles, reviews, and copyright-friendly memes from now on
— Brandon Orselli (@brandonorselli) March 17, 2020
[Update 3/14/2020:] Brandon Orselli updated his followers, informing them that the account was hit with mass DMCA flagging due to some of the videos that were uploaded on the account.
Another update on the @nichegamer Twitter suspension: we got mass dmca copyright flagged by haters, lol. All it took was a few tweets with some meme videos and we got zapped. We have a case that is being looked at by @TwitterSupport staff, so hopefully Monday we’ll be back
— Brandon Orselli (@brandonorselli) March 14, 2020
[Original article:] The war on weebs continues as Twitter has suspended the NicheGamer social media account. No reason was given and the owner of the site, Brandon Orselli, is still left completely in the dark as to why the site was suspended from Twitter.
On March 12th, 2020 Orselli sent out a tweet asking why the account was suspended.
If anyone knows someone at @Twitter or @TwitterSupport please reach out to them 🙁
— Brandon Orselli (@brandonorselli) March 13, 2020
If you visit the NicheGamer account at the moment, you’ll see that the account is suspended, and you’ll be met with the following message.
The last articles posted on the site before the suspension was for Lego Super Mario and Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition.
Obviously, something else must have been posted in between that time, or possibly they responded to someone with something that triggered Twitter into suspending the account.
Right now they still don’t know what led to the suspension.
The culture-arm of NicheGamer, known as Nicchiban, also tweeted out that they’re still waiting for confirmation on what led to the suspension.
Just an FYI our main website, @nichegamer, was suspended. We’re waiting on clarification on why but currently have no word on what got us suspended… Please help if you can
— Nicchiban (@Nicchiban_) March 13, 2020
Knowing how ideologically driven Twitter is, it’s entirely possible that the ban came from someone who didn’t like the site, or it’s because they posted an image of an anime that triggered a staff member. If the account posted anything about anything dealing with politics or coronavirus, that could have been the tipping point for the staff at Twitter. Given how fragile the Silicon Valley snowflakes are it literally could have been anything.
We’ll update the story if there’s any developments on what led to the ban and if the account will be restored.
