Major BTS Voting Accounts Have Reportedly Been Suspended On Twitter
Several large BTS fanbases have reportedly been suspended, and now ARMYs are demanding an explanation from Twitter.
On Twitter, entertainment companies use hashtags to gather fan votes for publically voted awards. Currently, MTV is asking fans to vote for “Hottest Summer Superstar” using the hashtag #MTVhottest.
In order to stay organized and optimize their reach, K-Pop fandoms often create Twitter fanbases that are dedicated to voting. These accounts tweet out a high volume of these hashtags and keep fans updated on their progress.
Let's vote harder 💪🏼 Get this tweet to 200 replies with the voting tags ! Remember to note spam with only voting tags ⚠️ Take time between tweets and use sentence in the tweet. Emojis are okay 👌🏼
Add this 👉🏼 #MTVHottest BTS @BTS_twt
— ArmyBrigade13 – M (@ArmyBrigade13_M) August 14, 2019
Currently, ARMY is leading the votes for “Hottest Summer Superstar” with over 15 million votes. Lady Gaga is in second place, followed by BLACKPINK.
Recently, ARMY’s largest voting account, BTS Voting Team lost all three of their accounts, totaling 657,000 followers, to suspensions.
All our three accounts are gone.
•@btsvotingteam (500k followers)
•@btsvotingteam01 (77k followers)
•@bvt_infos (80k followers)Even without us, promise me you'll win everything for BTS! Thank you ARMYs!
— BTS Voting Team (@BTSVoti39627642) August 14, 2019
As a result, votes made from these accounts have reportedly disappeared.
Hello. We are the admins of BTS Voting Team. Currently, we are frustrated of what had happened.
All our votes are gone. Again, we're sorry fam.
— BTS Voting Team (@BTSVoti39627642) August 14, 2019
Other ARMY voting teams have been suspended as well, but fans have yet to learn the reason why. Since these accounts claim to have followed Twitter’s community guidelines, some fans feel that they are being targetted.
THIS IS VERY VERY ALARMING!!
BIG VOTING TEAM ACCOUNTS ARE SUSPENDED!!!! RT TO VOTE!@ArmyBrigade13@AB13_pt2@AB13_Stats@worldwidebts@btsworIdwide@BTSWORLDWlDE@btsvotingteam @btsvotingteam01
PLEASE EXPLAIN @TwitterSupport #MTVHottest BTS @BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/DdMGLNN0gJ
— jiminie; VOTE❗️ (@kyutiebangtan) August 14, 2019
It's pretty sad and very suspicious how so many of our Voting bases are suspended out of the blue…#MTVHottest BTS (@BTS_twt)
— BTS FILES | BTS ARCHIVE (@wefile_BTS) August 14, 2019
The suspension of voting accounts could potentially affect the outcome of “Hottest Summer Superstar”, and other events that use the same voting method. BTS Voting Team has filed an appeal and is currently waiting for a response.
We already file an appeal for suspended account. We're waiting for they're response.
— BTS Voting Team (@BTSVoti39627642) August 14, 2019
