Twitter's Anti-Spam Rules Foiled Planter's Super Bowl StuntAn attempt to go viral with Baby Nut backfired in spectacular fashion.

ByJon Fingas

This story originally appeared onEngadget

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Planters is learning that there is such a thing as being too thirsty forsocial media stardom. Twitter hassuspendedthree accounts tied to Baby Nut, the resurrected Mr. Peanut mascot that made his debut during the Super Bowl, for violating policies against spam and platform manipulation. The Kraft Heinz-owned brand was trying very, very hard to go viral, with its main @MrPeanut account retweeting the three as they shared memes shortly after Baby Nut made his appearance. The problem, as you might guess, was that this echoed the sort of coordinated behavior Twitter hasbanned in the past-- it just involved snacks.

账户显然long-in-the-ma的一部分king campaign, with one of them created as early as September.

For its part, Kraft Heinz toldInsiderthat it had created the accounts "after consulting with Twitter" to stay on the social network's good side. However, it said it would "respect that decision" to suspend the accounts.

The action suggests that Twitter is willing to crack down on coordinated accounts no matter who runs them, even if it's a food giant. It's also a warning to companies that believe they can create internet buzz through sheer force of will, rather than letting the community decide if something is truly meme-worthy.

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Jon Fingas is an associate editor at Engadget.

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