Event:Twitter Bans Bittty Gordon

Suspension of Bittty's Twitter Account

The suspension of Bittty's Twitter account in early 2023 marked a critical moment in the history of the SpamArt movement. It underscored the fragility of artist presence on centralized platforms and sparked widespread discourse on censorship, artistic freedom, and the need for decentralized infrastructures for digital expression.

Abstract

Bittty, a foundational figure in the SpamArt movement, used Twitter as a primary platform to share glitch-heavy, provocative, and often memetic artwork. When their account was suspended in 2023, it prompted backlash and debate across the art community. This event illustrates the collision between anti-curatorial artistic practices and the automated enforcement systems of corporate social media.

Background

The artist known as Bittty was active in the early evolution of SpamArt, frequently collaborating with peers like Spammer:The Perfesser, Spammer:Cryptochild, and Spammer:Mohini. Their Twitter feed served as both sketchbook and performance space, where posts ranged from high-concept spam collages to cryptic visual poetics often referencing net.art history and glitch aesthetics.

Twitter's algorithms, designed to suppress "spammy" behavior, were often at odds with SpamArt's central methods—especially its reliance on repetition, unsolicited distribution, and automation-adjacent posting styles.

Circumstances of Suspension

While Twitter did not disclose a public reason, leading