Trying to get follower & following list, banned for spamming @ mentions.

[ArsenicBismuth]

So yesterday, I was following this project to get Twitter follower list and make an infographic of user network. Project: https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-download-and-visualize-your-twitter-network-f009dbbf107b

But after short sessions, my Twitter API access is limited. When I replied to it, I got this email just today stating that I was abusing @ mentions.

Could anyone clarify what is being used here to warrant that ban? The only functionality I use out of Tweepy are: Getting user ID & follower list. How does this library somehow managed to spam mention someone?

[ArsenicBismuth]

Got a quick reply stating that it was a false alarm from their bulk-ban system. The whole resolution process resolved very quick, so if you got in trouble despite you're behaving as a good kid, don't worry to contact or reply to their inquiries.

[Harmon758]

In the future, any Twitter API policy questions are better directed towards Twitter API Policy Support or the Twitter Developers Forums instead.