Apple Plans to Stop Providing Customer Support on Twitter and YouTube

Apple is planning to eliminate social media support advisor roles across Twitter, YouTube, and the Apple Support Community website starting later this year, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. When this change takes effect, customers will no longer be able to receive support from an Apple employee on these platforms.

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Starting October 1, the @AppleSupport account on Twitter will no longer provide human replies to customers who send direct messages, one of the sources said. Instead, the source indicated that customers who message the account will receive an automated reply outlining other ways that they can contact Apple to receive assistance.

In addition, the sources said Apple will no longer provide technical assistance to customers in the comments section of YouTube videos uploaded to the Apple Support channel, and the paid Community Specialist role will be eliminated for the Apple Support Community, an online discussion forum where customers can receive help.

Apple is offering hundreds of affected employees the opportunity to transition to a phone-based support role in the company, but some advisors are unable to or unwilling to make the switch, the sources said. Apple is not allowing employees to switch to another chat-based support role in the company unless medically necessary, which has caused anger and frustration for some members of the social media team, one of the sources said.

Employees will receive training to provide phone support, and the transition is expected to be completed by November, one source said. They added that those who do not wish to work on the phones were told they would need to explore work outside of Apple.

Apple has offered customer support on Twitter since 2016. Last year, the social media platform was controversially acquired by billionaire Elon Musk, and it has since been renamed to X. In a meeting with employees this week, the sources said Apple justified its plans by explaining that many customers prefer phone-based support.

Apple did not immediately respond to our requests for comment. This story will be updated if Apple provides any information.

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Natas1000 Avatar
20 months ago
They should stop giving Twitter ad dollars too.
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tripsync Avatar
20 months ago
Never made sense to me. 100% of my DMs with Apple support over X resulted in doing basic troubleshooting steps and then Apple support telling me to go to the support website for further help. And the website chat ended up asking me to do the same exact troubleshooting steps.
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20 months ago
I prefer iMessage or phone support anyway.
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20 months ago
Likely because nobody ever knew about or used this Apple help service
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20 months ago
Apple: Add Facebook and TikTok as well, please?
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20 months ago
Twitter based customer support was always a bad idea. It felt convenient to shout gripes into the void and be heard by somebody who could help, but the next step involved providing personally identifying information to a random customer support agent on a Twitter account you had to assume was correct. All via Twitter DMs, which aren't encrypted and can't be deleted.
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