Twitter seems to be on a roll lately. It would seem, either by bug, or some new policy just implemented, Twitter has just suspended hundreds to thousands of Twitter accounts with little to no reason. You can see all the action, semi-real-time here.
I just received a tip from a good friend, a very strong Twitter user and definitely not a spammer, who was one of those people suspended without cause. She stated she submitted a ticket to Twitter support and the ticket was immediately closed with no reason. Looking over Twitter search, she’s not the only one, and many very valid accounts are complaining of having their Twitter accounts suspended out of the blue. Reasons for suspension are often following people and unfollowing people frequently, following people too fast, blatent spammy behavior, among other things, but based on the users I know were suspended none of these activities were happening.
There is no word from Twitter on this matter – I’ll update the post when I hear more. You can watch the suspensions and the horror occur in real-time (thanks to FriendFeed, ironically) below:
UPDATE: Twitter has responded via their Status blog: “Earlier today, we accidentally suspended a number of accounts. We regret the human error that led to these mistaken suspensions and we are working to restore the affected accounts—we expect this to be completed in the next several hours.”
Other major accounts suspended: @marismith, @denisewakeman, @loubortone, @tweetlater, @deniseoberry, @radionational – if your account was affected please leave a comment!
suspended with no reasons, no inform…..
my account
@cash_in_a_flash
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Twttr is glitchy and unreliable… it seems to be run out of some drunk college guy's dorm, LOL. Friendfeed is much better. 🙂
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Did you know that a site like http://www.tweexchange.com also enables people to be notified when a suspended name they want becomes available?
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[…] o motivo do problema nem quantas pessoas ficaram impedidas de acessar seus perfis. Segundo o blog Stay N’ Alive informou que teriam sido “centenas de milhares”. As contas suspensas se transformaram […]
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My Twitter account, @dahliamadison, was also suspended around 4pm today and I wasn't doing anything except refreshing the screen to read new tweets. I am definitely not a spammer, and only use twitter to get useful tweets from the people I follow and to send useful information to my followers. I hope Twitter solves this problem soon.
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[…] is apologizing for the ‘human error’ which caused perhaps hundreds to thousands of accounts to be suspended for […]
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Suspended as well …. without knowing why. I sent in a problem report, which was immidiatedly labeled as “solved”, a comment reopened the investigation but no new status
I am @mamakelly
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[…] So long story short, my business Twitter account was temporarily suspended, and for no apparent reason. Apparently, I’m not alone. […]
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I too am not a spammer/my followers
were upset when my account got suspended/
not fair for all the hard work to get reduced to nil
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Why your Twitter team closed my request? My account @irfant is still suspended. It hasnt fixed yet. OMG, its already 2 months. 😦
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Yes, I was suspended this afternoon. Hopefully resolution will be speedy.
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Sources are telling me that the suspension is related to Tweet Later. My hubby and I have three accounts total, all of which are suspended. I've asked everyone to send a message to @spam requesting to unspam me so to speak. Not sure if this method will do the trick. It might just junk up Twitter, but hey maybe I'll become a trending topic!
Tweet to unspam @blogging4jobs to @spam !!
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RT @LyndseyOliver account suspended this afternoon for no reason. Help her get back online!
Please please please RT the above, for a fellow twitterer, and bored social recluse 😦
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Please mention me in your tweets @LyndseyOliver – despirate to get back onto twitter, suspended for no reason, and waiting for a reply from delbius, who is putting accounts back on that have been RT'd but not those waiting patiently with a ticket 😦
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Mashable is on it now — http://mashable.com/2009/07/05/twitter-account-…
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