#TwitterGulag : How It Works… And What to Do

How it Works:

Thanks to the work of Twitter user @SemperBanU (SBU) (give a follow, if you feel like it), the exploit, and how it was disseminated among Lefty’s has become apparent. According to SBU, what the Lefty jerks discovered is that the “block and report for spam feature”  IS COMPLETELY AUTOMATED. There is not a human sitting at the other end to review the reports, there’s just a computer, and like any machine, it can be fooled.

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SBU advises that users hit by this attack file a ticket with @support. He notes that if it seems they’re being a long time coming in responding to your to filing, to just be patient. If you submit one ticket, get frustrated and re-submit, then you essentially reset the clock on having an real human take a look at your situation.

Much much more here:

http://thetrenches.us/2012/06/twittergulag-how-it-works-and-what-to-do/