Woody Windischman


An Open Letter to Twitter Support

Aug-112009

To Whom it May Concern:

I am becoming very frustrated over the amount of time it is taking for you to resolve my issue and reactivate/unsuspend my account.

As far as I can tell, I was suspended for inadvertently accessing a spam site, which used a cross-site scripting vulnerability to inject an untoward post into my stream. While I immediately addressed the problem and deleted the offending post, your system had already automatically suspended my account.

It has now been almost two weeks, and I still have not even had anything other than a single automated acknowledgement of my issue. Yet you have closed my issue twice as resolved, without any actual resolution having taken place. I have also posted a public apology to my followers on my blog, which based upon my treatment here, I am starting to regret (not regretting apologizing to my followers, but for believing that the suspension might have been in any way justified).

While this delay may simply be a sign of "growing pains", you will need to make significant improvements to your customer service if you wish to continue growing - especially if you hope to venture into paid-level services.

I would appreciate a direct response to my queries, an unsuspension of my account, and an apology for the delay at your earliest convenience.

Sincerely,

Woodrow Windischman
(@WoodyWindy)
 
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Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009 01:07 by Jeff Jones
Wow! That's not cool at all. I read a similar issue with Joel Comm having his FaceBook suspended for having "too many" friends (5000+) Best of luck. Maybe these comments can serve as a petition? "Re-activate Woody now!" signed Jeff Jones 08/11

Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009 01:14 by Woody
Thanks, Jeff! Not sure a petition here will do much, but I do appreciate the thought! :) I know several folks have posted tweets asking for my reinstatement as well.

Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009 01:48 by Sarah Haase
That's terrible. Was wondering where you were...

Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009 04:24 by Woody
Thanks, Sarah! The real irony is that I was checking out that other site to see if it was a scam in order to advise someone else. I had gone so far as to open a separate browser window to check on the link, just to make sure such a thing didn't happen. :( I think it must have been a Flash based cross-site problem.

Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009 04:41 by Brian Farnhill
Best of luck getting this sorted - it sucks to hear stories like this :-(

Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009 06:08 by Woody
Thanks, Brian! I wish it hadn't come to this.

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