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Oh man. Hope you feel better soon @steverubel - Deano @ Byron New Media

Hope everything turns out okay. - Matt Cutts

All the best Steve. Hope you get better soon. - James Cherkoff

Better thanks all! I ate some bad ju-ju or something! - Steve Rubel from email

I <3 FriendFeed Real-Time search - it lets me see Twitter Fail, as it happens - Jesse Stay

Thanks for the heads up. BTW, here is the retweet from the SPAM account: RT @SPAM If someone you just KNOW isn't a spammer is suspended right now, their account is prob contaminated and we're fixing it. - RAD Moose

I'm glad about the real spammos being zapped, but sure is odd they have to temporarily suspend bona fide accounts in droves!!! Thanks for staying on top of this Jesse. Where is Mashable when we need them?? Nothing from Pete et al yet... - Mari Smith

Hopefully it will get rid of all those Kathy34982s and Elisa9867s - Carlton Prest

they're suspending legit accts, but the bots and spammers aren't getting banned the way they need to. - Dawn S. Lambe

I have gotten a lot of spam followers in the past few weeks. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

My account was suspended for some reason. Awhile ago I had some duplicate posts due to wayward drupal module however for some reason it was suspended in the last 4 hours. I was using twollow and was following "online marketing" so that I could learn more from people discussing online marketing. Could this have caused it? I sent in a support request so we will see what happens. - Brian Kenyon from iPod

FYI I'm going to update the post but that message from @spam is from May 30 - it appears that Twitter does not yet know about this one - Jesse Stay from iPhone

I got suspended and I am not spam! A lot of good Tweets are getting suspended. - Kimber Scott

Un-oh. Why do they say they are doing it? - Francine Hardaway

4chan is currently to blame, they were trying to get on the top of trending topics (and succeeded) - mjc

Michael, I'm wondering if it happened for some reason due to that. Maybe Twitter got trigger happy to kill the attack. - Jesse Stay

Doesn't necessarily make sense. If the problem is the gorilla anatomy thing, wouldn't they just go after those accounts? - John E. Bredehoft from fftogo

John, has Twitter ever made sense? - Jesse Stay

"There seems to be a wave of suspensions going around Twitter today, and it’s turning quickly into an echo chamber of confusion and frustration. We’ve received several tips (the first one being from Mashable guest writer Matt Singley) that a range of users are being taken down, including some with large followings such as @marismith and the LA Times Top of the Ticket account." http://mashable.com/2009... - Kimber Scott

Kimber, check out the comments on my post - you'll see there are many more. Also check out the real-time stream and you'll see people complain real-time. - Jesse Stay

They suspend @marismith but not @GangbangGirl @cumcandy & @kellikanyon. That's rich - Peggy Dolane

Yes, Jesse, I saw the stream and the other comments. My Twitter account is working again. Thank goodness. - Kimber Scott from email

I didn't get suspended. Glad in a way, but not sure I care about it. I don't bother with twitter much anymore. I'm mainly here on friendfeed now. - Jannifer @wordsforliving

I like it here on FriendFeed. I like the features and the fact you can have a real conversation. Besides, I feel very distrustful of Twitter now. - Kimber Scott from email