#freeshanewright22 and more: Conservative users still trapped in #twittergulag; Update: Shane Wright freed, spam block attack confirmed
http://twitter.com/#!/Gabby_Hoffman/status/201136199543431168
@k_yoder Yes! For tweeting conservative stuff. That's what I've been told. It's been happening to a lot of people lately.
— Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabby_Hoffman) May 12, 2012
#FreeShaneWright22 help get this hashtag trending. All he did was be conservative on twitter. And suspended 4 no reason. #tcot #gop
— Justen Charters (@JustenCharters) May 12, 2012
.@support RT @JustenCharters: #tcot please retweet #FreeShaneWright22 he is a good conservative and was suspended for no reason. Thank you.
— Jaime (@jaimec25) May 12, 2012
Twitchy told you about the plights of @FreeMarket_US and @ChrisLoesch — both knocked off Twitter unjustly and then reinstated by Twitter after a surge of support from fellow conservatives online. The fight continues. Tonight, conservative activists publicized the suspension of @shanewright22.
I wasn't going to tweet this evening…dog tired. But we can't let fellow conservatives be silenced #FreeShaneWright22 #tcot
— Harry Larris (@HarryLarris) May 12, 2012
#freeshanewright22 #freeshanewright22 #freeshanewright22 #freeshanewright22 #freeshanewright22 #freeshanewright22 #freeshanewright22
— StandwithIsrael (@greekkid31) May 12, 2012
https://twitter.com/#!/katyabram/status/201122829515767809
Liberals can coordinate to get conservative Twitters suspended all they want, we protect our own. Get #FreeShaneWright22 trending! #tcot
— Michelle Stansbury (@mbstansbury) May 12, 2012
There are more still trapped:
@michellemalkin @TimGamble @twitter pleas add @Loneranger321 to the request.
— C.Tapp (@Painterman969) May 12, 2012
@michellemalkin suspended over a week ago for a day,but then just locked out.Twitter refuses to acknowkedge password.search shows nothing.
— C.Tapp (@Painterman969) May 12, 2012
@michellemalkin @TimGamble it'ts my original account.Charles Tapp.
— C.Tapp (@Painterman969) May 12, 2012
And:
Can't wait to see @MSalasBlair out of #twittergulag – No gag rule! #FixItTwitter #morespeechnotless #FreeMSalasblair
— Scoldilocks (@somethingfishie) May 11, 2012
@JEBocanegra1 she was 'suspended'. Nobody knows why. #FreeMSalasBlair
— TX Puentes Action (@TXPuentes) May 11, 2012
And:
@support @gov over a week in #twittergulag with no explanation! Others are OUT. Someone please help @angiemancuso OUT @michellemalkin
— AngieMancuso (@Angie_in_Twitmo) May 12, 2012
Vocal conservative social-media activists helped bring the infestation of “progressive” flag-spam abusers to Twitter’s attention. Leftists scoffed at #twittergulag, but Twitter responded by reinstating many accounts.
As Dana Loesch reported — in a smackdown of ill-informed Yahoo.com reporter Chris Wilson – the Leftists’ maliciously coordinated blocks of conservative users are real and the subject of Twitter investigation:
From Twitter, bold my emphasis:
You’ve been unsuspended, and I’ve asked the team to monitor the account […] we are still investigating the best ways to work on this …
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the coordinated blocks may still trip the automated systems, but we will try to stay a step ahead
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You may also refer to my note that coordinated blocks could trip the automated spam systems …
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Please note your follower/following counts maybe a little screwy for an hour or so after suspension/reinstatement. Thanks for your patience.
… It was suspended and it was a coordinated effort and it seems some of those who are spinning the fastest are the ones guilty of the TOS violation themselves…
An activist has created @FreeChrisLoesch (not affiliated with Chris Loesch) to keep track on Twitter of conservatives stuck in #twittergulag. There is also a @TwitterGulag account to help publicize the plight of those targeted by progressive silencers.
Look who they let out of #TwitterGulag ! Thanks for everyone's support and well wishes! #freepaulrevered1776 #FreePatriots #FreeChrisLoesch
— Paul Revered (@paulrevered1776) May 10, 2012
#FreeChrisLoeschFollowFriday @casualmeyhem @BrightlyWrought @Life_of_Julia @DotsRUs @KathleenSweets @Angie_in_Twitmo Jennafur2 @TWlTTERGULAG
— #FreeTahmooressi (@freechrisloesch) May 11, 2012
@Support #GulagReport #TwitterGulag Prisoners present and accounted for @debrasnest @AngieMancuso @reardenh @bcmissildine @paulrevered1776
— Karl Marx Spa (@TWlTTERGULAG) May 10, 2012
Prisoner #5214818 at your service. @MichaelErnette #TwitterGulag @TWlTTERGULAG #GulagReport #FreeChrisLoesch http://t.co/3cWM9tkR #teaparty
— Karl Marx Spa (@TWlTTERGULAG) May 10, 2012
Twitter users: You can help by tweeting this post to @gov and @support.
Eternal vigilance!
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Thank you, Twitter. Shane Wright is free and the coordinated spam block was confirmed:
Twitter has confirmed that my account WAS spam blocked! This is unacceptable! I am FREE now and I will be LOUD as ever #FreeShaneWright22
— Pants = Tyranny (@ShaneWright22) May 12, 2012
HUGE PROPS to @JustenCharters and #Resist44 as well as @TheCourtMarie and @michellemalkin for their help tonight! #FreeShaneWright22
— Pants = Tyranny (@ShaneWright22) May 12, 2012
The Conservative Movement cannot and will not be silenced! Thank you all so much! #FreeShaneWright22 #tcot #resist44 #TeaParty
— Pants = Tyranny (@ShaneWright22) May 12, 2012
We also heard from Angie Mancuso, who is now unsuspended and got similar confirmation that she was victim of a coordinated spam block attack. She notes that prior to her suspension, she had been interacting with #stoprush liberal Twitter activists.
@ShaneWright22 Congrats on your release from #twittergulag. Just got out myself!
— Angie Mancuso (@AngieMancuso) May 12, 2012
I am FREE FROM #TWITTERGULAG! So many people to thank I don't know where to begin!
— Angie Mancuso (@AngieMancuso) May 12, 2012
#GulagReport #FreeShaneWright22 @AngieMancuso & @ShaneWright22 are out of #TwitterGulag sent there b/c of Obama's #stoprush trolls. #lnyhbt
— Karl Marx Spa (@TWlTTERGULAG) May 12, 2012
We’ll keep on ‘em, too.
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Ken Gardner has some advice:
PSA: trolls are trying to get people suspended by baiting them to respond, then reporting them for spam from their mentions column. Beware!
— Ken Gardner (@kesgardner) May 12, 2012
@AngieMancuso They bait you into responding, then they report you from their mentions column where spam reports have greater weight.
— Ken Gardner (@kesgardner) May 12, 2012