I received an email from Twitter saying they have rejected my request to reinstate my Twitter account. They have offered no explanation other than ‘violations of the user agreement.’ I am, however, more and more convinced that the suspension is based on complaints generated by my followers after my account got hacked and the hackers sent a bunch of spam direct messages. I of course, reset my password, and shut the hackers off, but it is the only thing I can think of that would have generated any complaints.
In any case, the account is gone, but that does not mean the app is gone, it just means we have to move to plan B. We need to move the app to a different Twitter account — a process we already started.
I do not know exactly how long it will take, but we hope to be back up and running soon. As soon as we get things switched over, we will let you know and at that point you will need to re-authorize Feed140 to access your Twitter account.
I’m very sorry for any difficulties this may have caused you and appreciate your patience — we have some of the coolest users on the planet and we are going to get things back on track for you AND make it up to you.
If you are a paid user, expect a refund once the dust settles.
If you are a free user, we’ll find a way to make it up to you too.
On a final note, I am working with my partners to revise our agreement to be able to put more resources on moving Feed140 forward next year.
We have not been properly structured to give us the ability so serve you best, but a solution is right around the corner, which means we can start making improvements and building new features very soon!
Thanks,
Doug Hudiburg
Founder, Feed140