I had heard about the purge but didn't think too much of it. I was asked to verify my account via text during this time. Several of my colleagues were too. Is there a specific article that you read about the auto tweets and other flags? If so, I would love to read it.

Switter was all the rage during the last big scare but most of us abandoned posting there once things settled down on Twitter. I guess we could all go there. However, I just logged in to make sure it still existed. It's still around and usable but I got a message that they had disabled new sign ups until they dealt with spam issues.