Note: I have raised this issue with Twitter but had no responce, so at least for now here is how to get a banned Twitter account unbanned

Twitter has grown at huge speed over the last year and with it has come the problem of spam and other black arts of marketing, Twitter responded and banned any accounts it felt were in violation of it's new Terms and Conditions.

For the most part this worked well and still does but from time to time Twitter will catch accounts that aren't just automated spam holes, when this happens a huge amount of time and energy could be lost and you might give up on Twitter all together.

Well don't worry because you can get your Twitter name back with this handy tip.

Unbanning your Twitter account

Ok first things first you will need to login to your banned Twitter account using your original username and password, if you have lost your password use the reset tool to get it back.

Once logged into Twitter you will see a warning that your account is suspended (naughty, naughty) go-to SETTINGS and look for your USERNAME in a moment we are going to change it to something else but first.

Open a new window and go-to Twitter.com and open the SIGNUP page and enter the details that mirror your old account BUT with a new EMAIL address Twitter hasn't seen before!

Now back to your SETTINGS page and change the username to something random 54jhjj4h5 or whatever and SAVE you will be asked to enter the accounts password to confirm the change.

Now go to the SIGNUP page you had open in another window and submit it, your account is now unbanned easy huh?

{jb_bluebox}You will loose all your followers but your account was banned anyway so its not like you still had them! At least now you have your name back which is the main thing.{/jb_bluebox}

I will leave it to the community to debate the ethics of this workaround, personally I think as long as you learnt your lesson and don't repeat the offences that got you banned consider this a second chance.

Do read the Twitter Terms and Conditions it will help keep your account on the right side of the Ban Hammer!