April 7, 2008

I’m tired of the follow spam

April 7, 2008 – 10:07 pm
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I think I remember @leolaporte saying twitter is spam proof…. Nothing is safe from those bastards… I’m tired of the “follow spam”

- Twitter user bblboy54 (04/07/08)

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New issue posted to Get Satisfaction

April 7, 2008 – 10:03 pm
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New Follower email includes link to spammer’s web site
New issue posted to Get Satisfaction. If you agree that this is an issue, please follow the item.

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“some LCD television is now following me”

April 7, 2008 – 8:42 pm
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Overheard on Twitter…

akirasoft : what is with this weird twitter spam? like TV’s are following me?

TinmanTypeR : @akirasoft twitter spam?

akirasoft : yeah, some LCD television is now following me: http://twitter.com/SonyKDL5…

akirasoft : there are a few more as well, if you goto my twitter page and see my followers. there are a bunch of basically spam things

The culprit:

Update:
What a vicious cycle of spam.  This blog post attracted pingback comment spam from - wait for it - a splog for LCD televisions!  >> screen shot

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Got added on Twitter by a guy who is “following” 34,000 people

April 7, 2008 – 8:08 pm
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Got added on Twitter by a guy who is “following” 34,000 people, presumably to promote his MySpace app. Spam sucks

- Twitter user carlfish (04/07/08)

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90% new followers arent real people

April 7, 2008 – 5:23 pm
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twitter bacn getting ridiculous. 90% new followers arent real people.

- Twitter user rodfather (04/07/08)

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Say Hello To Twitter Spam

April 7, 2008 – 10:07 am
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David Berlind’s Tech Radar (Information Week): No, It’s Not Your 15 Minutes of Twitter-Fame. Say Hello to Twitter Spam

A must-read article from Information Week on the Twitter Spam problem.

I can imagine other mission critical uses of Twitter and Jaiku and my only hope is that the people who run both figure out how to deal with the spammers before the spammers do to those infrastructures what they’ve already done to the Internet’s e-mail system (ruin it).

- David Berlind

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Spit=Spam+Twitter

April 7, 2008 – 9:49 am
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I love having followers, but you folks sending me Spit, please stop! (Spit=Spam + Twitter soley created to pimp your commercial site.)

- Twitter user Devra (04/07/08)

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Is nothing sacred?

April 7, 2008 – 3:44 am
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twitter spam… Are you serious Is nothing sacred?

- Twitter user jandrick (04/07/08)

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how to spam on twitter

April 7, 2008 – 3:42 am
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how to spam on twitter: follow everyone and link to your website on profile.

- Twitter user chadmalik (04/07/08)

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