Stop Twitter Spam

We were very happy to see an update from Twitter today on what they are doing to deal with the spam issue. Go to this thread on Get Satisfaction for the complete discussion.

Here’s the response from Twitter:

Hi guys,

We’re devising an official spam plan, but as of today, we’re still working on it. What’s taking time? We’re trying to make sure we don’t penalize valid accounts. I think we’re all looking forward to spam minimization and hopefully, eradication.

What we do presently is investigate profiles based on a number of things. Things that flag an account currently are:

1. following a large number of people in a short amount of time
2. a small number of followers compared to number of people followed
3. updates consisting mainly of links and not personal updates
4. a large number of people blocking the profile
5. individuals writing in with spam complaints

If we receive an email from a person, we always check it out. We will let you guys know when everything is final, so we can get your feedback and work together as a community to keep things the way we want them– spam free. Thanks for your present efforts in keeping us informed if a profile seems suspicious!