Comments on: Did this Screencast Launch Twitter Spam? http://www.stoptwitterspam.com/blog/2008/06/did-this-screencast-launch-twitter-spam/ Let's keep Twitter spam free! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:16:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.stoptwitterspam.com/blog/2008/06/did-this-screencast-launch-twitter-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-420 admin Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:04:13 +0000 http://www.stoptwitterspam.com/blog/?p=271#comment-420 Nathan, you definitely called it. Hopefully the New Twitter tactics against spammers will minimize their Google juice. Nathan, you definitely called it. Hopefully the New Twitter tactics against spammers will minimize their Google juice.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.stoptwitterspam.com/blog/2008/06/did-this-screencast-launch-twitter-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Nathan Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:59:36 +0000 http://www.stoptwitterspam.com/blog/?p=271#comment-419 Ugh. There are two things in this world that I can describe my feelings toward them as true hate: Traffic, and Spammers. They both have the ability to very quickly ruin my day. That being said. I have to say: I called it! When I first suspected that spammers had found a way to game the system and follow quietly, without notifying the followed, I produced <a href="http://www.structuredthought.org/?p=85" rel="nofollow">this post</a> to which @ev responded to explain why we weren't getting the follower message. After that, I got a lot of questions about how spammers would be able to exploit a voluntary-listen system like Twitter. In response, I created <a href="http://www.structuredthought.org/?p=86" rel="nofollow">this post</a>, detailing how I figured spammers could utilize a system like this. While it's nice to have your suspicions confirmed and your opinion validated, it makes me sad that I even needed to make those posts in the first place. Keep up the good work! Nathan <a href="http://twitter.com/AlexDeGruven" rel="nofollow">twitter.com/AlexDeGruven</a> Ugh. There are two things in this world that I can describe my feelings toward them as true hate: Traffic, and Spammers. They both have the ability to very quickly ruin my day.

That being said. I have to say: I called it!

When I first suspected that spammers had found a way to game the system and follow quietly, without notifying the followed, I produced this post to which @ev responded to explain why we weren’t getting the follower message.

After that, I got a lot of questions about how spammers would be able to exploit a voluntary-listen system like Twitter. In response, I created this post, detailing how I figured spammers could utilize a system like this.

While it’s nice to have your suspicions confirmed and your opinion validated, it makes me sad that I even needed to make those posts in the first place.

Keep up the good work!
Nathan
twitter.com/AlexDeGruven

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