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Spam is the #9 Rant on Twitter
May 16, 2008 – 4:17 pm
Let Your Customers Do the Talking
May 13, 2008 – 9:35 pm
Andrew Kinnear hits the nail on the head with his take on how to use Twitter as a marketing channel. Let your customers do the talking…
If I’ve got a product or service and I want to spread the word virally, then all I really need is a hard-core group of influencers– a seeding group. […]
Track Spam issue will be fixed
May 7, 2008 – 3:01 pm
Twitter Product Manager Jason Goldman provided an update today on Twitter’s plans for fixing the Track Spam issue. Here’s part of that update:
1) Track is a feature that allows you to receive (via sms or im) all Twitter updates matching certain search terms. A common use is to track one’s own name. This is useful […]
Twitter Spam on TechCrunch
May 7, 2008 – 2:17 pm
TechCrunch has a post today about Twitter Spam titled Twitter Starts Blacklisting Spammers. I actually think the post is going to confuse some people. It mentions The Twitter Blacklist, which is not affiliated with Twitter, and a recent post on Stay N Alive, which covers a recent discussion on the Twitter Dev discussion […]
ProBlogger: 5 Tips to Grow Your Twitter Presence
May 7, 2008 – 9:58 am
ProBlogger: 5 Tips to Grow Your Twitter Presence
Some good tips for getting more people to follow you without resorting to automated “Friend Adder” tools.
Now you can see who is following the Spammers
May 7, 2008 – 7:44 am
Social Times has pointed out a subtle change that Twitter has made in the last couple of days. You can now see who is following someone on Twitter.
Why is this interesting to me?
Have you ever looked at an obvious spammer’s profile (e.g. Following 25,000 but only 100 following back) and wondered who is following […]
An Official Update from Twitter on Abuse/Spam
May 5, 2008 – 7:30 pm
There haven’t been too many official updates from Twitter about the spam issue. We know that they’re “working on it” but the updates have been few and far between. Tonight we got one of those updates from Twitter product manager goldtoe. The update, which appeared on Get Satisfaction, addresses “follower spam”, an […]
Some advice on following
May 4, 2008 – 9:54 pm
Following a lot of people does help you get more involved with Twitter. That’s the point of Twitter. However, don’t do it all at one time. This is the worst advice to give a new Twitter user without any type of clarification on how to do it.
- SheGeeks: Twitter 101 (05/04/08)
