spam follows could be the end of Twitter @joywang is already saying early adopter stage is long over, asking “what’s next”?”
- Twitter user @melmcbride (04/26/08)
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Happy Spamiversary!
April 25, 2008 – 5:30 pm
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On the web, automated software creates spam blogs, or “splogs,” that exist entirely to host advertising. On social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace, spammers send phony “friend” requests simply so they can flood their new friends with spam messages.
The bad news is that no one thinks spam is going away anytime soon – and that new ways to communicate will always lead to new types of spam. The good news is that early predictions that spam would bring the internet grinding to a halt have not been borne out.
- NewScientistTech: Happy spamiversary! Spam reaches 30 (04/25/08)
Arrival of spam means Twitter has arrived
April 24, 2008 – 2:41 pm
“unwanted email = spam”
April 24, 2008 – 8:50 am
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unwanted email = spam. I WANT the emails that say “your friend has finally found twitter and is following you!” I DON’T WANT the emails that say “spammer/jerk with 15,000 follows is following you too!” I don’t care if they can read my tweets, can see me in the public feed, are selling snake oil- but it’s the email that drives me up the wall. The extra time it takes for me to visit twitter and go “ok, nvm, spammer” annoys me. If added info was in the email, then it would rock. The email wouldn’t be annoying.
- Comment left on Get Satisfaction: How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?
Suggestions for fighting Twitter Spam
April 24, 2008 – 7:59 am
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…a long term defense will have to come from the developers at Twitter. They will have to implement a solution that requires you to approve followers before they can show up in your list, or they will have to implement a timed follow limit that will prevent people from following more than five people in a twenty minute period. That way it would be a pain for would be Twitter spammers to follow people by the thousands.
- Open Source Marketer: How To Fight Twitter Spam (04/24/08)
“Twam is really baffling me”
April 23, 2008 – 7:06 am
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Spam is everywhere, it’s mass, it’s personal, it’s viral and now it’s on Twitter. Twam is really baffling me and consuming a fair amount of my strategic thought.
- nicharalambous.com: Twam - The new spam from Twitter (04/23/08)
Are marketers watching what you’re tweeting?
April 22, 2008 – 5:05 pm
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Lately, I’ve received notifications that I’m being followed by those who’ve set up Twitter accounts strictly for marketing purposes. For example, I’ve tweeted that I was about to go on a diet. Within a day or two of mentioning that, I received notices that @flatbellydietin, @trxworkout and @weightlossdie were following me. … Are we facing a trend where marketers/advertisers will use apps like Tweet Scan to search for prospects (suspects)? I’m thinking so. And I’m concerned about the consequences.
- Paul Chaney (Conversational Marketing): Tweet Scan a tool for marketers to spam you? (04/22/08)
“…another spam delivery chute”
April 22, 2008 – 3:10 pm
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wondering if twitter has just become another spam delivery chute.
- Twitter user @chesspark (04/22/08)
“…spam of the worst kind”
April 22, 2008 – 3:07 pm
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The strength of Twitter is its “one to many” messaging ability, but from a marketing perspective the “many” have to want the message and even if you agree to follow (i.e receive messages from) a company, there is an implicit level of incoming traffic that you will not tolerate. The marketing danger here is that the combination of the ease of sending the short message form and the flow/stream aesthetic of Twitter will lead to abuse of that permission. Because of the limited size of the Twitter page, such behaviours will quickly become spam of the worst kind.
- John Dodds (Make Marketing History): Twitter Spam (04/22/08)
“I am being followed by livercancer…”
April 22, 2008 – 12:30 pm
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I am being followed by livercancer, toothacherelief, toshibaflat and freepspgamedownload welcome to spam-free Twitter
- Twitter user @jpostman (04/22/08)
