J.P. DeFellippo > Why Twitter spam won’t stop any time soon
A good description of why Twitter is such an attractive target for spammers. There is some good discussion in the comments, including a response from Twitter co-founder Ev Williams.
ZDNet: Twitter anti-spam efforts go overboard
Comcast, JetBlue, Pandora, plus several others have been impacted.
TweetCrunch: Lets Clean Up the Tweets Get rid of Twitter Spammers
A round-up of sites that help you manage / fight Twitter Spam, including a link to Stop Twitter Spam
Structured Thoughts > How Spammers Use Twitter
A good explanation of why spammers are on Twitter. It’s to increase the page rank of their web site(s).
An Apple a Day: Top Ten Rants on Twitter
No surprise – Spam makes the list at #9
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.
Bloggers Blog: Services and Tools Emerge to Fight Twitter Spam
Bloggers Blog gives an overview of the tools and services that are emerging to fight Twitter Spam, such as Twerp Scan, Twitter Blacklist, @oddpost, and this here site.
Horse, Pig Cow: Tweeting for Companies 101
Tara Hunt gives some great guidelines for companies who are getting started on Twitter.
Mashable: Twitter Vigilantes Step Up to Solve Spam Problem
Thanks Mashable for the shout out!
Get Satisfaction: Some nasty techniques used by Twitter Spammers
This is what we are up against.
