Proposed Solutions
We feel pretty strongly that there are things that can be done to battle the Twitter Spam problem. Twitter uses a web site called Get Satisfaction as their primary channel for issue resolution and collecting ideas from the Twitter community. See below for a growing list of ideas for eliminating or minimizing the impact of spam on Twitter. If you agree with any of these ideas, please create an account on Get Satisfaction and start to follow these items. Following an item on Get Satisfaction adds weight and increases the chance that it will be implemented.
Open Anti-Spam Feature Requests:
- Add Followers/Following metrics and Follow/Block buttons to New Follower email
(submitted 03/26/08) - “Report Spam” links need to be placed on user page
(submitted 04/01/08) - Require captcha on Follow
(submitted 04/02/08) - Analyze New Followers feature
(submitted 04/05/08) - How about daily and weekly versions of New Follower email?
(submitted 04/13/08) - Block users in TRACK, may be used for Spamming
(submitted Jan 2008) - Ban URL’s for repeat spam offenders
(submitted July 21, 2008)
Implemented Features:
- ’spam report’ option added to Help page (04/09/08)
Issues / Discussions:
- How would you prefer to report Twitter spam (active discussion)
also see How should obvious spam Twitter accounts be reported? (original discussion)
- Some nasty techniques used by Twitter Spammers
- New Follower email includes link to spammer’s web site
- People are selling Twitter accounts now
Do you have an idea for battling spam on Twitter? Send us an e-mail, contact us on Twitter, or submit your idea on Get Satisfaction.
