Comments on: Here Comes Twitter Spam And How To Fight It

By: Damian Davila Rojas

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:27:56 +0000

3 steps to Get Rid of Twitter Spam http://bit.ly/1DXJ6g

By: How To: Safely Use Twitter Notification Enhancement Services « Technobabbles

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:27:47 +0000

[...] to a TechCrunch post about fighting Twitter spam I read tonight, I discovered Topify, an invitation-only (for now) service based in Israel that [...]

By: Lance Taylor

Lance Taylor — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:11:46 +0000

Just do a follow on @NASA right now. With all the #moonbombing discussions going on… every seconds post it seems is from someone whom won $200 free groceries, or 42″ plasma tvs with links. Yeah, first time I’ve ever seen this sorta thing… twitter (or Tweetdeck) needs to do something about it, or allow you to perhaps filter based on keywords.

By: Austin Nukemdomis

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:24:29 +0000

We are all fed up with Twitter spammers and fraudulent users. I could be doing better things while on Twitter instead of blocking spammers.

So many people are using programs that create hundreds and hundreds of accounts every day. Twitter needs to hurry up and implement something.

Until that time we will have to rely on sites like http://showmeyourfork.com/ and http://twerpscan.com/en

By: 3 Twitter applications to optimize and clean your Tweepz « La Banda 2 Cero

3 Twitter applications to optimize and clean your Tweepz « La Banda 2 Cero — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:54:27 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:36:54 +0000

There’s no good solution here. Just look at the mess that Craigslist has become. Any tools that are developed to flag spammers or identify nonspammers could be easily by manipulated by spammers themselves. The only true solution is to either charge for access or link user accounts back to digital certificates. Long term, spam is by far the biggest threat to Twitter — especially considering how easy it is to setup new accounts and access the system via an API.

By: A New Form of Twitter Spam: ReTweet Stories With Your URL

A New Form of Twitter Spam: ReTweet Stories With Your URL — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:49:58 +0000

[...] starting to think that there is some social media “guru” teaching this twitter spam technique to people in real estate, because I’m not really seeing it in any other niche that [...]

By: The State of the Social Web: Facebook & FriendFeed, Google… oh and Twiter - Blog the web

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:33:03 +0000

[...] Twitter is fighting a constant battle with Spam. You read articles like this and wonder – how much of Twitter is actually Spam? To me – it feels like a lot. I would at least [...]

By: FXPAL Blog » Blog Archive » Musings on spam

FXPAL Blog » Blog Archive » Musings on spam — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:34:58 +0000

[...] to have to get a Topify account and a Twitter client that makes it easy to report spam. See this TechCrunch article for links to various clients and an interesting discussion of Twitter spam blocking [...]

By: Jarred

Jarred — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:02:37 +0000

Twitter should charge $1 to create an account. Spammers create thousands of accounts to push twitter spam / follows. It would put an abrupt stop to it.

By: Explaining Twitter's Popularity - Reporters, ADD, PR Love, and Influencers. | Think Forward

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:04:18 +0000

[...] small community it once was – a manageable community, but now filled with too many users, spam, and sponsored [...]

By: Rangt

Rangt — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:30:28 +0000

What about creating #spamsunday

On this day, people recommend ’spam accounts’. Then, your legitimate followers can block them before they even follow them. Thus, no spam account could follow anyone if enough people blocked them.

Basically an immunization.

@rangt

By: Beware of Twitter Spam: An Overview and Guide - Widget and Facebook App Development and Design - Metablocks

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:07:53 +0000

[...] or reply to/retweeting over peoples tweets. This common form of Twitter spam involves spammers replying to your @username, which then causes the Tweets to show up in your timeline (and may cause you to [...]

By: Twitter Spam | Spam Info

Twitter Spam | Spam Info — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:59:19 +0000

[...] Ich habe heute zwei sehr interessante Artikel von Adam Ostrow und Leena Rao über Twitter Spam gefunden. Es lohnt sich auf jeden Fall mal kurz reinzulesen: http://mashable.com http://www.techcrunch.com [...]

By: George D

George D — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:49:13 +0000

We shouldn’t have to do this. If all they’re doing is following lots of people and posting URLs, then they should be blocked automatically, or placed in a spam queue.

Twitter is really failing here. They need to be much more aggressive, even if that means a few false positives

By: lainer

lainer — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:47:06 +0000

What about spam followers who are hackers, and they just keep adding more and more followers to your account. (All from same hacker?) Blocking does nothing!! What about these jerks?

By: irony

irony — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:07:16 +0000

kinda ironic that this is basically spam on a post about twitter spam… hi comment spam we never missed you

By: Spy Vs. Spy: The Spymaster Backlash Begins And Twitter Needs To Fix It

Spy Vs. Spy: The Spymaster Backlash Begins And Twitter Needs To Fix It — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:28:48 +0000

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By: Technical blogs with pictures and videos » Spy Vs. Spy: The Spymaster Backlash Begins And Twitter Needs To Fix It

Sat, 30 May 2009 01:09:41 +0000

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By: Spy Vs. Spy: The Spymaster Backlash Begins And Twitter Needs To Fix It

Spy Vs. Spy: The Spymaster Backlash Begins And Twitter Needs To Fix It — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:40:06 +0000

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By: Fighting Twitter Spam - Twitter Will Need Help

Fighting Twitter Spam - Twitter Will Need Help — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:25:10 +0000

[...] TechCrunch on Twitter Spam [...]

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Here Comes Twitter Spam And How To Fight… | — Sun, 10 May 2009 04:32:19 +0000

[...] A spam-less Twitter feed might just be too good to be true. Spam is becoming an increasing problem on Twitter and something has to be done to separate the wheat from the chaff. Spammers are using Twitter as a tool by replying to your @username, which then causes the Tweets to show up in your timeline. There isn’t really a way to filter Twitter spam directly from a Twitter client. But there may be soon… Read Article [...]

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Thu, 07 May 2009 16:30:34 +0000

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By: Investor Relations 2.0 – Still Well Ahead of it’s Time for Microcap Companies | TomAllinder.com

Thu, 07 May 2009 16:20:20 +0000

[...] and create hype on behalf of a company. Twitter is not like dumb email though… there are many tools to fight spam and Twitter itself will suspend the accounts of users conducting suspicious activity. [...]

By: Re: Twitter spam. (dsandler.org)

Re: Twitter spam. (dsandler.org) — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:32:28 +0000

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