Comments on: Once Again, Twitter Trending Topics Polluted By Spam (Or Not)

By: depannage informatique

depannage informatique — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:44:31 +0000

there will always be sensors… you can’t help it.

By: assurance

assurance — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:43:24 +0000

thx Barnaby, interesting link… at least it solves the reflexion.

By: mutuelle santé

mutuelle santé — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:51:34 +0000

sad but funny!

By: Mutuelle

Mutuelle — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:29:15 +0000

Yes the book is great

By: mutuelle

mutuelle — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:33:16 +0000

thaks for this post

By: mutuelle

mutuelle — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:20:56 +0000

Yes i’m agree with that : I think the lesson here is – “don’t rely on twitter for everything in the world” – check other sources

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Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:16:00 +0000

[...] above, but also Twitter bots, numerous fake Twitter accounts as well as spammers trying to use trending topics to gain exposure. I am sure there is more, but these are the examples off the top of my head right [...]

By: How To: 5 Top Methods & Applications to Reduce Twitter Spam! | Thoughtpick Blog

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:20:00 +0000

[...] = ‘amerkawar’; How much of Twitter’s trending topics are polluted by spam? How many Twitter verified accounts are there? Have you ever thought of reaching Twitter utopia: a [...]

By: What The Hashtag: Your Guide To Enigmatic Twitter Hashtags | Newsfed - Aggregate local and tech stories with related videos and tweets!

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:57:02 +0000

[...] on Twitter. And many of the Trending Topics aren’t necessarily breaking news and is often polluted by spam. What The Hashtag is a site launched to solve this exact [...]

By: Chuck Adler

Chuck Adler — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:08:24 +0000

If you don’t watch the show, you won’t get the joke. Unlike the 70s, you apparently can’t go anything today.

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By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:13:45 +0000

Interesting that the search term is not offensive, or spam or even banned. Just a twitter bug. Try searching with just the hashtag removed. By the way isn’t #moonfruit more spamlike – i.e include #moonfruit in a tweet to win a Macbook?

By: anarchyintheuk

anarchyintheuk — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:19:27 +0000

newbs? what is that meant to mean?

Everyone has a valid comment, or is only stoneage man allowed to make a comment here?

By: mutuelle

mutuelle — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:57:45 +0000

I do it. I bought my book at Amazon…

By: Are you a twit about trends? | Leefe rates the world...

Are you a twit about trends? | Leefe rates the world... — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:27:20 +0000

[...] TechCrunch picked up on this. And, with out doing any due diligence, declaired it as spam. Of course, the general public decided to correct them (and put the boot in at the same time for [...]

By: Darren

Darren — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:55:14 +0000

The maximum hashtag length for search to work is actually 16 characters. You can see for yourself by clicking these two hashtags:

http://twitter....otEvenThisHashT
http://twitter....tEvenThisHashTa

You can see here that they have both been twittered:

http://twitter.com/anothertwat

By: Darren

Darren — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:47:30 +0000

Robyn, even though it’s pointed out to you numerous times that Twitter hasn’t blocked it (it’s just over 15 characters) you continue to write comments defending Twitter’s non-existant censorship. Why don’t you update your article?

Also, they were using the word ‘pussy’ on a prime-time British sitcom in the 70’s and you still think it’s offensive? What kind of prude are you?

By: Martin Orliac

Martin Orliac — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:22:46 +0000

Twitter has a real problem here: either filter the tweets and links to avoid spam at the risk of slowing down the real-time process, or do nothing and carry the risk of losing credibility and relevance of the information available on Twitter Search. This topic is very interesting when you think that Facebook is about to launch Facebook Search and the Twitter-like feature on the publisher bar.

By: The old ones are the best « Gary Andrews

The old ones are the best « Gary Andrews — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:07:09 +0000

[...] enough, other countries were a bit puzzled by the trend, so much so that both Techcrunch and Mashable wrote stories complaining that Twitter was getting infected with spam again [2]. They [...]

By: Leefe

Leefe — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:27:58 +0000

Ok Rove, Public Enemies say Goodnight at #iranelection to Michael Jackson feeding #moonfruit to #MrsSlocombesPussy

By: TechCrunch Has Disgraced Mrs. Slocombe’s Pussy

TechCrunch Has Disgraced Mrs. Slocombe’s Pussy — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:08:31 +0000

[...] more disappointing, however, is how US technology gossip blogs TechCrunch and Mashable dealt with this information. They considered it an attempt to poison the trending [...]

By: Peter S.

Peter S. — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:52:34 +0000

“#MrsSlocombesPussy, which is just a bit of fun”

Well, only some people – think “Island” – actually knew what the hastag was about.

By: Peter S.

Peter S. — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:43:36 +0000

No, he did not. It is the reaction to expect. Without the proper knowledge, this hashtag was likely to be a spam topic.

Why is this topic considered spam? I have gotten enough e-mails from ex-presidents of Nigeria that want to give me money – and twitter has more and more spam associated with it.

Is this hashtag appropriate – it is It’s pretty funny really, once you watch it. I wish they had links to amazon.com selling the movie, so that people get *served*

#HaveUgottenServed

By: Burch

Burch — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:50:57 +0000

hehe, loved Are You being Served in the 70s, I got some of the barely concealed smutty humour, but I was much older when I realised why Mrs Slocombe’s constant reference to her cat made adults laugh.

RIP Molly

By: William Wong

William Wong — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:46:50 +0000

Does it really?