http://www.geekgirlcamp.com/2010/02/the-new-annoying-way-to-spam-on-twitter-and-how-to-stop-it/ Empowering Women through Technology. One Geek Girl at a Time Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:51:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.geekgirlcamp.com/2010/02/the-new-annoying-way-to-spam-on-twitter-and-how-to-stop-it/comment-page-1/#comment-220 julieroads Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:32:56 +0000 http://www.geekgirlcamp.com/?p=1800#comment-220 Brendan - I'm not following these accounts. What happens is they put you in their tweet, so they show up in your @writingroads or @(whatever your handle is) stream and you see them...that's why they're so gross. Brendan – I'm not following these accounts. What happens is they put you in their tweet, so they show up in your @writingroads or @(whatever your handle is) stream and you see them…that's why they're so gross.

]]> http://www.geekgirlcamp.com/2010/02/the-new-annoying-way-to-spam-on-twitter-and-how-to-stop-it/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Brendan Tripp Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:05:08 +0000 http://www.geekgirlcamp.com/?p=1800#comment-207 Why would you FOLLOW a spam account? One of the nicest things about Twitter is that you don't see any garbage unless you have specifically allowed them onto your monitor. I probably only re-follow 1 out of 4 folks that follow me, and so am blissfully free of spam (unless you count those moronic FourSquare auto-posts ... and I wish that somebody would write a GreaseMonkey script like the excellent "FacebookPurity" to get rid of those!). Why would you FOLLOW a spam account? One of the nicest things about Twitter is that you don't see any garbage unless you have specifically allowed them onto your monitor. I probably only re-follow 1 out of 4 folks that follow me, and so am blissfully free of spam (unless you count those moronic FourSquare auto-posts … and I wish that somebody would write a GreaseMonkey script like the excellent “FacebookPurity” to get rid of those!).

]]> http://www.geekgirlcamp.com/2010/02/the-new-annoying-way-to-spam-on-twitter-and-how-to-stop-it/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Bill Carr Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:03:02 +0000 http://www.geekgirlcamp.com/?p=1800#comment-206 Good advice. I also report all the people that follow me just to get me to read their adverts or dodgy links. I never automatically follow back like a lot seem to do!! Good advice. I also report all the people that follow me just to get me to read their adverts or dodgy links. I never automatically follow back like a lot seem to do!!

]]> http://www.geekgirlcamp.com/2010/02/the-new-annoying-way-to-spam-on-twitter-and-how-to-stop-it/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Doug Braun Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:56:17 +0000 http://www.geekgirlcamp.com/?p=1800#comment-205 Using <a href="http://TwitSweeper.com" rel="nofollow">TwitSweeper.com</a> helps since it gets rid of your spammy followers for you, continuously. Using TwitSweeper.com helps since it gets rid of your spammy followers for you, continuously.

]]> http://www.geekgirlcamp.com/2010/02/the-new-annoying-way-to-spam-on-twitter-and-how-to-stop-it/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Patrick Allmond Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:36:05 +0000 http://www.geekgirlcamp.com/?p=1800#comment-204 Why even bother taking the time to deal with this? Ignore it like you ignore regular spam. I don't know about you but I have better things to worry about that reporting every little person that tweets out on twitter. I open, I scan through for things that are useful, I close it and move on. No amount of reporting is going to stop it or ebb the flow. Why even bother taking the time to deal with this? Ignore it like you ignore regular spam. I don't know about you but I have better things to worry about that reporting every little person that tweets out on twitter. I open, I scan through for things that are useful, I close it and move on. No amount of reporting is going to stop it or ebb the flow.

]]> http://www.geekgirlcamp.com/2010/02/the-new-annoying-way-to-spam-on-twitter-and-how-to-stop-it/comment-page-1/#comment-201 justinmatthews Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:14:57 +0000 http://www.geekgirlcamp.com/?p=1800#comment-201 good grief I didn't realize what all of those tags were. I thought they were opt-in ads. Thanks for setting my brain straight!<br>I am off to kill some spam...<br>(vikings sing softly in background "wonderful spaaaam, lovely spaaam....")<br>Jusitn good grief I didn't realize what all of those tags were. I thought they were opt-in ads. Thanks for setting my brain straight!
I am off to kill some spam…
(vikings sing softly in background “wonderful spaaaam, lovely spaaam….”)
Jusitn

]]> http://www.geekgirlcamp.com/2010/02/the-new-annoying-way-to-spam-on-twitter-and-how-to-stop-it/comment-page-1/#comment-200 flargh Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:07:37 +0000 http://www.geekgirlcamp.com/?p=1800#comment-200 Totally agreed. This insidious form of Twitter spam and self promotion has gotten totally out of control. I just wish that Twitter's developers would take the bull by the horns and try to wrestle this problem with more effective proactive user management. Totally agreed. This insidious form of Twitter spam and self promotion has gotten totally out of control. I just wish that Twitter's developers would take the bull by the horns and try to wrestle this problem with more effective proactive user management.

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