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Twitter Trying to Hold the Line on Abusers
My morning Inbox had a message from a colleague on an announcement Twitter has made about preventing recurring tweets. Some folks who use services, like Socialoomph (Tweetlater), to barrage the system are obviously upset. But, I say, "Goodbye to SPAMmers." On the other hand, Twitter has its own limitations with the number of historical tweets it saves and with search problems, that I wonder if this is a practical reality. How the heck will they keep track of recurring tweets - especially if they're, say, 24 hours apart - especially since the Fail Whale seems to make regular appearances these days. It might be a good thing...but is it a just the whale blowing steam? What does anyone else think about recurring tweets being limited?
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Hi Carol,
My initial thought is, if Twitter can manage it, great! I'm with you on ousting the SPAMmers. As a Twitter user, however, I've found the prime way to get around abusers is to simply unfollow them.
I agree with you, but that doesn't stop the overall traffic coming from these guys.
Hello, I am rather new to the whole tweet thing and I guess I am not surprised to find folks are finding ways to abuse the system. I am however disappointed.
It seems that Stacey may be right in that the only way to control it is to somewhat not tweet with them. Will that stop them from their goals - probably not. I am glad to to meet you and hope to become an asset to the conversations. Are you all signed up for the webinar for tuesday? Do you
think that will be of value?
Jewel Liebrecht
Jewel - if you're talking about today's webinar. Yes, I'm signed up.
IMO it's one of those "rock and a hard place" questions. I understand that folks aren't online 24/7, are in different time zones, etc. etc. So posting something a few times to coordinate that stuff is AOK with me.
I used to use a service to schedule reoccuring tweets by the month and by the week, but Twitter stopped that from happening.
What I don't like is following someone and getting an ad. Or getting 10 different tweets from someone in a row.
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