Comments on: Huge Amounts Of Twitter Spam Rendering Twitter Totally Useless http://www.simplyzesty.com/social-media/huge-amounts-twitter-spam-appearing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=huge-amounts-twitter-spam-appearing Building your brand through social media Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amnah Khan http://www.simplyzesty.com/social-media/huge-amounts-twitter-spam-appearing/#comment-32747 Amnah Khan Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:49:00 +0000 http://www.simplyzesty.com/?p=1358#comment-32747 How do people get time for such rubbish? Is it not enough out there already? How do people get time for such rubbish? Is it not enough out there already?

]]> By: Niall Harbison http://www.simplyzesty.com/social-media/huge-amounts-twitter-spam-appearing/#comment-689 Niall Harbison Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:53:24 +0000 http://www.simplyzesty.com/?p=1358#comment-689 John sorry if it sounded that I was unhappy with these lovely ladies approaching me, that was not the impression I wanted to get across! I am in fact delighted with all the female attention! John sorry if it sounded that I was unhappy with these lovely ladies approaching me, that was not the impression I wanted to get across! I am in fact delighted with all the female attention!

]]> By: Niall Harbison http://www.simplyzesty.com/social-media/huge-amounts-twitter-spam-appearing/#comment-688 Niall Harbison Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:52:02 +0000 http://www.simplyzesty.com/?p=1358#comment-688 Yeah I agree but it will get massively complicated based on the huge amount of accounts involved and although it annoys me I never actually go and report the spam and not sure how many people actually do? Yeah I agree but it will get massively complicated based on the huge amount of accounts involved and although it annoys me I never actually go and report the spam and not sure how many people actually do?

]]> By: John http://www.simplyzesty.com/social-media/huge-amounts-twitter-spam-appearing/#comment-687 John Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:32:56 +0000 http://www.simplyzesty.com/?p=1358#comment-687 That ReganMcCallum profile could 'come in handy' Niall... That ReganMcCallum profile could ‘come in handy’ Niall…

]]> By: Ian Visits http://www.simplyzesty.com/social-media/huge-amounts-twitter-spam-appearing/#comment-686 Ian Visits Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:21:03 +0000 http://www.simplyzesty.com/?p=1358#comment-686 I suspect the solution will be to introduce more automated blocking of accounts based on user submissions. If X number of people block an account AND report it as spam (via the currently difficult to find route), then the account is automatically blocked. Obviously, some false positives will result, along with some malicious DOS type attacks against accounts, so Twitter will need to ramp up the appeals process to deal with that as well. As there are dimwits out there who are stupid enough to respond to the spammer, maybe a proactive "how ******** stupid are you for clicking on that link, didn't you realise it was a spammer?" messages sent to people who follow these spam-bots might offer the education that is so evidently lacking. I suspect the solution will be to introduce more automated blocking of accounts based on user submissions.

If X number of people block an account AND report it as spam (via the currently difficult to find route), then the account is automatically blocked.

Obviously, some false positives will result, along with some malicious DOS type attacks against accounts, so Twitter will need to ramp up the appeals process to deal with that as well.

As there are dimwits out there who are stupid enough to respond to the spammer, maybe a proactive “how ******** stupid are you for clicking on that link, didn’t you realise it was a spammer?” messages sent to people who follow these spam-bots might offer the education that is so evidently lacking.

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