Comments on: Twitter paid accounts & finding the feature that will maintain Twitter's loveliness… http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/social-media/twitter-paid-accounts-finding-the-feature-that-will-maintain-twitters-loveliness/ Web Design Cork Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:17:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Frank Prendergast http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/social-media/twitter-paid-accounts-finding-the-feature-that-will-maintain-twitters-loveliness/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Frank Prendergast Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:19:24 +0000 http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/?p=158#comment-299 Thanks for commenting Paul! Yup, good points. Currently I don't think things are *too* bad on Twitter, but the potential is there now for it to become saturated with marketers of this that and everything. Thanks for commenting Paul!

Yup, good points.

Currently I don’t think things are *too* bad on Twitter, but the potential is there now for it to become saturated with marketers of this that and everything.

]]> By: paul http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/social-media/twitter-paid-accounts-finding-the-feature-that-will-maintain-twitters-loveliness/comment-page-1/#comment-298 paul Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:58:33 +0000 http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/?p=158#comment-298 That is one approach. I do think that they pay attention to the block feature, kind of like a thumbs down for that particular user. I think adding a captcha for DMs would be one aproach, and limiting the API a little bit more. I can understand auto followers a little, because then it allows people to DM you, but it also a little annoying. Twitter structurally has some problems, and I do think that they need a better way of stopping these types of spammers. Maybe they should impose a limit that it's only possible to follow 100 people per day. When I see these spam a/c's with 10k followers I do get worried. Also they should start to look out for signs of spamming by people who follow you, and then quickly unfollow you, just so that you get the email that they are following you. AS twitter continues to become more and more mainstream it will have to be updated to avoid these types of users. APIs are both a blessing and a curse ;) Paul That is one approach. I do think that they pay attention to the block feature, kind of like a thumbs down for that particular user.

I think adding a captcha for DMs would be one aproach, and limiting the API a little bit more.

I can understand auto followers a little, because then it allows people to DM you, but it also a little annoying.

Twitter structurally has some problems, and I do think that they need a better way of stopping these types of spammers. Maybe they should impose a limit that it’s only possible to follow 100 people per day. When I see these spam a/c’s with 10k followers I do get worried. Also they should start to look out for signs of spamming by people who follow you, and then quickly unfollow you, just so that you get the email that they are following you.

AS twitter continues to become more and more mainstream it will have to be updated to avoid these types of users.

APIs are both a blessing and a curse ;)

Paul

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