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Duminda replied on May 09, 2008 12:48 to the idea "Block updates via Tracking feature of certain users" in Twitter:

Okay, I would love all the upcoming features, but for now!

Could somebody stop lejddfr (www.twitter.com/lejddfr)

Its a crazy bot posting the same thing per minute basis.

Duminda replied on May 09, 2008 03:20 to the idea "Block updates via Tracking feature of certain users" in Twitter:

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And I want it supper fast.

mdoeff replied on April 30, 2008 18:01 to the idea "Block updates via Tracking feature of certain users" in Twitter:

+1
This hole can be exploited by not just spammers but also trolls who harass people who are "vanity tracking" their own userid.

mdy replied on April 30, 2008 17:50 to the idea "Block updates via Tracking feature of certain users" in Twitter:

+1

There's a definite need for Twitter's Track feature to respect existing Blocks.

notsheep replied on April 29, 2008 15:57 to the idea "Block updates via Tracking feature of certain users" in Twitter:

This is probably my biggest annoyance with Twitter right now. I track the name of the town where I live - but the surname of one of the biggest sports stars in this country is the same as my town's name. If there's a game on involving his team, I have to turn notifications off for hours before the game, as well as during the game, in order to avoid using up my sms allowance with tweets from media and fans. I tried blocking the sites those notifications come from, but they still arrive, so it's pointless. There must be many Twitter users in similar situations; this needs to be addressed. I can think of absolutely no logical reason for allowing notifications from blocked users, no matter what words they use in their tweets.

shehaal replied on April 28, 2008 16:57 to the idea "Block updates via Tracking feature of certain users" in Twitter:

This is absolutely needed; seems kind of silly that you can block someone, but they can indirectly contact you via a tracked keyword you have.

maiki replied on March 17, 2008 23:44 to the idea "Block updates via Tracking feature of certain users" in Twitter:

To elaborate on this a bit, my main issue with tracking is that you get these legitimate users who post a massive amount of tweets about a given thing. I have found this to be true with trying to track a city (like Santa Cruz or Berkeley) and getting notices for every open house in those cities from real estate twitterbots.

It would be really helpful to block folks like that, since it actually helps everyone find the info the want, thus making Twitter a better service.

Cameron Walters replied on March 17, 2008 23:37 to the idea "Block updates via Tracking feature of certain users" in Twitter:

I would probably use a lot more tracking if this was available. Great idea!

Colin Rognlie replied on March 16, 2008 23:49 to the idea "Block updates via Tracking feature of certain users" in Twitter:

This is my #1 most wanted feature for twitter.

ibroadfo replied on March 14, 2008 15:15 to the idea "Block updates via Tracking feature of certain users" in Twitter:

+=1

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Songo replied on November 19, 2007 19:54 to the problem "I'm getting double sms for the tracking sms. very annoying" in Twitter:

it was the same pb. but i didn't realise it... I forgot about it but i tried to track something in a different way to see what's more efficient....
thank you!

Songo replied on November 19, 2007 19:52 to the problem "I'm getting double sms for the tracking sms. very annoying" in Twitter:

Sorry about that. I didn't realise it but i was tracking twice the same thing differently...
Thx!

blaine, an employee of Twitter, replied on November 19, 2007 04:09 to the problem "I'm getting double sms for the tracking sms. very annoying" in Twitter:

Try sending "track" alone from your phone. It will return a list of all the things you're tracking - like ibroadfo says, if you're tracking the same thing twice, you'll get two messages.

I've filed a bug - we're working on some things that will make this easier, but it will probably be a little bit before we fix it. In the meantime, just make sure you're not tracking the same thing twice.

ibroadfo replied on November 19, 2007 00:35 to the problem "I'm getting double sms for the tracking sms. very annoying" in Twitter:

I get this when an update matches two tracked terms; for example, I track "ruby" and "rails", so when there's an update that talks about "ruby on rails", I get it twice. Is this the same problem you have, or something different?

As a side issue, this should probably get fixed before the weekly uk sms limits come into place...

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