ceejayoz's dashboard

Chris Thomson started following the problem "spam report" in Twitter.

Chris Thomson replied on August 27, 2008 00:49 to the problem "spam report" in Twitter:

"This account is currently suspended and is being investigated due to strange activity."

— http://twitter.com/tudorciurescu

yay, twitter's finally doing something about that spammer.

ceejayoz started following the question "Can I block a "nearby" user?" in Tapulous.

A comment on the problem ""Report Spam" links need to be placed on user pages" in Twitter:

How about adding a 'LowTrust' link/count that is viewable by users in addition to tracking number of blocks. – Brian, on July 21, 2008 18:55

James W. Gentry Jr. replied on July 07, 2008 14:33 to the problem "spam report" in Twitter:

A "Report Spammer" link is needed by the "Block" link.

James W. Gentry Jr. started following the problem "spam report" in Twitter.

Adam started following the problem "spam report" in Twitter.

TwittPulse replied on May 18, 2008 00:03 to the problem "Please stop the TwitterBot army--Twitter Spam Must Stop!" in Twitter:

Nice and easy solution.

A more tech thing:
Such accounts can be community-banned.
Add a "This person Spams" button.
When enough people click it the person won't be able to follow more accounts untill it provides and verifies a cell-phone number.

jjmoho replied on May 17, 2008 23:28 to the problem "Please stop the TwitterBot army--Twitter Spam Must Stop!" in Twitter:

I would also like to see at the very least the number of people the requester is following as well as the number of followers they have.

A comment on the problem "spam report" in Twitter:

To Twitter: Not this OP: You all need to stop people from spamming and following people that don't want to be spammed by useless advertisements for their services. list this lamer...http://twitter.com/writearticles I've used the HELP link and still people like this are spamming...ban them! – kansley, on May 03, 2008 23:57

shehaal replied on April 28, 2008 17:03 to the problem ""Report Spam" links need to be placed on user pages" in Twitter:

Stick a "report spam" link right next to the "block" link on each user's page, as well as the "your followers" pages.

It'd also be great if such a spam reporting link (as well as the current block user link) displayed the confirmation inline using ajax or something, rather than requiring Another Page Load.

mdy replied on April 28, 2008 15:10 to the problem ""Report Spam" links need to be placed on user pages" in Twitter:

Just posting a link to the main spam discussion thread.

mdy replied on April 28, 2008 15:00 to the problem "spam report" in Twitter:

There's a very active discussion on how people would like to report spam on Twitter in this related thread: Twitter asks -- how would you prefer to report spam? You may want to add your sentiments there, if you are so inclined.

You can also Block any account without having to jump through any hoops (not that there are any hoops on the support page, imho).

maewyn started following the problem "spam report" in Twitter.

dmuth replied on April 28, 2008 14:18 to the problem "spam report" in Twitter:

This guy started following me, too. It's clear that he is a spammer.

And no, I am not going to jump through hoops on your support request page. You guys need to add some "flag this account" functionality to twitter ASAP, or the spam problem is going to get worse, and users will be driven away from Twitter.

dmuth started following the problem "spam report" in Twitter.

Hope started following the problem "spam report" in Twitter.

mdy replied on April 28, 2008 06:55 to the problem "spam report" in Twitter:

Until a more streamlined spam reporting process is in place, Twitter receives spam reports through their support request page at http://twitter.com/help

Just select 'spam request' as the support type to make sure it gets the attention it deserves.

Simon Crowley started following the problem "spam report" in Twitter.

Simon Crowley started following the problem "spam report" in Twitter.