David's dashboard

mdy replied on July 24, 2008 04:42 to the question "Losing Followers" in Twitter:

mio, kindly refer to this other thread, which is where folks from Twitter are posting updates regarding this issue.

mio replied on July 24, 2008 03:38 to the question "Losing Followers" in Twitter:

i went from 34 followers to 14 in just an hour or less this evening. can someone help fix it for me please? my username is mio81
i'm not a power user, i haven't been with twitter long (a few weeks), and i know i had a few spam followers... but a good few real followers have gone (and someone, when i check their pages, they are following loads of other people - just me).

baihu replied on July 22, 2008 15:29 to the question "All Twit History GONE" in Twitter:

I only see the page10...where are my more messages?

baihu started following the question "All Twit History GONE" in Twitter.

Roisin replied on July 20, 2008 21:19 to the question "twitter home page not wotking right" in Twitter:

Does anyone know if Flickr also uses Amazon S3? Images aren't loading there either.

A comment on the question "twitter home page not wotking right" in Twitter:

Thanks. at least I know it's not me. – briancellis, on July 20, 2008 21:14

briancellis marked one of David's replies in Twitter as useful. David replied to the question "twitter home page not wotking right".

briancellis replied on July 20, 2008 21:13 to the question "twitter home page not wotking right" in Twitter:

thanks all!

nmcafee replied on July 20, 2008 21:09 to the question "twitter home page not wotking right" in Twitter:

I'm having the same problem and it just started, too.

David replied on July 20, 2008 21:08 to the question "twitter home page not wotking right" in Twitter:

Read the status page.
http://status.twitter.com/post/42925304

David started following the problem "My new profile picture isn't showing on other people's profiles after changing the old one." in Twitter.

David replied on July 18, 2008 14:47 to the problem "My new profile picture isn't showing on other people's profiles after changing the old one." in Twitter:

When will this be fixed? A month and Twitter ignores the problem.

AdamTReineke replied on July 16, 2008 19:46 to the problem "twitter not updating facebook status" in Twitter:

I fixed it!

In Facebook, on the left-hand bar next to the "Applications" title, click "Edit". (link)

In the list of apps that comes up, find the Twitter app. Click "Edit Settings".

Uncheck "Status Updates" and click "Save Changes".

Go to the Twitter Facebook app page (link)

Click "Allow Twitter to Update my Facebook Status"

It should work now! Horray!

mdoeff replied on July 14, 2008 18:11 to the problem "Not getting email when someone follows me" in Twitter:

Now it appears the New Follower notifications for spammers are coming through again. So does this mean that the experiment of suppressing these emails from known spammers is over?

David replied on July 11, 2008 19:44 to the problem "Not getting email when someone follows me" in Twitter:

Looks like notices are coming more frequently. I've gotten a few notices of new followers recently, all spammers. They always come right after I post an update. At least I can then block them.

Interestingly, Twitter is still doing nothing to block obvious abuse. The last follower I got was on someone who first posted less than an hour ago and was already following 4,111 people!

David replied on July 06, 2008 18:47 to the idea "Stop Twitter Spammers!" in Twitter:

Says mlanger: "And if I block notice of new followers, how can I promptly check them out to see if they're the kind of people I might want to follow in return?"

That's my point. If you elect to receive notices of new followers, Twitter will still refuse to send you notice if the follower is a suspected spammer. Twitter doesn't allow you to decide if you want to follow or block if the new follower is suspect. If Twitter suspects the person is a spammer, they hide it from you so you CAN'T easily find and block them. If the new follower doesn't appear to be a spammer, Twitter will send you the notice so you can check them out.

Spammer = Twitter blocks the notice to make it easy for the spammer to hide.

Legit = Twitter sends the notice to make is easy to check them out.

Hmmmm.

mlanger replied on July 06, 2008 18:23 to the idea "Stop Twitter Spammers!" in Twitter:

mdy, thanks for this update. I didn't realize Twitter already had some of these controls in place. Unfortunately, they don't seem to be enough to stem the tide of spammers. I hope they will consider some of my other ideas and the ideas that others must be coming up with.

mlanger replied on July 06, 2008 18:21 to the idea "Stop Twitter Spammers!" in Twitter:

David, sorry, but that argument won't fly with me or most others. What venture capitalist cares how many accounts are on twitter if a high percentage of them are spammers? And if I block notice of new followers, how can I promptly check them out to see if they're the kind of people I might want to follow in return? Yeah, I want my cake and I want to eat it, too. I just want Twitter to be the best service it can be. Part of that is coming up with automated methods to stop -- or at least reduce -- spam.

mdy replied on July 06, 2008 17:45 to the idea "Stop Twitter Spammers!" in Twitter:

Hi @mlanger. Followed your tweet to this thread. 8-)

Fwiw:

1. Twitter really only allows one account per email address and only one account per mobile phone number.

2. Twitter has started to ban email addresses of spam accounts that they shut down, so they can't be reused (I know this via a support ticket reply that I received)

3. Twitter has started to actively remove spambot accounts

4. Twitter has introduced limits, including Follow limits.

I like some of your other suggestions. I hope they'll be considered.

David replied on July 06, 2008 17:34 to the idea "Stop Twitter Spammers!" in Twitter:

Looked at another way, the more users Twitter attracts, the more venture capital that comes in. If Twitter blocks spammers, then they would significantly lower their user numbers. Remember, Twitter already has the policy of blocking the notice of new followers you requested if a spammer follows you so you are unable to know to block them.