Tiara Shafiq's dashboard

KC replied on July 08, 2008 04:05 to the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

Twitter should/could do the following *right now* to make things easier:

- Include a "block" link in the email.
- Include the # of people this "person" follows, along with the number of people who follow them. This helps us determine if they are legit or not without having to click on their profile.

@ggroovin replied on July 07, 2008 19:02 to the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

It's just too time-consuming right now, period. Going through & blocking spam accounts (both those that are just repetitively linking to their site as well as the retweeters from the public time line) currently takes several clicks as well as forcing me to log into more than 1 account that I manage.

Trying to report all of them via the help form or an e-mail to support or help with a particular subject line is even more time-consuming. This is completely KILLING the joy of getting new followers. Please help!

A comment on the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

That exists now -- sort of -- at a site called TwerpScan. http://twerpscan.com/ – Anna, on July 07, 2008 05:26

mdy replied on July 04, 2008 20:02 to the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

I find that reporting spammers via the http://twitter.com/help form and selecting 'spam request' as the 'request type' works quite well.

When Twitter receives the spam report, they investigate, and usually around 5 days later, they give you an update on their findings and what they've decided to do.

@crystal also mentioned in a separate thread yesterday that they've just 'removed a large number of re-tweet accounts', so they're definitely taking action.

Adam replied on July 04, 2008 19:49 to the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

Something has to be done and soon, this is a potential wrecking ball for twitter. Once you start getting offered £3-5k a week and get offers of scantily clad girl in the same minute there is something going seriously worng.

A report spammer button needs to be implemented. I also like the idea of the Akismet Twitter spammer......

A comment on the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

NextInstinct, I think the best way to help is to report the spammers at http://twitter.com/help because those accounts get looked at. – mdy, on July 01, 2008 00:53

A comment on the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

I'm also seeing an increase in email notification of spam accounts. Maybe Twitter changed the algorithm that they were using to suppress email notification of new followers that are suspected spammers? – mdoeff, on June 30, 2008 18:31

NextInstinct replied on June 30, 2008 18:21 to the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

Seeing a surge in spam followers. I would be happy to help @Crystal. You may email me anytime.

Sp0rk replied on June 30, 2008 14:30 to the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

I'm not sure if it's too late to be replying to this topic (or if this idea has aready been covered). But I just found this topic *after* posting my own idea.

http://getsatisfaction.com/twitter/to...

It's a little idea for a spam repository like Akismet for Twitter.

mlanger replied on June 27, 2008 13:17 to the question "Is there a way to filter the public timeline by language?" in Twitter:

I'm wondering why no one from Twitter has responded to this question. I'd also like to be able to filter the public timeline by language.

mlanger started following the question "Is there a way to filter the public timeline by language?" in Twitter.

subrown started following the question "Is there a way to filter the public timeline by language?" in Twitter.

A comment on the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

I agree - that isn't close to deserve being called a "solution". – Marjolein Katsma, on June 11, 2008 13:12

Steven Fisher replied on June 10, 2008 23:50 to the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

I just wanted to say that I am most annoyed by the current solution: Not informing me that a spammer is following me, so that I need to hunt through the list and identify who's new and spamming. I generally like puzzles, but this isn't one that I appreciate.

mdhughes replied on June 06, 2008 06:30 to the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

Someone who's marked as a spammer shouldn't be able to follow anyone, with or without notification.

Having to manually clear out porn spammers and such every week or two is NOT helping matters.

A comment on the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

Sure, both would be fine. I'd just not want to see spam reporting limited to reporting people - reporting spammy posts should be an option, too. I'm worried that otherwise spammers would post a load of almost-not-spam tweets interspersed with "real" spam, just to escape notice of what is really happening. – Marjolein Katsma, on June 04, 2008 20:54

A comment on the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

why not both? some people are obviously spammers who only post spam – Andrew, on June 04, 2008 18:16

A comment on the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

While I agree it's hard to find the spam report now, the "flag as spam" link should be on a post rather than a user('s profile): it's the posts that are spam or not. What do you want to do: report spam, or report someone who (sometimes) spams? I want to be able to report spam. It's another form of "objectionable content" - and it's the content that counts. GetSatisfaction has got it right! – Marjolein Katsma, on June 04, 2008 18:13

Andrew replied on June 04, 2008 15:47 to the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

I'd say put a "flag" link on the user's profile. It's hard to find the spam report now.

A comment on the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

I don't log into my Twitter though; I use a Facebook app to update from there. This might count as logging in, but this raises the next problem: If the API is there to log into Twitter via an automated application, then all spammers will do is write an app that automatically logs them in every now and again, to prevent their account from expiring, so your suggestion wouldn't solve the problem, sadly. – Rohaq, on May 31, 2008 13:33