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A comment on the question "Direct messaging is not working" in Twitter:

exactly my issue - Win XP FF 3.0.2 – GeekMommy, on August 21, 2008 06:35

GeekMommy marked one of mdy's replies in Twitter as useful. mdy replied to the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?".

A comment on the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

as usual, a brilliant suggestion mdy - do you mind if I occasionally quote parts of this? Honestly - I constantly refer people to companies like @zappos, @comcastcares, etc who didn't follow thousands of people and hope they didn't look like spammers at the outset, but who took the time to build their Twitter relationships right and now set the bar high. – GeekMommy, on July 31, 2008 04:24

A comment on the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

Very well said - and much more rationally than I could've put it. Thanks. I completely agree with this and hope they respond to you. – GeekMommy, on July 26, 2008 20:56

A comment on the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

So, let me get this straight - you come, post a disparaging comment about my community - ask me if I really think it's good, then disparage *me* personally - and then tell me to tone it down? Yeah - go troll someplace else, will ya? I'm sure there's someplace that's looking for a "skeptic" just like you - but it isn't wherever I might be. I didn't argue Twitter versus *any* other community - so your analogy is flawed. Now go find someone else to bait like a good little troll, kay? shoo. – GeekMommy, on July 24, 2008 07:25

A comment on the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

Oh well then... guess it's probably a good thing you aren't part of a community that *you* think is the best. Go for the Bronze! That's what I always say! *eyeroll*

If you don't think it's the best community? I'd recommend looking elsewhere... because either it's not meeting your needs, or it never will because you prefer to be unsatisfied.

Meanwhile, I can't imagine what could live up to your standard - a community of people that thinks they're mediocre? Seriously... :p – GeekMommy, on July 24, 2008 07:02

GeekMommy marked one of Dell-Bill_B's replies in Dell as useful. Dell-Bill_B replied to the question "Why does battery say 100% charged but Inspiron E1505 dies instantly if AC Adaptor unplugged?".

A comment on the question "Why does battery say 100% charged but Inspiron E1505 dies instantly if AC Adaptor unplugged?" in Dell:

I *meant* to let you know that the replacement battery resolved the issue completely - but apparently, I flaked out.
*sigh*
Still a Dell fan - but get the battery folks to get on board! :) – GeekMommy, on July 24, 2008 06:10

A comment on the question "Why does battery say 100% charged but Inspiron E1505 dies instantly if AC Adaptor unplugged?" in Dell:

I got an OEM replacement off of eBay and have had no issues since. Dell really needs to get their battery supplier to get a clue. :\ But I'm still a fan of the laptop itself! :) – GeekMommy, on July 24, 2008 06:09

A comment on the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

Yeah, I really do think the *community* is good. You can always find a few individuals to point at and say "here's an exception!!" but it's harder to find a large group like this that does things like pull together for members with cancer, family loss, and general crises. There's a difference between skepticism and pessimism. – GeekMommy, on July 24, 2008 06:08

GeekMommy replied on July 23, 2008 08:18 to the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

I'm relieved to be able to follow people again - but wonder when the next 'surprise' will crop up.

I *totally* understand Twitter's desire to do something proactive to combat those folks abusing the community, the servers, and the bandwidth - but can you please maybe consider not springing stuff like this on us without notice? It doesn't take the malcontents long to figure out how to go about their business circumventing the system - but it's kind of hard on those of us who are trying to support Twitter.

You guys have the BEST community... really. Trust us to help.

A comment on the question "I'm not a spammer, I've got a 1-to-1 ratio, Let me Follow People Back Please!!!" in Twitter:

I agree to a point Warren - but would direct you over to this post http://tinyurl.com/5hy6eh to see why some of the 'huge follow' accounts are not as harmless as they seem.

You tho? Seriously, I've never seen you do anything other than be a positive force in the Twitter community!! :) – GeekMommy, on July 23, 2008 08:14

GeekMommy replied on July 23, 2008 08:12 to the question "I'm not a spammer, I've got a 1-to-1 ratio, Let me Follow People Back Please!!!" in Twitter:

As of the "scheduled maintenance, I can now follow folks who have followed me recently. I do understand that it was an attempt to curb the misuse of the system - but it really freaked me out to suddenly find that a great deal of Tiwtter's functionality was cut off for me (and others.)

I don't really know what to do about it - I'm glad it's resolved now, but wonder when it may "break" again :(

GeekMommy marked one of Michael Parisi's replies in Twitter as useful. Michael Parisi replied to the question "I'm not a spammer, I've got a 1-to-1 ratio, Let me Follow People Back Please!!!".

A comment on the question "I'm not a spammer, I've got a 1-to-1 ratio, Let me Follow People Back Please!!!" in Twitter:

It seems a little bit widespread... I hope they address it soon. – GeekMommy, on July 23, 2008 04:44

A comment on the question "I'm not a spammer, I've got a 1-to-1 ratio, Let me Follow People Back Please!!!" in Twitter:

Thanks - but as you'll notice, under @Mdy's comment - I was involved in that thread *3 months ago* - they aren't really related. It's the cap that they've arbitrarily implemented. But thanks for trying to help! – GeekMommy, on July 23, 2008 04:43

GeekMommy replied on July 22, 2008 22:41 to the question "I'm not a spammer, I've got a 1-to-1 ratio, Let me Follow People Back Please!!!" in Twitter:

Seriously. I'm getting incredibly frustrated here. I've put in a trouble ticket w/ Twitter - and put this here and not a single response from anyone in over 4 hrs?

Making me regret evangelizing Twitter for 2 1/2 hrs on Sunday at the BlogHer Unconference.

Way to undo all of the positive image you guys had built up over the past month.

A comment on the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

Nice way of putting it. But I'm really much more frustrated than this at this point. I've been a HUGE advocate of Twitter despite many issues. I spent my time blocking and advocating the blocking of those 'gaming' the system.
In return, I've always respected Twitter boundaries and have a 1-to-1 following ratio - but now I've got 50 people who have followed me in the past few days that I can't follow back.

This is very annoying - given that I gave an Unconference Panel on it at BlogHer on Sunday that lasted 2 1/2 hrs and got many of these users to sign up.

If I can't follow back the people that are following me - twitter becomes useless for me. – GeekMommy, on July 22, 2008 22:39

A comment on the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

no - we get a notice if we use an API that we've hit a "follow limit" - however, since I haven't been able to follow anyone back for 3 days, I'm going to suspect it's an error.
Now it's CreativeSage, me, @ChrisBrogan, @MarkDavidson and others I know of. This is an ISSUE. – GeekMommy, on July 22, 2008 22:36

GeekMommy asked a question in Twitter on July 22, 2008 19:06:

I'm not a spammer, I've got a 1-to-1 ratio, Let me Follow People Back Please!!!

Twitter won't let me follow anyone for past several days - this seems to be an issue/glitch for more than just myself. Is the new anti-spam rule glitching?? I have a 1-to-1 ratio of followers/following and have for pretty much always. I've read about the new anti-spam measures, but can't believe that trying to follow 1 person in 5 days violates it. There are over 50 people who have added me that I can't add back. That's rude.