Kee Hinckley's dashboard

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

What you're forgetting here, is that Twitter is responsible for sending out email updates to each of the people that "Spammer/moron" is following. Not to mention the processing that has to take place when a tweet is sent. There are three API calls for every tweet sent. They are more than an annoyance, they are a burden on the system. - I do like the email notification idea you have tho'.. Cheers! – AceyTech, on July 16, 2008 03:46

AceyTech replied on July 16, 2008 03:40 to the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

Here's my suggestion,. in the form of another topic I'd started, unaware of this one. RE: FolloWhores, as I like to call them. http://getsatisfaction.com/twitter/to...?

Thanks!

mdoeff replied on July 14, 2008 18:02 to the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

It's been a few months since this thread was started. Crystal, would it be possible to get an update on this? We know that you guys are taking action against spam accounts - which is great - but the process for reporting spammers through the Help page is clunky, hard to find for most people, and time consuming. Are there plans for a more streamlined approach - e.g. a Report Spam button on the Profile page? Also, there is a Twitter account called @spam that claims to be associated with Twitter HQ. Is this a new channel for reporting spam?

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

Looks like this was a temporary issue. The 'spam request' option is available now. – mdoeff, on July 09, 2008 19:09

@ggroovin replied on July 09, 2008 03:55 to the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

They changed the Twitter Help Request page. One can no longer choose 'spam request' and simply submit. In fact, when one submits a request there is no drop-down to indicate that one is submitting a spam account for consideration. They're also requiring one to provide a name and e-mail address (phone # optional) when submitting a help request.

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

Excellent suggestions, KC! – @ggroovin, on July 08, 2008 14:48

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......

Stephen Collins replied on July 04, 2008 02:36 to the question "Emailed photos from iPhone aren't showing up" in Brightkite:

I have this problem, but it also exists when I try to mail from my Mac. Just weird. No pics *ever* get through.

Brady replied on July 03, 2008 19:52 to the question "Emailed photos from iPhone aren't showing up" in Brightkite:

Hi Hawaii.
We were having some issues with the photo posting. We isolated that bug and fixed it. Let us know if you are still having issues.

hawaii replied on July 03, 2008 00:15 to the question "Emailed photos from iPhone aren't showing up" in Brightkite:

Can you see if I got flagged as spam? Username 'hawaii'. Posting photos via e-mail from my iPhone (via Gmail) worked fine until today. Now all posts reliably generate a response from my secret@bkite.com address that says: "We cannot process your request at this time. Please try again later, or visit brightkite.com"

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.

A comment on the question "Emailed photos from iPhone aren't showing up" in Brightkite:

Kee, somehow your posts were getting caught in our spam filter. You should be good to go now. Sorry about that. – Lesley, on June 26, 2008 22:43

Kee Hinckley replied on June 26, 2008 21:59 to the question "Emailed photos from iPhone aren't showing up" in Brightkite:

It is definitely not user error. I'm emailing using the same address book entry. Mail from nazgul@somewhere.com on my Mac sends a picture to Brightkite. Mail from nazgul@somewhere.com on my iPhone (same server, same mail settings) never shows up--ever.

Furthermore, I'm using the same mail server. Here are the two entries:

This one, from my Mac, got through.
16:16:43.08 2 SMTP-94796(bkite.com) [3214534] sent to [64.233.167.27], got:250 2.0.0 OK 1214515186 f57si1307463pyh.38
16:16:43.08 2 DEQUEUER [3214534] SMTP(@66.221.67.247:bkite.com)XXXX@bkite.com relayed

This one, from my iPhone, did not.
16:28:12.08 2 SMTP-94802(bkite.com) [3214551] sent to [64.233.167.114], got:250 2.0.0 OK 1214515875 n45si259498pyh.29
16:28:12.08 2 DEQUEUER [3214551] SMTP(@66.221.67.247:bkite.com)XXXXX@bkite.com relayed

So apparently your server either doesn't like the attachment from the iPhone, or it has a problem with mail originating on AT&T wireless networks.