mdy's dashboard

mdy replied on November 16, 2009 10:24 to the question "Phishing fixed, but still can't get my fix." in Twitter:

Twitter has a help page for people who are locked out of their accounts. See http://help.twitter.com/forums/10713/...

mdy replied on November 16, 2009 10:23 to the question "Bogus DM clutter or is it hacking?" in Twitter:

It's possible their accounts were compromised. Please see this article in Twitter's help portal: http://help.twitter.com/forums/10713/...

mdy replied on November 16, 2009 10:19 to the question "People in my list recieving direct messages not initiated by me??" in Twitter:

Hello. Please see this page in Twitter's help portal: http://help.twitter.com/forums/10713/...

mdy replied on November 16, 2009 10:18 to the question "I should not have to see somebody's mouth wrapped around somebody else's you-know-what!" in Twitter:

Hello. Twitter recently introduced a "Report as spam" feature, which they describe here: http://blog.twitter.com/2009/10/help-...

mdy replied on November 16, 2009 10:13 to the question "Lists feedback." in Twitter:

Hello. You don't need to be following someone to add them to a list.

So if you no longer want to see someone's tweets in your home timeline because you've already got them on one of your lists, you can simply unfollow them to de-clutter your home timeline

mdy replied on November 16, 2009 10:10 to the question "Advertising sent by Direct Messages? How to stop them?" in Twitter:

Hello. I suggest doing two things:

1. Change your password at http://twitter.com/account/password

2. Check your connections at http://twitter.com/account/connections and revoke any third-party application that you no longer use or recognize

See also: http://help.twitter.com/forums/10713/...

mdy replied on November 16, 2009 10:08 to the question "Why are my followers receiving DM's that I am not sending?" in Twitter:

Please see this page in Twitter's help portal for accounts that may have been compromised or hacked:
http://help.twitter.com/forums/10713/...

mdy replied on November 16, 2009 10:08 to the problem "DM that I did not write." in Twitter:

Please see this page in Twitter's help portal for accounts that may have been compromised or hacked:
http://help.twitter.com/forums/10713/...

mdy replied on November 15, 2009 15:29 to the problem "Help My account is hijacked!! People getting dms i did not sent!!!!" in Twitter:

Twitter has an article on its help portal for people whose accounts have been hacked or compromised. See http://help.twitter.com/forums/10713/...

mdy replied on November 15, 2009 15:27 to the question "Twitter Lists" in Twitter:

Only tweets of people that you follow appear on your home page. So if you don't want to see those tweets, just unfollow the users.

You don't have to be following someone to add them to a list.

mdy replied on November 12, 2009 05:10 to the problem "My new re-tweet button disappeared, what happened?" in Twitter:

Hello. There's an update on Twitter's Status blog regarding this. Please see
http://status.twitter.com/post/240745...

mdy replied on November 12, 2009 05:09 to the question "My account is DMing people links without my say. Help!" in Twitter:

Hello. There's a page on Twitter's help portal for people who believe their accounts have been hacked or compromised. See http://help.twitter.com/forums/10713/...

mdy replied on November 11, 2009 14:54 to the question "Stop the Hackers" in Twitter:

For what it's worth, Twitter also has a page on its help portal with advice for users who believe their accounts were hacked or compromised.
See http://help.twitter.com/forums/10713/...

Edited to add:
There's a help article for people who keep getting locked out of their accounts too. See http://help.twitter.com/forums/10713/...

mdy replied on November 11, 2009 10:07 to the question "What to do if my twitter account compromised? please help?" in Twitter:

Hello. If you believe your account has been compromised or hacked, I suggest reading this article at Twitter's help portal:
http://help.twitter.com/forums/10713/...

mdy replied on November 11, 2009 10:04 to the problem "hacker still messing with me" in Twitter:

It's possible that Twitter reset your password in response to the hacking / phishing incident.

Twitter's spam watch account at http://twitter.com/spam has this recent tweet:
@spam: We're working to reset PWs and notify users w/affected accounts in the meantime (but feel free to change your PW if worried!)

In any case, if you believe your account has been compromised or hacked, I suggest reading this article at Twitter's help portal:
http://help.twitter.com/forums/10713/...

mdy replied on November 11, 2009 10:03 to the question "Did my account get broken into?" in Twitter:

Hello. If you believe your account has been compromised or hacked, I suggest reading this article at Twitter's help portal: http://help.twitter.com/forums/10713/...

mdy replied on November 11, 2009 10:02 to the question "Edit a RT" in Twitter:

I believe the answer is no (assuming I understood your question correctly).

This blogpost provides additional background info as to why Twitter's Retweet works the way it does: http://evhead.com/2009/11/why-retweet...

mdy replied on November 11, 2009 09:59 to the idea "New RT "only see RT's from ppl you follow" is a step in the wrong direction." in Twitter:

This blogpost gives additional background info on Why Twitter's Retweet works the way it does: http://evhead.com/2009/11/why-retweet...

mdy replied on November 11, 2009 09:58 to the problem "How to Stop Auto-follow" in Twitter:

Hi Linda. I suggest that you do these two things:

1. revoke the access of any third party applications that you no longer need at your Account Connections page. You'll find it at http://j.mp/twconn

2. change your password at http://j.mp/twpass

mdy replied on November 11, 2009 09:56 to the question "can i separate the celebrities i'm following from my friends?" in Twitter:

Yes. Try creating a Twitter list for the celebrities so you can see their tweets without following them. You can then just follow your friends.

You can learn more about Twitter lists at this page in Twitter's help portal:
http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/...