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waffles replied on July 22, 2008 19:30 to the problem "Twitter not working with Gtalk at all" in Twitter:

Well, almost 2 months now. This is worse than the DMV lines.

Joel Danielson replied on July 19, 2008 04:20 to the problem "Add Followers/Following metrics and Follow/Block buttons to New Follower e-mail" in Twitter:

i've been trying to raise this same issue with a site called "soundcloud". side issue, but the idea i had for that was that perhaps users could be voted down to a point that triggers a vote to ban them for abusing the system.

another idea would be to have no notification to the user who has been followed, thereby dropping the incentive for the spammer to randomly add people.

CaptainJamie replied on July 18, 2008 18:41 to the problem "UK Twitter text costs" in Twitter:

I'm on Orange pay as you go. Text messages to Twitter are not taken from your bundles or allowances. They are now charged, currently at 20p per text message. This is a recent change, ie in the last three days or so. So much for "unlimited UK texts".

T-Mobile charge 20p per Twitter text on their "Text appeal" rate which is supposed to be 3p per UK text message. It has nothing to do with the +44 for UK users - the mobile networks have just decided that they want to screw users for money so texting Twitter has become a lot more expensive overnight.

Twitter can't be held responsible for what operators charge their "customers" (When I find a provider who doesn't charge ludicrously to text Twitter, I'm off to join them) but it should make it clear that "UK customers should be aware that the 07624 801423 number is not always charged at the standard UK text rate".

CaptainJamie replied on July 18, 2008 18:37 to the question "Why does twitter lie about sms charges?" in Twitter:

I'm on Orange pay as you go. Text messages to Twitter are not taken from your bundles or allowances. They are now charged, currently at 20p per text message. This is a recent change, ie in the last three days or so. So much for "unlimited UK texts".

T-Mobile charge 20p per Twitter text on their "Text appeal" rate which is supposed to be 3p per UK text message. It has nothing to do with the +44 for UK users - the mobile networks have just decided that they want to screw users for money so texting Twitter has become a lot more expensive overnight.

Twitter can't be held responsible for what operators charge their "customers" (When I find a provider who doesn't charge ludicrously to text Twitter, I'm off to join them) but it should make it clear that "UK customers should be aware that the 07624 801423 number is not always charged at the standard UK text rate".

CaptainJamie replied on July 18, 2008 18:34 to the problem "UK Twitter text costs" in Twitter:

I'm on Orange pay as you go. Text messages to Twitter are not taken from your bundles or allowances. They are now charged, currently at 20p per text message. This is a recent change, ie in the last three days or so. So much for "unlimited UK texts".

CaptainJamie replied on July 18, 2008 18:33 to the question "Orange UK mobile costs? bundles = free text or not?" in Twitter:

I'm on Orange pay as you go. Text messages to Twitter are not taken from your bundles or allowances. They are now charged, currently at 20p per text message. This is a recent change, ie in the last three days or so. So much for "unlimited UK texts".

mapkid replied on July 15, 2008 23:36 to the problem "Add Followers/Following metrics and Follow/Block buttons to New Follower e-mail" in Twitter:

Oh, we're calling them Spitters. I like it. I was calling them barnacles. I can call them spitters, though. either way :-)

mdoeff replied on July 08, 2008 17:41 to the problem "Spammers from a particular company are repeatedly signing up and following people" in Twitter:

I really think that Twitter should consider banning web sites that repeatedly tweet their URL. It's clear that ClickAudit is responsible for a lot of the spam that has been flooding Twitter in the past week. At this point Twitter should send a notice to whoever runs that operation informing them that their URL has been completely banned from Twitter. Any tweets - either explicit or shortened via a URL shortening service like TinyURL - should never make it to the public timeline.

I really think that this is needed now because the spammers are just creating new spam accounts as soon as the old ones get shut down. It's become a game of Whack-A-Mole.

A comment on the problem "Spammers from a particular company are repeatedly signing up and following people" in Twitter:

Update: spam report logged. – mdy, on July 07, 2008 05:24

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A comment on the problem "Spammers from a particular company are repeatedly signing up and following people" in Twitter:

I'm not sure twitterblacklist is still operational. I follow @hex and I think he's gone to identi.ca – secretlondon, on July 06, 2008 20:04

Eridanus replied on June 27, 2008 01:10 to the problem "UK Twitter text costs" in Twitter:

I've just posted my proposed solution in the related thread indicated by mdy earlier.

Eridanus replied on June 27, 2008 01:01 to the question "Why does twitter lie about sms charges?" in Twitter:

Most of the world (i.e. all users who cannot use one of the short codes) must use +44 762 4801423 to tweet via SMS - and for the majority of these users, it's clear that +44... is an international number.

The problem is that +44... looks just like an inland UK number to UK users, most of whom won't be aware that the Isle of Man uses the same international code. They'll think they've struck lucky by living in the UK, and will walk straight into the international charge trap.

@Crystal:
The problem would be solved if Twitter were to refer to +44 762 4801423 as the Twitter Manx number or the Twitter Isle of Man number (but NOT the Twitter UK number!). You could then point out that, though a minority of UK carriers and tariffs treat the Twitter Manx number as a UK inland number, the majority will charge high international rates.

localzuk replied on June 26, 2008 20:09 to the problem "UK Twitter text costs" in Twitter:

I have a load of friends on the isle of man, and text them regularly. I'm on Orange and only ever get charged standard rate.

A comment on the question "Why does twitter lie about sms charges?" in Twitter:

Count yourself lucky! =P – Leslie, on June 21, 2008 21:50

A comment on the question "Why does twitter lie about sms charges?" in Twitter:

Using a Twitter IM program on a phone is fine, apart from the fact that data is often more expensive. Also, how am I to change provider if I'm mid-way through a contract with them? I started using Twitter after I started said contract. Advising people to 'find a wireless provider that doesn't charge' is similarly childish. Supposing I don't want to change? Speaking of which, the reply is clearly a troll, and I'm only making it worse by replying, but whatever. – Leslie, on June 21, 2008 21:49

A comment on the question "Why does twitter lie about sms charges?" in Twitter:

NEWS FLASH: This just in, T-Mobile UK are a subsidiary of said multi-national company! Meaning they are a UK company, registered in the UK, with no relation to the other countries in which T-Mobile operate! Neverminding the fact that your comment had no relation to the issue I'd raised... – Leslie, on June 21, 2008 21:41

Chris Thomson replied on June 21, 2008 16:22 to the problem "Twitter banned me for Following too many people!" in Twitter:

mofle — even though you haven't posted spam as of yet, (aside from triggering an email to all those 60000) I bet you'll blast out a number of spam tweets soon once you "recruit" more followers. Also, your tweets seem to look very random. For example, you're talking about waking up at 7pm? And you're obviously advertising your brand by talking about YoBird.com and birds in general.

As Eridanus said, how can a human put up with 60,000 people's tweets?!