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VincentVegas replied on October 07, 2008 15:56 to the question "How should obvious spam Twitter accounts be reported?" in Twitter:

This has happened some times in the last years. Some ppl have an idea and bring up a basic website with no further security against spammers. Then out of a sudden the website becomes popular and gets spammed to death. And the ppl only discuss "what could be the best spam plan" for months instead of using known tactics/code that work for other sites for years. I will never understand this. Is it lack of money to pay good programmers?

fireman4 replied on October 07, 2008 15:05 to the question "How should obvious spam Twitter accounts be reported?" in Twitter:

I used to have a public profile, but after a spammer started following me, it opened up the door for hundreds (!) of other spammers. After repeatedly blocking and blocking and blocking and sending tweets to @spam (I sent a whole bunch yesterday), I finally got fed up with it.

Now, my profile is private, but I'm still getting follower requests from spammers about 1 every 3 minutes. I wake up in the morning and find a few hundred requests have queued up... all spammers. Should I spam the @spam account with reporting them all? I block them in the "friends request" page, but they keep coming. As I write this, I've received 5 more requests.

Twitter is great and I love the concept, but this is making too much work for me. At what point do you just say "delete my account" and leave forever?

A comment on the question "How should obvious spam Twitter accounts be reported?" in Twitter:

>copy the username and compose an email to help or support @ twitter.com, with subject title "spam report" and the user name in the body

Now thats what is NOT called web 2.0 :-( It is called "How we did it 10 years ago". – VincentVegas, on October 07, 2008 14:00

VincentVegas replied on October 07, 2008 13:58 to the question "How should obvious spam Twitter accounts be reported?" in Twitter:

6 months later and nothing happened.

A comment on the question "How should obvious spam Twitter accounts be reported?" in Twitter:

/signed – VincentVegas, on October 07, 2008 13:50

Clark replied on October 02, 2008 12:56 to the idea "Share My iGoogle" in Google:

Oh, and while we're at it, integrate calendar, docs, and manage the whole thing with Groups... :) http://getsatisfaction.com/google/top...

Clark replied on October 02, 2008 12:48 to the idea "Share My iGoogle" in Google:

the next evolution beyond sharing a tab for iGoogle is to get a direct URL to an iGoogle page/tab, and then: (and what Netvibes and Pageflakes need) is the ability for *groups* to collaboratively build Ajax sites/pages of feeds and widgets - not just 1 person to build and broadcast.

then, the next step beyond that is to integrate wikis/sites into the whole thing so that groups can collaboratively build the ajax page as well as easily add a google site (wiki) into the page so that groups can share links and resources, but also collaboratively build things in the wiki and communicate on various topics easily with the wiki and discussion forums. - all the while keeping GoogleTalk's IM chat built into everything - and adding in Flash video/audio and a whiteboard.

Can we do this, like, today? :)

A comment on the question "How should obvious spam Twitter accounts be reported?" in Twitter:

Thanks much for the update, mdy! – Amy Muller, on October 01, 2008 04:44

mdy replied on October 01, 2008 01:49 to the question "How should obvious spam Twitter accounts be reported?" in Twitter:

We can now also report spammers by sending a Direct Message to Twitter's @spam account.

To do this, you'll first need to follow http://twitter.com/spam. You can then send a direct message to @spam either by:

1. Typing a direct message from the "What are you doing?" box
Ex. d spam @spammy1, @spammy2 are spambots!

2. Sending a direct message from your phone
Ex. d spam @spammy3 is yet another spambot

3. Composing a direct message at http://twitter.com/direct_messages

mdy replied on September 26, 2008 23:45 to the problem "My followers numbers don't match!" in Twitter:

Fwiw, my follower numbers now all match.

Number of followers on mobile web
= number of followers in sidebar of standard web
= number of followers on Followers page

I hadn't noticed that prior to today.

A comment on the problem "My followers numbers don't match!" in Twitter:

The problems 7 months ago have been addressed, but people report a recurrence of the same problem in the same thread. We've fixed several different bugs related to follower/following numbers over the last 7 months :) – crystal, on September 26, 2008 18:16

crystal replied on September 26, 2008 18:10 to the problem "My followers numbers don't match!" in Twitter:

Hi guys, I've filed a bug for this problem. We're working on it. Thanks!

yui replied on September 26, 2008 14:53 to the problem "My followers numbers don't match!" in Twitter:

Isn't it too slow to fix this bug?
I still have a problem as wrote on above.

I've just removed most of the followers/followings,
but it says way further numbers.
http://twitter.com/yuiberry

Aren't twitter-team cheking here?

mdy replied on September 26, 2008 09:24 to the idea "request for ignore commands feature for API /statuses/update" in Twitter:

Hello. Just wanted to make sure that developers who use Twitter's API are aware of impending changes to the API's JSON responses, which may affect or break existing applications.

The change will take effect on October 25, 2008.

See this thread in the Twitter Development Google Group for details.

(And please pardon this posting if you already know this news.)

ade replied on September 07, 2008 12:38 to the question "When will Jaiku be accepting new accounts? I put in my email a while back and I have yet to hear a peep from them!" in jaiku:

Jaiku now has unlimited invites for existing users as documented here: http://www.jaiku.com/blog/2008/08/27/...

If you don't know anyone who already has a Jaiku account then you can use this service to get an invite: http://jaikuinvites.com/need-an-invit...

A comment on the question "How should obvious spam Twitter accounts be reported?" in Twitter:

And there's a third one: http://twitspam.blogspot.com – mdy, on July 07, 2008 16:13

A comment on the question "How should obvious spam Twitter accounts be reported?" in Twitter:

Thanks mdy for the information. I am trying to do my part also by reporting obvious spammers. My frustration isn't that I don't think that Twitter is serious about spammers. It is that you have not improved the reporting system. What you have currently feels like something from 2005. A simple link on the profile page "Report as Spammer" is the obvious solution. – James W. Gentry Jr., on July 07, 2008 16:03

A comment on the question "How should obvious spam Twitter accounts be reported?" in Twitter:

Hi James. 8-) Some of the things that Twitter has done to combat spam are mentioned here: http://gsfn.us/t/jcq#reply_528321. Also, I've logged well over two dozen spam reports in the last month, and Twitter responded to those and took action. I can totally relate to the spam frustration, though... as Twitter becomes more popular, it seems more spammers come and try to game the system. – mdy, on July 07, 2008 15:13

A comment on the question "How should obvious spam Twitter accounts be reported?" in Twitter:

How is that "Official Spam Plan" Comming together. 3 Months seems like an adequate time frame? No? How much longer do you need? – James W. Gentry Jr., on July 07, 2008 14:38

ecsalomon replied on June 17, 2008 14:26 to the problem "My followers numbers don't match!" in Twitter:

Like Mdy, my regular profile and my mobile profile have different numbers. Unlike Mdy, however, I have two inaccurate numbers. Clicking through and counting, I find I have 11 followers, but my regular page claims 12 and my mobile page claims 10.

The error isn't large and isn't detracting from my experience.