Katie Parry's dashboard

JessicaD replied on July 09, 2008 22:12 to the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

I have another user that started following me today maybe yesterday. I have blocked them but they are still there.

halle121

A comment on the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

Ah, that's good to know, Elmer. Thanks! – mdy, on July 09, 2008 15:42

A comment on the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

The spammer/follower who I can't shake is:
"asdcash"

I did receive an email response from Twitter stating they acknowledge there is a problem and are working to implement a fix ASAP.

Elmer – Elmer, on July 09, 2008 15:17

mdy replied on July 09, 2008 14:45 to the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

Okay, I've gone through all the names that people say they can't block in this thread, and will be adding all these names to the support ticket that I had logged earlier (and which crystal had responded to).

Note that the following appear to have already been deleted:
- Angela1988
- Missy1988
- heather1985
- TravelForCheap
- nikkikwiki
- uois
- valdemaximus

The rest I'll be adding to the ticket.
- Ascendancy
- CNNTopNews
- DiggNews
- Oozzl
- chicka89
- johndossantos
- novelwrite
- ringernation
- riyasenk
- selord
- sjames23
- tangyerik
- we1zlgmzlgm

Please leave me a comment to this reply if I missed a name that you had reported.

A comment on the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

The lock icon means their accounts are set to private (so only people they follow can see their tweets). – mdy, on July 09, 2008 14:40

mdy replied on July 09, 2008 05:24 to the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

Fwiw, the people that we're having trouble blocking all seem to be people who are following a large number of people... I think that's what's causing the bug.

It seems very similar to another thread in this forum where a specific user who was following a lot of people couldn't be blocked also. Thankfully, that particular case has already been resolved.

Anyway, I'm mentioning that because I received a reply yesterday from @crystal in response to the support ticket that I had logged. Here's part of the reply:

Thanks for this list; we're working on a master list of accounts following tons of people, and once it's complete, we will automatically remove everyone who is not following the account back.

If you do come across anyone else you'd like to add to the list, please let me know. Thanks for your help

I'll find some time later to add all the user ids that were mentioned in this GSFN topic thread to that support ticket so Twitter will have a complete list. I'll post an update here when I've done that.

So bottomline, they are aware of the problem and they have a plan for dealing with it. It's just a matter of time before they take action.

JodyZemel replied on July 08, 2008 22:23 to the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

I have this problem too I can't get rid of the spammmer!
we1zlgmzlgm / SnOtRoCkEt
follow unblock

JessicaD replied on July 08, 2008 21:27 to the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

I'm also having this problem. I've blocked a bunch of people and they always go away from my Followers page. One person doesn't seem to want to go away though and that is Oozzl. It's pissing me off because I've blocked, unblocked and blocked again plenty of times. The Twitter "Team" isn't doing much around here considering there a ton of people having this problem and a ton of people are sending in support tickets. It's quite annoying.

SValleyDiva replied on July 08, 2008 17:53 to the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

I have an adult site spammer, nikkikwiki that I blocked, and is still showing as a follower also. I hope this problem is solved soon.

A comment on the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

Same problem here – aounja, on July 08, 2008 12:41

mdy replied on July 06, 2008 12:47 to the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

Hi Mark. I've logged quite a few of these support tickets myself. Based on my experience, you should get an automatically generated email that confirms your support ticket was received within minutes of submitting it. The email will contain a link to the ticket itself, so you can add more info about the ticket if something comes to mind.

It's my understanding that these tickets are queued and worked on in the order that they came in. An actual reply from a support person now seems to take 5 or 6 working days (for example, I received a reply yesterday for a ticket I had logged 7 days ago). And I'm still waiting for a reply to the ticket that I had logged 5 days ago.

Katie's case seems more a like a happy coincidence to me. My guess (but it's really just a guess) is that someone else had logged a ticket regarding that user already, and by fixing the problem of the other party, Twitter also managed to fix Katie's problem.

Mark Manning replied on July 06, 2008 12:18 to the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

Hi,

I'm trying Katie Parry's idea now. Actually, I thought that was more or less what I was doing when the Twitter Help page redirected me here to GetSatisfaction.com.

Personally, I'd like to see a couple of changes to Twitter that might deal with this problem a bit better:
1) Allow people to opt into only allowing approved followers. I wouldn't like this as the default option, but it'd be a nice feature to add.
2) Require profiles that follow large numbers of people to have lots of followers as well. Concretely, to follow between 100 and 200 people, I think you should need to have at least half as many followers as people you follow. To follow more than 200 people, you should need more followers than people you follow. Spam be gone!

Katie Parry replied on July 06, 2008 08:19 to the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

I went to 'Help' on Twitter, then submitted a request that the spammy follower I couldn't get rid of was removed. After probably a couple of hours or so, it had gone.

So, 'Help', 'Submit a request' should do it!

A comment on the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

Yes - nice, succinct. So, between the two of us I think it's unanimous: Twitter needs to give us follow, block, and KAPOW! buttons :) – Deirdre, on July 06, 2008 07:55

A comment on the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

I'm partial to "Kapow!" myself. 8-) – mdy, on July 06, 2008 05:26

Deirdre replied on July 06, 2008 00:27 to the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

I have two Twitter accounts and each has one follower I can't get rid of. They won't disappear from the followers lists and they're still counted in followers totals. I've tried:
- blocking (and get the usual notice to say the block was successful);
- unblocking, then blocking again;
- unblocking, signing out, clearing the cache, signing back in and blocking again; and
- clicking the "block" on the followers list, and also the one on their individual Twitter pages.

I've been able to block & disappear other followers, though.

Ideally I'd like a "block" option that was a bit more emphatic: something more along the lines of "BAM! KAPOW!! You're GONE!!"
;)

shelleycat replied on July 05, 2008 21:05 to the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

I'm stuck with riyasenk and DiggNews. No emails for either of them but I don't always get new follower emails anyway.

It's bad enough that twitter lets people automatically follow thousands of users at once, not letting us get rid of them just sucks. I don't want my account associated with these people in any way shape or form.

I'd also love an only allow followers that I've approved. That would be a big improvement to twitter.

Katie Parry replied on July 05, 2008 16:49 to the question "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

Same again. I blocked TravelForCheap but they're still appearing in my Followers list. I tried unblocking, then blocking again but no joy - still there.