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6 commentsMonday, August 25, 2008

Twitter Will No Longer Sit Idly By While You Spam Them

So don't!

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By Guest (WPN reader) - Thu, 10/02/2008 - 22:59

Since people have to follow

Since people have to follow you to see what you write on Twitter, there really is no such thing as Twitter spam.

Is my TV spamming me if I choose to watch it?

By Debbie Morgan (WPN reader) - Tue, 08/26/2008 - 20:36

Spam, spam, spam....what is it? I am a fairly new web site owner and one of the marketing strategies I was told to utilize was social marketing which included commenting on blogs, articles and using sites like Twitter, Digg and Delicious.

Unknowinly, I left my name and web site url as my signature after leaving a comment on one web site and quickly got banned for spamming. The comment box had an icon for linking so I gathered that it was find to leave a link. Silly me!

After much work in trying to reach the moderators and discuss the problem I apologized and they reinstated me but I feel sorry for anyone who may not understand the definition of spam and how it applies to sites like Twitter.

If any site is goinig to crack down on spam, they should make it clear and very visible what they determine spam to be and the consequenses for violating the policy. Not once but everytime a comment is made.

Often times, the above mentioned policy is there as part of the sign up process and hard to find later. Most people gloss over all of that text and just want to get on with surfing the site.

I'm sure there are those who know what spamming is and just don't care but some of us want to be respectful of the policies, we just need a little help understanding it.

By Chris Crum - Wed, 08/27/2008 - 11:05

RE: What is spam?

You make a good point Debbie. Different sites have different policies on spam. I actually talked about this in a SmallBusinessNewz article a while back.

You're probably right in that sites should clearly lay out what they do consider as spam, because what may fly on one site, may not on another. I'm sure it is frustrating when you're legitimately trying to market your business based on what you think is ok, but is deemed not so by others.

Unfortunately, most sites aren't so clear about it and it really just comes down to having to use your own judgment.

By Michael (WPN reader) - Tue, 08/26/2008 - 14:12

Thankless task

What a thankless they have as soon as they get rid off one lot of spam the next lot will replace it. Just look at bloglines

But good luck twitter you will need it.

Mick www.yourtrustedtradesmen.com

By Bali Wedding (WPN reader) - Mon, 08/25/2008 - 20:22

Personaly i've been addict

Personaly i've been addict with twitter, couple months ago i got problem while i trying to twittering, but thanks they are back again with the powerfull of twitter. I love it so much

Thanks,

Bali Wedding