Comments on: A strategy for dealing with Twitter spammers http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/02/12/a-strategy-for-dealing-with-twitter-spammers/ Marketing. Social Media. Humanity. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James91007-eforms http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/02/12/a-strategy-for-dealing-with-twitter-spammers/#comment-11633 James91007-eforms Sat, 05 Mar 2011 04:50:00 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2244#comment-11633 Has anyone heard of the "Twitter Queen"? Someone calling herself Mili Ponce, selling the "Secrets" to internet and twitter marketing. Has anyone heard of the “Twitter Queen”? Someone calling herself Mili Ponce, selling the “Secrets” to internet and twitter marketing.

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]]> By: Curated Stories Feb. 12, 2010 http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/02/12/a-strategy-for-dealing-with-twitter-spammers/#comment-2223 Curated Stories Feb. 12, 2010 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:17:14 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2244#comment-2223 [...] A strategy for dealing with Twitter spammers Published: February 11, 2010 Source: {grow} Part 5 of a series Writing a series of posts on Twitter scams has been pretty depressing. I found there is a thriving subculture of deceivers that is bizarre and disturbing. The scammers exploit the elde… [...] [...] A strategy for dealing with Twitter spammers Published: February 11, 2010 Source: {grow} Part 5 of a series Writing a series of posts on Twitter scams has been pretty depressing. I found there is a thriving subculture of deceivers that is bizarre and disturbing. The scammers exploit the elde… [...]

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]]> By: Mark http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/02/12/a-strategy-for-dealing-with-twitter-spammers/#comment-2222 Mark Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:24:32 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2244#comment-2222 @Johnny This is excellent advice. I wish I had included it in the orginal post. Where were you when I needed you? : ) @Johnny This is excellent advice. I wish I had included it in the orginal post. Where were you when I needed you? : )

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]]> By: Mark http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/02/12/a-strategy-for-dealing-with-twitter-spammers/#comment-2221 Mark Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:23:54 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2244#comment-2221 @Mose Some people at a meeting today were mentioning the same Facebook hack. They did not receive brides, however. @Mose Some people at a meeting today were mentioning the same Facebook hack. They did not receive brides, however.

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]]> By: Johnny http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/02/12/a-strategy-for-dealing-with-twitter-spammers/#comment-2220 Johnny Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:20:56 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2244#comment-2220 One other thing that might be of use is to not use an auto-follow for anybody that follows you on Twitter. It eats up time but better to check out the other users' profiles and hit the follow button if they pass the am-I-shady-or-not test. We can also try out a new no-hit word for MLM to use on Twitter: emilem. One other thing that might be of use is to not use an auto-follow for anybody that follows you on Twitter. It eats up time but better to check out the other users’ profiles and hit the follow button if they pass the am-I-shady-or-not test.

We can also try out a new no-hit word for MLM to use on Twitter: emilem.

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]]> By: mose http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/02/12/a-strategy-for-dealing-with-twitter-spammers/#comment-2219 mose Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:15:52 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2244#comment-2219 Great series some very very useful stuff. Coinkidinkly, I just got hacked on Facebook and a whole slew of emails were sent to my friends list. Well, maybe ex-friends now! In all of this a good rule of thumb. Do not shop online drunk ... next thing ya know you have some cute chick at your door lookin to get married speaking Russian!!! Mind you ... she is really cute! Just sayin! Great series some very very useful stuff. Coinkidinkly, I just got hacked on Facebook and a whole slew of emails were sent to my friends list. Well, maybe ex-friends now!

In all of this a good rule of thumb. Do not shop online drunk … next thing ya know you have some cute chick at your door lookin to get married speaking Russian!!!

Mind you … she is really cute! Just sayin!

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]]> By: Mark W Schaefer http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/02/12/a-strategy-for-dealing-with-twitter-spammers/#comment-2215 Mark W Schaefer Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:49:48 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2244#comment-2215 @Jon + @Steve thanks for the positive support! @Jon + @Steve thanks for the positive support!

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]]> By: Steve Dodd http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/02/12/a-strategy-for-dealing-with-twitter-spammers/#comment-2214 Steve Dodd Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:27:30 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2244#comment-2214 Mark, this has been a terrific series. You've raised key points that people need to be aware of. Unfortunately, it's not your readers who need the awareness for the most part. Also, through experience, I've found that the "leaders" in the Social Media industry just don't care. They tend to bury anything that sheds a negative light, this issue being one of them. Security and Privacy being another closely related topic. So, thanks for taking on this very controversial topic. This is why you have the followers you do! Mark, this has been a terrific series. You’ve raised key points that people need to be aware of. Unfortunately, it’s not your readers who need the awareness for the most part. Also, through experience, I’ve found that the “leaders” in the Social Media industry just don’t care. They tend to bury anything that sheds a negative light, this issue being one of them. Security and Privacy being another closely related topic.
So, thanks for taking on this very controversial topic. This is why you have the followers you do!

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]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/02/12/a-strategy-for-dealing-with-twitter-spammers/#comment-2212 uberVU - social comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:48:13 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2244#comment-2212 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by marcwinitz: RT @markwschaefer A strategy for dealing with Twitter spammers http://is.gd/8d2x8... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Jon Buscall http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/02/12/a-strategy-for-dealing-with-twitter-spammers/#comment-2211 Jon Buscall Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:51:16 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2244#comment-2211 Wow, Mark. I hope there's a long tall cold drink at the end of this week for you. And hopefully something good to munch on. This has been a difficult series to follow because these people really don't deserve the time of day. But I admire your efforts for following through. My approach is to "report for spam" anyone that tries some kind of fakery on me. Will definitely try Stop Tweet. Thanks for the tip. Ultimately, though, as the tools evolve and spammers become increasingly sophisticated it comes down to educating people not to get involved. Spreading the word is difficult because people want a short cut to riches. Wow, Mark. I hope there’s a long tall cold drink at the end of this week for you. And hopefully something good to munch on. This has been a difficult series to follow because these people really don’t deserve the time of day. But I admire your efforts for following through.

My approach is to “report for spam” anyone that tries some kind of fakery on me.

Will definitely try Stop Tweet. Thanks for the tip.

Ultimately, though, as the tools evolve and spammers become increasingly sophisticated it comes down to educating people not to get involved.

Spreading the word is difficult because people want a short cut to riches.

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