http://www.chucklasker.com/automated-twitter-app-spam-solution/542/ Making Waves on the Internet since 1994 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:58:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.chucklasker.com/automated-twitter-app-spam-solution/542/comment-page-1/#comment-276 admin Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:37:05 +0000 http://www.chucklasker.com/?p=542#comment-276 I thought of that but since writing about auto-DMs I've gotten people telling me they like them, for some bizarre reason. I think forcing an opt-in for every automated system out there would simply kill them. Maybe a Twitter-based opt-in set in our Twitter settings? That might work. I'd just like to see Twitter deal with the issue somehow before spam kills Twitter completely. I thought of that but since writing about auto-DMs I’ve gotten people telling me they like them, for some bizarre reason. I think forcing an opt-in for every automated system out there would simply kill them. Maybe a Twitter-based opt-in set in our Twitter settings? That might work. I’d just like to see Twitter deal with the issue somehow before spam kills Twitter completely.

]]> http://www.chucklasker.com/automated-twitter-app-spam-solution/542/comment-page-1/#comment-275 moritheil Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:09:52 +0000 http://www.chucklasker.com/?p=542#comment-275 Nice idea. However, rather than put the onus on users to actively opt out, why not simply make it a bannable offense to auto-DM users who do not opt in? I'm sure that it's not hard to run an internal search to find accounts with a high volume of similar DMs and trace those to the source of the problem. Nice idea. However, rather than put the onus on users to actively opt out, why not simply make it a bannable offense to auto-DM users who do not opt in? I’m sure that it’s not hard to run an internal search to find accounts with a high volume of similar DMs and trace those to the source of the problem.

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