Comments on: Part of the Problem: How To Save Twitter http://tomuse.com/problem-how-to-save-twitter/ helpful web tips and technology tools Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:08:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/ hourly 1 By: Robert Miller http://tomuse.com/problem-how-to-save-twitter/#comment-930 Robert Miller Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:23:24 +0000 http://tomuse.com/?p=5297#comment-930 Twitter spam from new followers is worse than e-mail spam because it is tough to quickly identify spammers vs. non-spammers. At this point, I assume a new follower is a spammer until proven innocent. I think I started receiving Twitter spam in early 2009 which is about the time when Twitter went uber-mainstream; which made the opportunity large enough for spammers to start cashing in. Twitter spam from new followers is worse than e-mail spam because it is tough to quickly identify spammers vs. non-spammers. At this point, I assume a new follower is a spammer until proven innocent.

I think I started receiving Twitter spam in early 2009 which is about the time when Twitter went uber-mainstream; which made the opportunity large enough for spammers to start cashing in.

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