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I use Twitter a lot. I wanted to stay informed, especially from friends. I decided to port all direct messages to my cell phone. That way I didn’t have to install a Twitter client. At first that was great – I could respond to people I need to talk to.
That has all changed with the Twitterbot.
Now, if I “Follow” the wrong person, I get a direct message:
Thanks for following me. I hope to talk to you, but in the meantime: here is a free gift hllp://i.am.spamming/you.
I am not impressed – In fact, I am downright annoyed. You want to get unfollowed by me? Then all you have to do is send me a bot like that. I’ll unfollow you in a heartbeat.
I don’t mind @replies. But the direct replies are the ones that go to the cell phone too. I am glad someone is trying to open communication, but this is redicuous.
So what can be done to change this?
Twitter could block directly direct messages – Maybe set up a blocker to direct messages until the two have conversed or a 30 day grace period has passed. Maybe even an
“Allow this person to DM you” option. Just because I want to follow them doesn’t mean I want them to spam me.
DM Karma – If your Karma is below a certain level, you cannot DM anyone.
In the meantime, I am going to have to turn off the option to SMS me for direct messages. I guess what was a good thing last year might not be so much this.
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On the new live show, Bot came over and chatted. We had the recorder on. Here is the conversation:
I have a great online toolbox. Items that help me work with websites, servers and desktops – and the best part is it’s free. Akismet – or Automatic Kismet is a great little tool that keeps spammers from posting nonsense. I can’t say how Akismet has helped out on this site.
If you look to the left bar on the bottom, it says how many posts have been put in the Akismet quarrantine. These are posts that do nothing but try and improve their sites’ ratings. If you were to read them, it would say something like:
…sombody posted a great article on how much they like Akismet…..
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