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Beware of twitter spam
I like many aspects of Twitter, in particular the serendipitous flow of knowledge; however I don't like the flow of spam... though it can be amusing.
My Twitter bio title was "Knowledge Gardener" until I got fed up with followers from gardening companies and other unrelated tweeters. Below is a screenshot of a tweet in response to these followers...
I changed my bio, but still get the occasional horticultural follower, the most recent being @CultivateColo a gardening company in Colorado.
Apart from systematically blocking and reporting spam the following articles offer some additional tips:
Some useful anti spamming tools:
My Twitter bio title was "Knowledge Gardener" until I got fed up with followers from gardening companies and other unrelated tweeters. Below is a screenshot of a tweet in response to these followers...
I changed my bio, but still get the occasional horticultural follower, the most recent being @CultivateColo a gardening company in Colorado.
Apart from systematically blocking and reporting spam the following articles offer some additional tips:
Some useful anti spamming tools:
- True Twit (a validation tool)
- TwitBlock
- TwitCleaner
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