Twitter: Will Spammers Murder Our Favorite Social Media Tool?
I am dismayed at the number of Twitter users who are openly using my favorite networking implement as a spamming platform. They are seemingly unrepentant and unapologetic. They can’t possibly be profiting from it: I know I’m not alone that I will NEVER retweet a spam tweet. I will NEVER follow an obvious spammer.
There have been many blog posts recently about the events over at Twitter: How #FollowFriday has degenerated into a spam exercise.
I have noticed a steep decline in the general quality of new users following me, with tweets like:
Hello Please Check by Free Earnings report ! Make money online with me
and
Get start in online business – sell more products and get rich . Check my free raport about it
The problem is, these people are misguidedly under the impression that they are engaged in Social Media Marketing. They are nothing but spammers, pure and simple.
Social media marketing is all about building relationships and trust. It’s all about providing useful information and assistance to your network: in short it’s about making the Internet a better place to be–not creating a cyber-hell on earth.
For Heaven’s sake: Next time you go to tweet something that most of us will regard as spam, stop and think. Would you want to receive 100 tweets just like it? If not you probably need to stop tweeting, stop blogging and read. Read the blogs and tweets of people like Lee Odden, Darren Rowse, Andy Beal, and David Risley, to grab just a handful of good Twitter people off my timeline.
What can we all do to keep Twitter and the Internet spam-free? Don’t encourage spammers. Don’t follow them, don’t engage with them, and if they bother you, block them and tell your timelines why you’re blocking them. Be loud about it.
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Stop silly mass behavior like followfriday?
and what about the porn spam. It's so annoying.. I wish there was an easy way to go through the people who follow you and block them enmasse AND flag them so others with those followers can do the same.
Yes, I admit I've taken part in followfriday, and it was nice in the beginning, but now it is simply extremely irritating and i don't think it provides a useful purpose as most of those taking part are simply spammers.
Personally, I'd like to see really stringent action taken against spammers–like having their websites and emails closed down and their IP blocked en masse. That's my dream.
From how I see it, Twitter has already been targeted by spammers. If you can look closely on the tweets of various twitter accounts, you will notice that they are filled with spam.
From how I see it, Twitter has already been targeted by spammers. If you can look closely on the tweets of various twitter accounts, you will notice that they are filled with spam.
I agree and I suspect that either of us could rant about this at great length.
The matter of presenting advertisements with an old-school message of “Buy This Now” simply shows they do not understand people. Trying to attract the person who says “oooh, lookie … it is so shiny” is a small-minded approach, often attempted by small-minded people. It often takes failure to learn a lesson. They will be sad to find that they reduce their voice and their appeal with each effort. Sure, they may find a few takers, but they are generally only advertising to other advertisers, but are not found relevant to the actual customers.
Natural selection will eventually take them out, and we can smile when we see these “Internet marketing experts” wiping down our car at the car wash.
Oh, but is that to say the direct messages I receive like the ones below are bad? I mean, aren't these enticing?
It allows for little wonder why many people do not understand the real value of quality Internet marketing when they come to a professional. This is what they have seen, so this is what they think Internet marketing is. The absurdity is shocking.
I removed the links, but I am curious if I had left the links, would YOU be a buyer? Would YOU have clicked?
Recently in my direct messages:
Come and Grab my Secrets for Free (*link*)
My gift for following:) (*link*) years in the making to bring you this special deal!
hey can u retweet my website so pple can shop@ (*link*) thanks
This website “forces” money into your pocket — Guaranteed! (*link*)