Comments on: Don’t Get Tricked by Twitter Spammers http://www.yeasir.com/blog/2008/05/dont-get-tricked-by-twitter-spammers/ Web Localization, i18n, Web 2.0, Culture, Translation 2.0, New Media and New Tech.... Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:21:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jianjun http://www.yeasir.com/blog/2008/05/dont-get-tricked-by-twitter-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-2340 Jianjun Mon, 12 May 2008 07:56:14 +0000 http://www.yeasir.com/blog/?p=163#comment-2340 Hi Cindy, Thanks for dropping by. ;) Hi Cindy,

Thanks for dropping by. ;)

]]> By: Cindy King http://www.yeasir.com/blog/2008/05/dont-get-tricked-by-twitter-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-2339 Cindy King Mon, 12 May 2008 06:33:27 +0000 http://www.yeasir.com/blog/?p=163#comment-2339 I also have a few followers that are following 30,000 people and could not figure out why. Thanks for telling me. I also have a few followers that are following 30,000 people and could not figure out why. Thanks for telling me.

]]> By: Jianjun http://www.yeasir.com/blog/2008/05/dont-get-tricked-by-twitter-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-2243 Jianjun Sun, 04 May 2008 13:38:13 +0000 http://www.yeasir.com/blog/?p=163#comment-2243 Nadine, Those are real people using Twitter mass-follow scripts available on the Internet to add hundreds of thousands of users indiscriminately. I still offer some of them the benefit of the doubt. But not for others who use strange/no photos, weird names, etc., I guess we have to trust our own instinct on this and at best refuse to follow back. For the particular case in my post, their profiles tried to fake official Twitter DM service and they use the Twitter security loophole to reap followers. Potentially this could endanger people's private information and is probably already a criminal act in some countries. Nadine,

Those are real people using Twitter mass-follow scripts available on the Internet to add hundreds of thousands of users indiscriminately.

I still offer some of them the benefit of the doubt. But not for others who use strange/no photos, weird names, etc., I guess we have to trust our own instinct on this and at best refuse to follow back.

For the particular case in my post, their profiles tried to fake official Twitter DM service and they use the Twitter security loophole to reap followers. Potentially this could endanger people’s private information and is probably already a criminal act in some countries.

]]> By: Nadine http://www.yeasir.com/blog/2008/05/dont-get-tricked-by-twitter-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-2242 Nadine Sun, 04 May 2008 13:21:15 +0000 http://www.yeasir.com/blog/?p=163#comment-2242 Hi Jianjun, Just went by your advice and blocked a bunch of people. I have noticed that some strange characters have started following me. But how can I tell that they are not real people? Hi Jianjun,

Just went by your advice and blocked a bunch of people. I have noticed that some strange characters have started following me. But how can I tell that they are not real people?

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