Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Someone managed to get me to follow them w/o my intervention (@johnnymatosj)
On 5/10/2010 3:48 PM, John Kalucki wrote: That's unlikely. Userstreams will tell you this in real time, FWIW. And you could always poll the REST API against a trusted source. But, the workaround is easy enough -- just unfollow the offending account... -John Kalucki http://twitter.com/jkalucki Infrastructure, Twitter Inc. Depending upon the number of people your account was signed up to follow against your wishes, could this by some chance fall under the churning clause if you unfollowed them at once?
Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Someone managed to get me to follow them w/o my intervention (@johnnymatosj)
On 5/10/2010 3:48 PM, John Kalucki wrote: That's unlikely. Userstreams will tell you this in real time, FWIW. And you could always poll the REST API against a trusted source. But, the workaround is easy enough -- just unfollow the offending account... -John Kalucki http://twitter.com/jkalucki Infrastructure, Twitter Inc. True; I could write up something. But I was thinking more of people directly using the web site who aren't using third-party tools. Not an API, mind you, just a notification.
Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Someone managed to get me to follow them w/o my intervention (@johnnymatosj)
That's unlikely. Userstreams will tell you this in real time, FWIW. And you could always poll the REST API against a trusted source. But, the workaround is easy enough -- just unfollow the offending account... -John Kalucki http://twitter.com/jkalucki Infrastructure, Twitter Inc. On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 2:11 PM, John Meyer wrote: > On 5/10/2010 2:31 PM, jmathai wrote: >> >> So, I knew I wasn't hallucinating. Looks like this dude knew of the >> 'accept username' bug before me :). >> >> > > Yep. > On a suggestion request (for Twitter, not necessarily the API) would it be > possible to e-mail people indicating that they have started following a > particular Twitter User? Just in case somebody figures out a way around > this one. > >
Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Someone managed to get me to follow them w/o my intervention (@johnnymatosj)
On 5/10/2010 2:31 PM, jmathai wrote: So, I knew I wasn't hallucinating. Looks like this dude knew of the 'accept username' bug before me :). Yep. On a suggestion request (for Twitter, not necessarily the API) would it be possible to e-mail people indicating that they have started following a particular Twitter User? Just in case somebody figures out a way around this one.
[twitter-dev] Re: Someone managed to get me to follow them w/o my intervention (@johnnymatosj)
So, I knew I wasn't hallucinating. Looks like this dude knew of the 'accept username' bug before me :). On Mar 19, 8:28 am, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > He had just over 1000 followers a few days ago as > well:http://twitterholic.com/johnnymatosj > > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 18:08, @kemeny_x wrote: > > Apparently he started tweeting only a few day ago and has over 10,000 > > followers... others are noticing also: > >http://twitter.com/franklinpolanco/statuses/10588238989 > > > On Mar 18, 6:32 pm, Andrew Badera wrote: > > > Ask them? I mean, this IS Twitter, right? > > > > ∞ Andy Badera > > > ∞ +1 518-641-1280 Google Voice > > > ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private > > > ∞ Google me:http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew%20badera > > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:31 PM, jmathai wrote: > > > > > On Mar 18, 2:14 pm, TJ Luoma wrote: > > > >> >http://search.twitter.com/search?q=johnnymatosj > > > > >> I used this: > > > > >>http://search.twitter.com/search?q=johnnymatosj+-from%3Ajohnnymatosj > > > > >> and saw two, including you. > > > > > I'm seeing 3 or 4...not a huge total but just wondering if there's a > > > > security hole. This guy has a lot of followers and isn't following a > > > > ton of people. So he's either genuinely interesting or gaming the > > > > system. > > > > >> My guess? He's someone you were following who changed their > > twittername. > > > > >> He joined back in September 2009. Anyone you've followed since then > > > >> who's gone "missing"? > > > > > Possible. I'm only following 13 people...don't remember who all. > > > > This is a personal account I use only via a desktop client. Could be > > > > a switched username. But I can't verify that. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+ > > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > > ME" as the subject. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+ > > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > > ME" as the subject. > > -- > Abraham Williams | Community Advocate |http://abrah.am > TwitterOAuth |http://github.com/abraham/twitteroauth > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Someone managed to get me to follow them w/o my intervention (@johnnymatosj)
He had just over 1000 followers a few days ago as well: http://twitterholic.com/johnnymatosj On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 18:08, @kemeny_x wrote: > Apparently he started tweeting only a few day ago and has over 10,000 > followers... others are noticing also: > http://twitter.com/franklinpolanco/statuses/10588238989 > > On Mar 18, 6:32 pm, Andrew Badera wrote: > > Ask them? I mean, this IS Twitter, right? > > > > ∞ Andy Badera > > ∞ +1 518-641-1280 Google Voice > > ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private > > ∞ Google me:http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew%20badera > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:31 PM, jmathai wrote: > > > > > On Mar 18, 2:14 pm, TJ Luoma wrote: > > >> >http://search.twitter.com/search?q=johnnymatosj > > > > >> I used this: > > > > >>http://search.twitter.com/search?q=johnnymatosj+-from%3Ajohnnymatosj > > > > >> and saw two, including you. > > > > > I'm seeing 3 or 4...not a huge total but just wondering if there's a > > > security hole. This guy has a lot of followers and isn't following a > > > ton of people. So he's either genuinely interesting or gaming the > > > system. > > > > >> My guess? He's someone you were following who changed their > twittername. > > > > >> He joined back in September 2009. Anyone you've followed since then > > >> who's gone "missing"? > > > > > Possible. I'm only following 13 people...don't remember who all. > > > This is a personal account I use only via a desktop client. Could be > > > a switched username. But I can't verify that. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > -- Abraham Williams | Community Advocate | http://abrah.am TwitterOAuth | http://github.com/abraham/twitteroauth This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Someone managed to get me to follow them w/o my intervention (@johnnymatosj)
Perhaps he's someone famous in another service and simply asked people to follow him. Or maybe he has a mailing list with thousands of subscribers and simply said, "Hey, I'm on Twitter - follow me at ..." There's nothing wrong with asking people to follow you! -- M. Edward (Ed) Borasky borasky-research.net/m-edward-ed-borasky/ "A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." ~ Paul Erdos Quoting "@kemeny_x" : Apparently he started tweeting only a few day ago and has over 10,000 followers... others are noticing also: http://twitter.com/franklinpolanco/statuses/10588238989 On Mar 18, 6:32 pm, Andrew Badera wrote: Ask them? I mean, this IS Twitter, right? ∞ Andy Badera ∞ +1 518-641-1280 Google Voice ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private ∞ Google me:http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew%20badera On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:31 PM, jmathai wrote: > On Mar 18, 2:14 pm, TJ Luoma wrote: >> >http://search.twitter.com/search?q=johnnymatosj >> I used this: >>http://search.twitter.com/search?q=johnnymatosj+-from%3Ajohnnymatosj >> and saw two, including you. > I'm seeing 3 or 4...not a huge total but just wondering if there's a > security hole. This guy has a lot of followers and isn't following a > ton of people. So he's either genuinely interesting or gaming the > system. >> My guess? He's someone you were following who changed their twittername. >> He joined back in September 2009. Anyone you've followed since then >> who's gone "missing"? > Possible. I'm only following 13 people...don't remember who all. > This is a personal account I use only via a desktop client. Could be > a switched username. But I can't verify that. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
[twitter-dev] Re: Someone managed to get me to follow them w/o my intervention (@johnnymatosj)
Apparently he started tweeting only a few day ago and has over 10,000 followers... others are noticing also: http://twitter.com/franklinpolanco/statuses/10588238989 On Mar 18, 6:32 pm, Andrew Badera wrote: > Ask them? I mean, this IS Twitter, right? > > ∞ Andy Badera > ∞ +1 518-641-1280 Google Voice > ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private > ∞ Google me:http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew%20badera > > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:31 PM, jmathai wrote: > > > On Mar 18, 2:14 pm, TJ Luoma wrote: > >> >http://search.twitter.com/search?q=johnnymatosj > > >> I used this: > > >>http://search.twitter.com/search?q=johnnymatosj+-from%3Ajohnnymatosj > > >> and saw two, including you. > > > I'm seeing 3 or 4...not a huge total but just wondering if there's a > > security hole. This guy has a lot of followers and isn't following a > > ton of people. So he's either genuinely interesting or gaming the > > system. > > >> My guess? He's someone you were following who changed their twittername. > > >> He joined back in September 2009. Anyone you've followed since then > >> who's gone "missing"? > > > Possible. I'm only following 13 people...don't remember who all. > > This is a personal account I use only via a desktop client. Could be > > a switched username. But I can't verify that. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > twitter-development-talk+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email > > with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Someone managed to get me to follow them w/o my intervention (@johnnymatosj)
Ask them? I mean, this IS Twitter, right? ∞ Andy Badera ∞ +1 518-641-1280 Google Voice ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private ∞ Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew%20badera On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:31 PM, jmathai wrote: > > > On Mar 18, 2:14 pm, TJ Luoma wrote: >> >http://search.twitter.com/search?q=johnnymatosj >> >> I used this: >> >> http://search.twitter.com/search?q=johnnymatosj+-from%3Ajohnnymatosj >> >> and saw two, including you. > > I'm seeing 3 or 4...not a huge total but just wondering if there's a > security hole. This guy has a lot of followers and isn't following a > ton of people. So he's either genuinely interesting or gaming the > system. > >> My guess? He's someone you were following who changed their twittername. >> >> He joined back in September 2009. Anyone you've followed since then >> who's gone "missing"? > > Possible. I'm only following 13 people...don't remember who all. > This is a personal account I use only via a desktop client. Could be > a switched username. But I can't verify that. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > twitter-development-talk+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email > with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
[twitter-dev] Re: Someone managed to get me to follow them w/o my intervention (@johnnymatosj)
On Mar 18, 2:14 pm, TJ Luoma wrote: > >http://search.twitter.com/search?q=johnnymatosj > > I used this: > > http://search.twitter.com/search?q=johnnymatosj+-from%3Ajohnnymatosj > > and saw two, including you. I'm seeing 3 or 4...not a huge total but just wondering if there's a security hole. This guy has a lot of followers and isn't following a ton of people. So he's either genuinely interesting or gaming the system. > My guess? He's someone you were following who changed their twittername. > > He joined back in September 2009. Anyone you've followed since then > who's gone "missing"? Possible. I'm only following 13 people...don't remember who all. This is a personal account I use only via a desktop client. Could be a switched username. But I can't verify that. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
[twitter-dev] Re: Someone managed to get me to follow them w/o my intervention (@johnnymatosj)
On Mar 18, 2:08 pm, Dewald Pretorius wrote: > His website points to some viral marketing stuff. Does the auto > following perhaps have something to do with some viral marketing > campaign that requires following on Twitter, or asks for Twitter > credentials? This is my "personal" account used to communicate with a few people. I haven't authorized any oauth applications and am only following 13 people. I'm just curious if something bigger is up. As certain as I can be, I didn't follow him or give him authorizationthough I know that's the first and most likely cause. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
[twitter-dev] Re: Someone managed to get me to follow them w/o my intervention (@johnnymatosj)
His website points to some viral marketing stuff. Does the auto following perhaps have something to do with some viral marketing campaign that requires following on Twitter, or asks for Twitter credentials? On Mar 18, 5:57 pm, jmathai wrote: > Anyone seen this? User @johnnymatosj started showing up in my feed > and I checked and oddly enough I was following him. I never heard of > him so there is some bug or he got a hold of my password (this account > hasn't added any oauth apps). I did a search and saw that others have > had similar issues. > > http://search.twitter.com/search?q=johnnymatosj To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development-talk+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
