[twitter-dev] Re: Spammers in followers list

2009-09-08 Thread Craig Hockenberry
An added benefit to this approach is it adds a disincentive for SPAM. Spammers don't waste time on things that no one will ever see... -ch On Sep 8, 9:12 am, Craig Hockenberry craig.hockenbe...@gmail.com wrote: As we're all aware, there has been a huge influx of spammy followers (e.g.

[twitter-dev] Re: Spammers in followers list

2009-09-08 Thread Naveen A
Its going to be hard to please everyone, if there is a delay when followers are actually being added to the list, then users will be confused or annoyed why the following numbers are out of sync. People generally expect realtime changes, especially on twitter where many people use it to have

[twitter-dev] Re: Spammers in followers list

2009-09-08 Thread Shannon Clark
Speaking here more as a user than just as a developer - this approach would both not work and annoy many users. It would not work because it would merely delay the blocks which are the signals (among others I assume) to twitter that an account is a spammer - i.e. until people know that an account

[twitter-dev] Re: Spammers in followers list

2009-09-08 Thread J. Dale
This is the app I wrote using the API. It looks at the ratio of follower to followed and blocks folks. Feel free to check it out and offer your suggestions. http://dogearedpress.com/curtains/ On Sep 8, 12:57 pm, Shannon Clark shannon.cl...@gmail.com wrote: Speaking here more as a user than