RE: [twitter-dev] Re: Mass account creation

2010-01-29 Thread Ken Dobruskin
Of course, if I disable the new follower notices then the spammers have won... I guess I could use the API to create a summary report of the day's new followers, hey... I like the notices. I don't read them all, but when I do their followers/following numbers often give them away. There's

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Mass account creation

2010-01-28 Thread Dale Folla MeDia
I think if both parties opt in, then automation is ok with follows. but I would like others feedback on that too.. 2010/1/28 DenisioDelBoro alya...@gmail.com On 28 янв, 06:42, Ken Dobruskin k...@cimas.ch wrote: When I am followed by a bot, or even a human who has no actual interest in my

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Mass account creation

2010-01-27 Thread Dale Folla MeDia
the specific example you give seems fine. On the other hand when you start to talk about a thousand(s), it starts to raise valid questions for anyone who monitors this group. On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:02 AM, DenisioDelBoro alya...@gmail.com wrote: First of all, there is only one form of spam -

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Mass account creation

2010-01-27 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:02 AM, DenisioDelBoro alya...@gmail.com wrote: First of all, there is only one form of spam - it's *unsolicited* messages sent massively. Second of all, tell me, please, in what way creating, let's say, 100 accounts just for tweeting weather forecasts for different

RE: [twitter-dev] Re: Mass account creation

2010-01-27 Thread Dean Collins
From: twitter-development-talk@googlegroups.com [mailto:twitter-development-t...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Edward (Ed) Borasky Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:38 PM To: twitter-development-talk@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Mass account creation But Twitter

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Mass account creation

2010-01-27 Thread John Meyer
On 1/27/2010 10:02 AM, DenisioDelBoro wrote: First of all, there is only one form of spam - it's *unsolicited* messages sent massively. Second of all, tell me, please, in what way creating, let's say, 100 accounts just for tweeting weather forecasts for different cities is a spam? I'm not

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Mass account creation

2010-01-27 Thread Dale Folla MeDia
just a correction about something I wrote. I don't think RSS themselves are useless in context with integrating them with some valid purpose. On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:11 AM, John Meyer john.l.me...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/27/2010 10:02 AM, DenisioDelBoro wrote: First of all, there is only

RE: [twitter-dev] Re: Mass account creation

2010-01-27 Thread Ken Dobruskin
measure, but they tell us that the rules will evolve. It is also within their power to keep the bot armies at bay. Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:37:43 -0800 Subject: Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Mass account creation From: zzn...@gmail.com To: twitter-development-talk@googlegroups.com On Wed, Jan 27

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Mass account creation

2010-01-27 Thread neal rauhauser
will evolve. It is also within their power to keep the bot armies at bay. -- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:37:43 -0800 Subject: Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Mass account creation From: zzn...@gmail.com To: twitter-development-talk@googlegroups.com On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Mass account creation

2010-01-26 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
Local news is considered spam if it is annoying. People often think they're being useful by feeding such stuff as police and fire RSS feeds into Twitter robotically, but in reality, the people who want to subscribe to those feeds have done so precisely because they didn't want to get spammed. The