On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Nicole Simon <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Jesse Stay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Apps have an ethical responsibility to provide opt-out, plain and simple >> if they're going to enable the sending of mass-DMs in any way. I didn't >> opt-into getting sales advertisements from the people I follow when I joined >> Twitter. >> > > It is never about the responsible ones, it is always about the stupid ones. > > Even if opt out is required, then people will pay people to write the DM > per hand as there is money to make. > DM is like email and should be handled the same way. > > And btw why it is okay for you to have a gazillion apps with an optout but > you cannot set up filters to filter out those messages? > That's a separate issue. Twitter needs to provide more data to allow filters and people will write them (and my service, SocialToo, is very much working on this). Forcing the source field and the ability to tell what app sent a DM is one of those steps I'd like to see. Categorization of users is another. Regardless, it's an ethical responsibility for apps to provide opt-out if they're going to submit us users to this. I already know users stopping their use of Twitter because of this type of activity. Jesse
