You could do the "Stackoverflow" method of quietly silencing/ignoring the
users that are spamming/abusing the system which is why I suggested not
sending the "XYZ is now following you" email for people that look like they
are abusing the system.
Paul.

2009/6/11 Caliban Darklock <[email protected]>

>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Dossy Shiobara<[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Without the potency of enforcement, what's the point?
>
> Social enforcement is more potent than legal enforcement. If someone
> does something you don't like, and you unfollow them, they lose
> followers. That's what they wanted on Twitter in the first place,
> right? People following them?
>
> David Shapiro freakin' nailed it: "Attention is the currency of the
> future." Followers are, in a very real sense, wealth. Even to the
> spammer, who doesn't quite value the followers in and of themselves,
> losing followers costs him money.
>

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