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. >
