Marcel, You should talk to Jillian about this as well. I'm sure she will have a contrary opinion on the matter.
Dewald On Nov 10, 2:51 pm, Marcel Molina <mar...@twitter.com> wrote: > But people who are added to MarketerMario's list won't get his list > broadcasts unless they follow him. That's their "opt-in". If they have > followed him for whatever reason and decide they do *not* want his > broadcasts, they can simply unfollow him. > > > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Dewald Pretorius <dpr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Marcel, > > > You can circumvent the issue by making the receiving of a DM that is > > sent to a list dependent on two triggers: > > > a) You must follow the sender of the DM; and > > > b) You must explicitly double opt-in to receive DMs that are sent to > > the list. > > > Bona fide use cases will be able to acquire the double opt-ins from > > interested users, while most people will simply not opt-in when > > MarketerMario adds them to his list. > > > Dewald > > > On Nov 10, 2:34 pm, Marcel Molina <mar...@twitter.com> wrote: > >> As with all things, there will certainly be vectors for abuse. For > >> every bad use case, there are just as many or more positive use cases. > >> We'll certainly be thinking about many on both sides. Thanks for > >> pointing out some of the potential hazards. > > >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Dewald Pretorius <dpr...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > > >> > Marcel, > > >> > How would that be different from sending bulk DMs - something I have > >> > been advised in the past is not something that Twitter condones. > > >> > Here's the scenario. > > >> > MarketerMario has 2,000 followers. He creates four lists and adds 500 > >> > of his followers to each list. Now he can send, with four simple > >> > clicks, his tweet whitening affiliate link to all his followers. > > >> > Dewald > > >> > On Nov 10, 2:19 pm, Marcel Molina <mar...@twitter.com> wrote: > >> >> That is indeed an interesting idea that we've been thinking about. The > >> >> rules around who can send and receive DMs would continue to be > >> >> enforced as normal, so for talking purposes, if you DMed a list, only > >> >> those who follow you would receive it. > > >> >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Marcus Better <mar...@better.se> wrote: > > >> >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> >> > Hash: SHA1 > > >> >> > Hi, > > >> >> > have you considered adding a mechanism for sending a sort of "direct > >> >> > message" to a list? > > >> >> > This would allow users to send targeted tweets to a list (provided the > >> >> > user is a member of the list). It could be incredibly useful. For > >> >> > example tweets on a specific topic could be targeted to a selected > >> >> > interest group, without bothering your general followers. > > >> >> > Currently the only granularity provided is "whole world" (tweet) and > >> >> > "single recipient" (direct message), but this would allow new use > >> >> > cases, > >> >> > for example something similar to a mailing list. > > >> >> > Cheers, > > >> >> > Marcus > >> >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> >> > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > >> >> > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > >> >> > iEYEARECAAYFAkr5oQUACgkQXjXn6TzcAQk+PgCfemGcdxyqZZrg1tNsxTWhna39 > >> >> > gdAAoLJZHsM8yIqxzpHMp3XlYue2ODpz > >> >> > =ARYR > >> >> > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >> >> -- > >> >> Marcel Molina > >> >> Twitter Platform Teamhttp://twitter.com/noradio > > >> -- > >> Marcel Molina > >> Twitter Platform Teamhttp://twitter.com/noradio > > -- > Marcel Molina > Twitter Platform Teamhttp://twitter.com/noradio
