We tweet jobs for customers to not only our accounts, but to their branded accounts as well. Companies like this because they can outsource this mechanism to a third party without getting their IT groups involved. We don't do any advertising within the tweet, other than provide a bit.ly link that takes jobseekers to more detail about the job. Are these considered ads? Is this considered a violation? In the past, the folks at Twitter have told me that we're OK, but has this changed with the new TOC? If so, there's going to be a lot of upset brand-name companies.
Thanks, Gary Zukowski TweetMyJOBS.com This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: Liz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 6:36 AM To: Twitter Development Talk Subject: [twitter-dev] Re: Twitter Platform blog post Thanks for the clarification, Ryan. This distinction isn't clear in the original blog post. I also wasn't sure what the difference was between me posting a message that I love Reebok shoes and Starbucks posting they have a special on Frappuccinos. If advertising was prohibited from Tweets, it would apply to commercial accounts as well as individual ones. But you say that's not the case. At this point, I'm not sure what services DO fall under the prohibition guidelines but I guess they are ones where the users have given advertisers blanket control to post whatever they want on their Tweetstream. In effect, this sounds like advertising spam with a third party taking over individual users' accounts. Liz [email protected]
