Goodbye Twitter Spam, For Now.
Posted July 24th, 2009 by Jason Douglas
Jason Douglas
Spyder Trap Online Marketing
Last night, I got home around 10:30pm and logged on to Twitter. I immediately noticed there was a fair amount of conversation about how everyone had lost followers, with many not knowing why. I looked at my followers list, and it had decreased from 786 to 724. To lose 62 people in one day is pretty significant for someone that has the number of followers I have. However, I was very happy about this, as I knew instantly that Twitter was cracking down on spam and deleting any accounts they deem as spam.
This was not the first time Twitter has done this. I thought they did this on a daily basis, as I get between 5-10 new followers every day. Of those, maybe one is a real person that I am interested in following back. The rest are bots, or other types of spam that do not interest me at all.
I’m not too concerned with the number of followers I have. I suppose the more I have, the larger my reach is, which can be a good thing. I am more focused with engaging with as many people, whether they are following or not, as possible. That is why Twitter is great: it’s another medium that encourages communication.
Knowing that Twitter is taking a proactive stance against spam, does this make you feel more strongly about Twitter? It should. Just think if MySpace was better at finding spam accounts a year or two ago; would so many people have jumped off the MySpace bandwagon and deleted their accounts while making sites like Facebook and Twitter their main social media sites to use?
How many followers did you lose last night?
Tags: Minneapolis Online Marketing, Minneapolis Social Media, Twitter, twitter spam
4 Responses to “Goodbye Twitter Spam, For Now.”
July 24th, 2009 at 10:59 am
I lost about 45 followers last night and it made me sad, because spam account made me appear much cooler.
July 24th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Jason, I think you have it exactly right in this post. A lot of people are complaining about their loss of followers, but, like you, I am very thankful Twitter is cracking down.
I think I lost between 70 and 80 followers last night and I couldn’t be more excited to be back below 700 followers. Bots are creating a false sense of importance and unrealistic reporting numbers.
I follow the people that interest me and I would love if those that follow me have the same approach. I’m a big advocate of engaging as many people as possible and I like knowing what that true potential is.
August 25th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
i never lose followers because i dominate all social mediums.
August 26th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Ha right! Kareem = #fail
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