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Moonliner · 07-13-2009, 08:10 AM

11:00 - Still just the one new follower. I'm kinda disappointed.....

Morrigoon · 07-14-2009, 09:53 PM

Yeah, as a blocked profile I still get 1-2 follower requests per week. Usually t!tty girls (I assume... I refuse to click on their profiles, but their avatars usually involve cleavage)

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-15-2009, 07:30 AM

Funny, I don't get many spam ollower requests. It's been months since my last. Perhaps because I don't tweet about brand names or something?

Moonliner · 07-15-2009, 07:53 AM

Also funny, I have been followed by exactly zero new twits since I sent the "Viagra" tweet. Even the one twit that followed me one min later removed themselves.

I might be on to something here...

Morrigoon · 07-15-2009, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Funny, I don't get many spam ollower requests. It's been months since my last. Perhaps because I don't tweet about brand names or something?

Do you follow any celebrities? Because I follow a couple: Lily Allen, Grant Imihara, etc. That might be the reason I get more spam followers.

Ghoulish Delight · 07-15-2009, 07:52 AM

Aren't your tweets private?

Moonliner · 07-15-2009, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Aren't your tweets private?

They would seem to be. I did a search for "lunner" and a number of results came up but nothing from her.

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-15-2009, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Aren't your tweets private?

Ah, I was confusing "blocked" with "private".

Speaking of which - I went private so I can be absolutely sure that I can be honest and real without compromising my job and family relations. But I do feel like I'm missing out on the very public side of it. My hashtags are pointless. If I'm following someone and they aren't following me (celebrities) I can't respond to them. If people are searching for info on something, I'm of no help.

And now there are possibilities like this one. Sigh. Unless Twitter adopts a per-message privacy setting, I just won't be able to participate in the next step of net evolution.

Alex · 07-15-2009, 07:54 AM

Mine are and I still get one or two spam followers a month.

My current issue with Twitter is the people I really do want to follow but that also about half their tweets are just retweets. Once in a while is fine to alert me to someone I might want to follow but after that I grow annoyed.

Does anybody know if a tool that filters out retweets?

I do have a second account that is public and it is amazing how any tweet seems to draw a half dozen marketing twitter account followings. Mentioned Providence once and got three different Providence night clubs following me.

Alex · 07-15-2009, 08:12 AM

Open two accounts and use one for public activities and one for more private with a select list of people allowed to read. A hassle, sure (my phone twitter app handles multiple accounts pretty well since it can keep multiple instances open at the same time) but would allow you a venue for saying "Head Librarian Bob Jones can go blow himself" as well as "Oh, @Wil, you're so dreamy and geeky!"

07-13-2009, 08:10 AM	#1
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	11:00 - Still just the one new follower. I'm kinda disappointed..... __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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07-14-2009, 09:53 PM	#2
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Yeah, as a blocked profile I still get 1-2 follower requests per week. Usually t!tty girls (I assume... I refuse to click on their profiles, but their avatars usually involve cleavage) __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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07-15-2009, 07:30 AM	#3
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Funny, I don't get many spam ollower requests. It's been months since my last. Perhaps because I don't tweet about brand names or something?
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07-15-2009, 07:53 AM	#4
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Also funny, I have been followed by exactly zero new twits since I sent the "Viagra" tweet. Even the one twit that followed me one min later removed themselves. I might be on to something here... __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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07-15-2009, 07:52 AM	#6
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Aren't your tweets private? __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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07-15-2009, 07:54 AM	#9
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Mine are and I still get one or two spam followers a month. My current issue with Twitter is the people I really do want to follow but that also about half their tweets are just retweets. Once in a while is fine to alert me to someone I might want to follow but after that I grow annoyed. Does anybody know if a tool that filters out retweets? I do have a second account that is public and it is amazing how any tweet seems to draw a half dozen marketing twitter account followings. Mentioned Providence once and got three different Providence night clubs following me.
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07-15-2009, 08:12 AM	#10
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Open two accounts and use one for public activities and one for more private with a select list of people allowed to read. A hassle, sure (my phone twitter app handles multiple accounts pretty well since it can keep multiple instances open at the same time) but would allow you a venue for saying "Head Librarian Bob Jones can go blow himself" as well as "Oh, @Wil, you're so dreamy and geeky!"
	Submit to Quotes