http://www.manifestdensity.net/2008/04/30/hate-twitter-spam/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:35:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.manifestdensity.net/2008/04/30/hate-twitter-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-1252 Tom Thu, 01 May 2008 17:43:54 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:8888/?p=533#comment-1252 Afraid so. You can set direct messages to be delivered by SMS, of course. But at the moment there's no pass-through option for the service. Afraid so. You can set direct messages to be delivered by SMS, of course. But at the moment there’s no pass-through option for the service. ]]> http://www.manifestdensity.net/2008/04/30/hate-twitter-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-1251 Mike D Thu, 01 May 2008 17:35:53 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:8888/?p=533#comment-1251 Maybe I'm missing it but I'm only seeing one place on the Account Settings where you can change your email address. So if I change it to point to your service, won't I be missing out on other emails - e.g. the Direct Message email alert? Maybe I’m missing it but I’m only seeing one place on the Account Settings where you can change your email address. So if I change it to point to your service, won’t I be missing out on other emails – e.g. the Direct Message email alert? ]]> http://www.manifestdensity.net/2008/04/30/hate-twitter-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-1250 Tom Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:04:53 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:8888/?p=533#comment-1250 Well, that's a fair point. And I suppose it accomplishes that by turning these notifications into an RSS feed. I can't actually send through the successful notifications as email, unfortunately -- I would hit my host's mail rate limit very quickly. But personally, I do think there's merit to keeping your personal information from being broadcast to strangers (even if it's still <em>available</em> to strangers). It might just be my own silly hangup, though. Well, that’s a fair point. And I suppose it accomplishes that by turning these notifications into an RSS feed. I can’t actually send through the successful notifications as email, unfortunately — I would hit my host’s mail rate limit very quickly.
But personally, I do think there’s merit to keeping your personal information from being broadcast to strangers (even if it’s still available to strangers). It might just be my own silly hangup, though. ]]> http://www.manifestdensity.net/2008/04/30/hate-twitter-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 Jake Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:35:18 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:8888/?p=533#comment-1249 Like I said via twitter, I think this is a cool service. But your post reminded me that I'm not really clear on why I should care if some robots follow my twitter stream. It does seem creepy somehow, but it really doesn't make a difference in my life whether Buy My Kidney follows me or not. Might it make sense to just use your script to weed out the <em>notification emails</em> from spam accounts, rather than actually blocking them? Like I said via twitter, I think this is a cool service. But your post reminded me that I’m not really clear on why I should care if some robots follow my twitter stream. It does seem creepy somehow, but it really doesn’t make a difference in my life whether Buy My Kidney follows me or not.
Might it make sense to just use your script to weed out the notification emails from spam accounts, rather than actually blocking them? ]]>