Twitter @Reply Spamming:Two Dollar Souls for Sale

Well Twitter is really getting interesting. We have a major problem. SPAM is everywhere and I understand that but the issue on Twitter is the @replies. You ever receive repeated @replies promoting something? Well they are not only trying to promote to you but promote to your following without your permission! So even if you don’t retweet these nuts they are banking on reaching your following. Here is how it works.

Under Twitter Search on your profile you can search under any name. If you search for instance darrenmonroe. All of the people replying to me and my tweets show up. This is also true with the people that use tweetdeck and favor certain people to follow.

The scummy part about this is that it is one thing to tweet your promotions on YOUR twitter account which I don’t have a problem with as long as its not the same message 20 times in a row.

But to tweet @ME or anyone else with the hopes of reaching our audience is like placing a billboard on my front yard. That’s a BIG no no! This loser below I have been working with @spam to remove for weeks!

These guys are so desperate for a sale they don’t care about who they spam. They will sell their souls for $2 discounts. Because they have no idea about value.

What you can do

1. Reply to @spam and let them know ASAP
2. Block them
3. Ask anyone you know receiving the same replies to @spam also. there is strength in numbers.

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