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I run several twitterbots. The ones that autofollow back used to attract large numbers of spammers (until I fixed that). The others don't. I guess the usual spa

by bilch 17y ago

I run several twitterbots. The ones that autofollow back used to attract large numbers of spammers (until I fixed that). The others don't. I guess the usual spam strategy is "follow - wait a few days for reciprocation - leave if it doesn't happen". So the amount of Twitter spam you see probably depends on your willingness to follow back anyone and everyone just because they follow you.

tptacek 17y ago
Interesting. I don't "follow back" at all, because I turned off notification of when people are following me. I follow people who say interesting things that land on my radar, and that's it.