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To be fair, I've seen plenty of spammer accounts that have thousands of followers. That said: I agree, banning accounts that tweet nothing but the same link wo
by mootothemax 15y ago
To be fair, I've seen plenty of spammer accounts that have thousands of followers.
That said: I agree, banning accounts that tweet nothing but the same link would be a really easy step towards reducing the amount of spam. At the same time - maybe Twitter don't want to auto-ban, as this is a quick and easy way of finding spammers. Tricky :-/
- robin_reala 15y agoThere’s an alternative to banning outright which is tar-pitting.
- mikecane 15y ago>>>To be fair, I've seen plenty of spammer accounts that have thousands of followers. Lots of accounts are set up just to Follow back anyone who Follows them. I've understood for a long time that Follower counts on Twitter are meaningless.
- nollidge 15y agoNot entirely meaningless - I think the important number is the ratio of followers to followees. If somebody's got 1000 followers, but they also follow 1000 people, most likely those are all followbacks, and not indicative of genuine interest. But if somebody's got 1000 followers and and only follow 100 people, they're more likely to be worth your time.
- mikecane 15y agoFollower counts as in, "Look how big my dick is."