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Option E: Nobody can even agree on what Twitter spam is. Is it bots? I follow a few bot accounts and get value out of them. Is it blatantly promotional content

Option E: Nobody can even agree on what Twitter spam is. Is it bots? I follow a few bot accounts and get value out of them. Is it blatantly promotional content? This actually seems to be one of the intended uses of Twitter. Is it low-quality content? I feel like lots of people earnestly tweet out low-quality stuff, and who gets to judge what's low-quality anyway?

cmckn 5y ago
tweet> really hard day today, my great aunt died of covid after a long fight reply> I know we all probably must have heard about Bitcoin but don't know how it works, I tried it in a week ago and i made a return of $10500 after a week of trading, connect with my trader at @SpamBtcAccount1234
- xapata 5y ago
  Sounds like the variable is whether one engages with Bitcoin discussion. I don't, and have observed no spam.
  - cmckn 5y ago
    I pulled this reply from the most recent Associated Press tweet. Yeah, I'm sure they've mentioned Bitcoin at some point, but it has nothing to do with my Twitter usage.
    - raydev 5y ago
      I'm curious, what do you expect to find in the replies under massive accounts like Associated Press? I've long since stopped following accounts with more than a couple thousand followers, unless they're super funny or insightful. No raw news. The replies transform from discussions into animated gif spam or actual spam past a certain threshold.
      - cmckn 5y ago
        I mean I guess I expect to find replies from humans? I follow AP because getting raw reporting is valuable. I don’t get a lot of value from the comments section, I just used this as an example because I’ve noticed it.
ryanSrich 5y ago
To me it’s the fake accounts impersonating a real company with direct links to malicious websites. These responses always get 100s of likes from other bots, and also dozens of replies from other fake bots to make it seem real. To test this out, just Tweet something like “my Coinbase account isn’t working” You’ll get dozens of replies from fake Coinbase support scams.
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- ghaff 5y ago
  Well, sure. Anything adjacent to the cryptogrift is going to be a cesspool. I very strongly suspect that the very different experiences that people have relate to who they follow and what they post.
- PragmaticPulp 5y ago
  > To test this out, just Tweet something like “my Coinbase account isn’t working” Maybe this is the difference? Cryptocurrency attracts spammers and scammers at a rate far higher than other conversations. Now that you mention it, the only time I recall seeing spam lately was when I read the comments on some cryptocurrency Tweets. I usually avoid cryptocurrency discussions on Twitter because the signal to noise ratio on those is so low anyway.
  - ryanSrich 5y ago
    This could be the case, but I suspect if you tweeted “how to reset my chase bank account password” you might get the same level of spam. I don’t think it’s only crypto, just amplified in crypto.
    - ummonk 5y ago
      At the least I’ve certainly seen a bunch of account recovery service scams whenever someone tweets about an issue with Instagram etc.
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jasonfarnon 5y ago
I enjoy the insinuation that the nature of some platforms makes spam classification a much more difficult task

cmckn 5y ago

tweet> really hard day today, my great aunt died of covid after a long fight reply> I know we all probably must have heard about Bitcoin but don't know how it works, I tried it in a week ago and i made a return of $10500 after a week of trading, connect with my trader at @SpamBtcAccount1234

xapata 5y ago
Sounds like the variable is whether one engages with Bitcoin discussion. I don't, and have observed no spam.
- cmckn 5y ago
  I pulled this reply from the most recent Associated Press tweet. Yeah, I'm sure they've mentioned Bitcoin at some point, but it has nothing to do with my Twitter usage.
  - raydev 5y ago
    I'm curious, what do you expect to find in the replies under massive accounts like Associated Press? I've long since stopped following accounts with more than a couple thousand followers, unless they're super funny or insightful. No raw news. The replies transform from discussions into animated gif spam or actual spam past a certain threshold.
    - cmckn 5y ago
      I mean I guess I expect to find replies from humans? I follow AP because getting raw reporting is valuable. I don’t get a lot of value from the comments section, I just used this as an example because I’ve noticed it.

ryanSrich 5y ago

To me it’s the fake accounts impersonating a real company with direct links to malicious websites. These responses always get 100s of likes from other bots, and also dozens of replies from other fake bots to make it seem real. To test this out, just Tweet something like “my Coinbase account isn’t working” You’ll get dozens of replies from fake Coinbase support scams.

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ghaff 5y ago
Well, sure. Anything adjacent to the cryptogrift is going to be a cesspool. I very strongly suspect that the very different experiences that people have relate to who they follow and what they post.
PragmaticPulp 5y ago
> To test this out, just Tweet something like “my Coinbase account isn’t working” Maybe this is the difference? Cryptocurrency attracts spammers and scammers at a rate far higher than other conversations. Now that you mention it, the only time I recall seeing spam lately was when I read the comments on some cryptocurrency Tweets. I usually avoid cryptocurrency discussions on Twitter because the signal to noise ratio on those is so low anyway.
- ryanSrich 5y ago
  This could be the case, but I suspect if you tweeted “how to reset my chase bank account password” you might get the same level of spam. I don’t think it’s only crypto, just amplified in crypto.
  - ummonk 5y ago
    At the least I’ve certainly seen a bunch of account recovery service scams whenever someone tweets about an issue with Instagram etc.
  - 5y ago

jasonfarnon 5y ago

I enjoy the insinuation that the nature of some platforms makes spam classification a much more difficult task