Comments on: Lets Clean Up the Tweets Get rid of Twitter Spammers http://tweetcrunch.com/2008/07/17/lets-clean-up-the-tweets-get-rid-of-twitter-spammers/ Latest news from Twitter and Micro Blogging Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:44:30 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Barry Graubart http://tweetcrunch.com/2008/07/17/lets-clean-up-the-tweets-get-rid-of-twitter-spammers/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Barry Graubart Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:25:04 +0000 http://tweetcrunch.com/?p=205#comment-61 Great post. A tool I had used previously is Twerpscan - http://twerpscan.com/ - which helps identify those with funky follow:followers ratios, etc but Twitter has shut off their API access. Ev and Stone - if you are reading this - please turn it back on. The service will help reduce the spam. the blacklists are nice, but tools like this help you catch people quickly. Another suggestion for Twitter - when showing a profile, why not display the number of people who have blocked someone? If someone has been blocked 50 times, it's a pretty clear sign they're a spammer. Great post.
A tool I had used previously is Twerpscan – http://twerpscan.com/ – which helps identify those with funky follow:followers ratios, etc but Twitter has shut off their API access. Ev and Stone – if you are reading this – please turn it back on. The service will help reduce the spam. the blacklists are nice, but tools like this help you catch people quickly.

Another suggestion for Twitter – when showing a profile, why not display the number of people who have blocked someone? If someone has been blocked 50 times, it’s a pretty clear sign they’re a spammer.

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