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Folks, I’ve tried to stay out of this, as I know my opinion isn’t popular, but I just can’t take it any more. Over the last few weeks, I’ve increasingly seen the term “spammer” used to describe some users on Twitter, despite the fact that you’ll never see a single tweet (post) unless you choose to follow that person, and moreoever, that if you choose, nobody can even follow you unless you give permission. In my view, the whole thing is paranoid almost beyond belief. | ||||||||
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April 30th Nice post. I can understand why people are leary about "spammers" or corporations gathering data on them.It happens all the time, but people generally do not know when or who is following them, and therefore, don't really put much care or thought into getting upset about it. but with Twitter, it is very apparent when you are being followed/stalked! also, I think this post is better suited for the articles section than the news section in gooruze.  Reply
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May 2nd Kathy, thanks for your comments and recommendation of this item. At present I can't imagine how followers (stalkers) on Twitter could gather data on you, though admittedly, true spammers can be very clever. My point really is that even if there is a threat, we shouldn't poison the Twitter well by lashing out at each other. Reply
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