TweetAttacks RIP .... Gone forever :( - See scanned Sue document here

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This is ****ty Bad month guys ...


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Twitter has had all it can take of spammers and it is launching fresh legal action in a bid to cut down on the problem by tackling the root cause of the issue.

Twitter isn't suing individual spammers themselves -- such a move would be hugely inefficient and difficult given the anonymity of many accounts -- it is instead aiming to cull the Twitter spam industry by bringing down five companies that enable users to spam the service.

The lawsuit names three firms -- TweetAttacks, TweetAdder and TweetBuddy - and individuals from two other organisations -- James Lucero (justinlover.info) and Garland Harris (troption.com) -- each of whom is charged with violating Twitter's usage terms by selling software that encourages firms to spam the service .

Within the lawsuit, Twitter explains why it is making the move against these types of service. "Taking legal action sends a clear message to all would-be spammers that there are serious and costly consequences to violating our Rules with their annoying and potentially malicious activity," it says.

While all five companies provide such software, just two of the websites have anything more than holding pages, TweetAdder and Tweetbuddy. So what of the services, exactly what kind of actions are they allowing?

Tweetadder offers "6 Laser Targeted, GLOBAL Twitter User Search Tools" which automate a range of Twitter functionality, such as searching for specific tweets, retweeting tweets that mention keywords and following Twitter users based on a range of critera.

tweetadder 520x267 Meet the five companies Twitter is suing for encouraging spam

TweetBuddy is similar and it provides a paid-for Twitter app that it says can "increase sales and save time". The software includes a number of options for automating actions on the microblogging service, much like Tweetadder.com.

cats 520x258 Meet the five companies Twitter is suing for encouraging spam

These services violate Twitter's regulations by allowing users to spam other users with ease. You could set the system so that every time a user tweets about 'the Superbowl', your account follows them and sends them back a message about a company...Toyota, for example.

We've all had the automated 'win an iPad' or 'earn $$$$ working from home' tweets and they are no doubt annoying. While this lawsuit is unlikely to extinguish this type of automated software from existing and being used altogether, Twitter is setting a precedent and showing it will shut services like these down as and when it becomes aware of them.

Most of us know that services like this do more harm than good, as the art of growing a following or being responsive on any social network is one without shortcuts. Social media marketing takes time, effort and creativity -- just like this Japanese marketer showed earlier this year -- and it's a topic that's worthy of a dedicated blog post (or three) in itself.

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SEE scanned sue letter made by Twitter attorneys :

http://www.Yooker.com/Twitter-Spam-Filing.pdf


SO its BIG bye to my $12,000 month earnings


Regards

Yooker
Yooker.com
#document #forever #rip #scanned #sue #tweetattacks
  • Profile picture of the author Simmeon
    Nice move. People might actually start valuing followers now.
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    Good for twitter. Don't see how this can be seen as a S***y month at all. Take a lesson from it: spamming the internet is not going to cut it.
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    • Profile picture of the author ShayB
      GOOD!

      Tired of having to block spammers every other time I tweet. Maybe this will help ease the spam onslaught.

      Some of us actually use Twitter to, you know, socialize and network.

      Radical concept, I know.... :rolleyes:
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      • Profile picture of the author Theresa Perez
        Sorry OP, I agree with Twitter.
        $12,000 a month???!!
        Oh well, it was good while it lasted, right?
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    • Profile picture of the author Peter ONeill
      Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post

      Good for twitter. Don't see how this can be seen as a S***y month at all. Take a lesson from it: spamming the internet is not going to cut it.
      Yep I agree. THis is great news. Spammy tactics are just not worth it in the long run
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      • Profile picture of the author JEasy
        Twitter doesn't care about spam. They only care if the automation tools used are in compliance with their API and if they are getting a share of the profit from the companies that charge people to use those automation tools. That's it.
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  • Profile picture of the author PeteTheMonetizer
    All the people saying good don't realize the literal millions of dollars you can bank from having an empire of targeted followers on Twitter. These programs help you build that empire.

    Sad day for the people who think big.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by PeteTheMonetizer View Post

      All the people saying good don't realize the literal millions of dollars you can bank from having an empire of targeted followers on Twitter. These programs help you build that empire.

      Sad day for the people who think big.
      These programs do not help you build an "empire". They help perpetuate the idea that online marketers are a bunch of scamming idiots who will do anything to make a quick buck. The shutdown of programs like these make things better for all of us.

      As far as millions being left on the table? Trust me, spam tweets to accounts who didn't want to hear from you was not going to put that money into your account :rolleyes:.
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      • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
        Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post

        These programs do not help you build an "empire". They help perpetuate the idea that online marketers are a bunch of scamming idiots who will do anything to make a quick buck. The shutdown of programs like these make things better for all of us.

        As far as millions being left on the table? Trust me, spam tweets to accounts who didn't want to hear from you was not going to put that money into your account :rolleyes:.
        Joe is right - and I can prove that. But spammers don't want to know about ways to get responsive followers which may involve - gasp- work!

        You people who think these spamming tools are the cat's meow are so blind. You've been duped into believing that if you spam enough times something's going to stick. Ha!

        The only thing that happens to spammers is that they get banned and then they come in here and those of us who do things the right way have to put up with their whiny threads.

        Someday, what's going to happen is that legitimate marketers will band together and launch a class action suit against spammers who have been responsible for damaging their livelihoods because of their stupid spam stunts.

        And if you don't think that could happen - think again.
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              • Profile picture of the author PeteTheMonetizer
                Originally Posted by thunder555 View Post

                I was going to answer all your nonsense ... But if you know what is hootsuite... It is useless You're not in the business of social media And you should not giving ur opinion about it

                Thunder OUT!
                Is it bad that every time I see your 'Thunder out' thing I literally lol?
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                • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
                  Pete,
                  Is it bad that every time I see your 'Thunder out' thing I literally lol?
                  For me it's more of a gas thing...


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                • Profile picture of the author thunder555
                  Originally Posted by PeteTheMonetizer View Post

                  Is it bad that every time I see your 'Thunder out' thing I literally lol?
                  Hahaha It´s geek-old-school joke

                  Only geeks with 4 digits icq could understand

                  Back to the toppic... I am courious Joe Robinson... When you receive those "couple tweets" Do you feel internal bleeding? a family member dies? Do you lose your pension? hahaha

                  As my friend Louis CK say: "White people problems"

                  THUNDER OUT!
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                  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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                    Originally Posted by thunder555 View Post

                    Hahaha It´s geek-old-school joke

                    Only geeks with 4 digits icq could understand

                    Back to the toppic... I am courious Joe Robinson... When you receive those "couple tweets" Do you feel internal bleeding? a family member dies? Do you lose your pension? hahaha

                    As my friend Louis CK say: "White people problems"

                    THUNDER OUT!
                    Nope; but I'm pretty sure Chuck Norris kills a kitten for every tweet. Do I have that right? (< See, I can make bad jokes too, doesn't add to the validity of my argument :rolleyes.

                    I'll tell you what it does cause for me though, a less than ideal user experience. That is what twitter cares about. They couldn't give two s***s about what spammers think about the subject. The platform wasn't created so you could spew your crap offers to people who don't want it.

                    I get the feeling I'm talking to a wall here though, so you keep doing what you do, and we'll see who's business is still standing at the end, eh ?

                    White person, out.
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                    • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
                      Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post


                      I get the feeling I'm talking to a wall here though, so you keep doing what you do, and we'll see who's business is still standing at the end, eh ?
                      Joe, you're not. There are a lot more people who think like you do then you know, they just don't post because they don't want to be attacked.
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                  • Profile picture of the author Joshua Rigley
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                    Originally Posted by thunder555 View Post

                    Hahaha It´s geek-old-school joke

                    Only geeks with 4 digits icq could understand

                    THUNDER OUT!
                    And all this time I thought you were compensating for something. Although, I tend to dislike anyone who litters (or advocates littering) the Internet with useless garbage, so maybe I'm biased.
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              • Profile picture of the author Morten V
                This is good news! If someone wants to build an empire on twitter, do it with quality tweets and get followers that wants to follow you. Please don't go spam the internet.
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        • Profile picture of the author vMartin
          Originally Posted by Karen Blundell View Post

          Joe is right - and I can prove that. But spammers don't want to know about ways to get responsive followers which may involve - gasp- work!

          You people who think these spamming tools are the cat's meow are so blind. You've been duped into believing that if you spam enough times something's going to stick. Ha!

          The only thing that happens to spammers is that they get banned and then they come in here and those of us who do things the right way have to put up with their whiny threads.

          Someday, what's going to happen is that legitimate marketers will band together and launch a class action suit against spammers who have been responsible for damaging their livelihoods because of their stupid spam stunts.

          And if you don't think that could happen - think again.
          I agree with you to a certain point, yes spam is annoying, yes I'm glad that twitter is doing something about it and I think more should follow BUT you can never say that spam doesn't require work, creativity, brains and doesn't make mega amounts of money.

          Spamming has been an art form since the beginning of the Internet, and you won't believe the scale and the amount of money some people work with.

          Also, never forget the stupidity of the average Internet user.
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    • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
      Originally Posted by PeteTheMonetizer View Post

      All the people saying good don't realize the literal millions of dollars you can bank from having an empire of targeted followers on Twitter. These programs help you build that empire.

      Sad day for the people who think big.

      no you get targeted followers from getting followers the natural way. Ask me how I know?

      After over 15 years online, I've seen all the tricks that spammers come up with, and people are getting fed up. So that is why they are getting aggressive with stopping spammers dead in their tracks.

      I very glad these tools have been eliminated. Spammers have given Internet marketers a bad name, have given this forum a bad name, and frankly, if the only way you can make a living is by spamming, then you don't actually have a business, you have a fly-by-night operation that could be shut down at any given time.
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  • Profile picture of the author ExpertSEOServices
    WOW $12,000 from Twitter that's a large amount!
    I purchased Tweetattcks a few years ago but never had much luck with it. Didn't really get the whole proxy thing! LOL and had a few accounts banned.

    Guess its good riddens that Twitter is getting rid of spammers as from when I last viewed it it all seemed to be fake profiles with little or no followers
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  • Profile picture of the author sonicadam123
    I really hope this means I won't have to keep blocking so many spammers.

    It's getting time consuming.

    In the time I took to write this I received another "oh look at this funny pic of you hahahaha aha <insert spam link>"

    Dammit!
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Michael
    I think its a bunch of crap, personally.

    Jay is freaking out (which is quite understandable.)

    He deleted his FB account so I cant even get in touch with him anymore.. Hope he's doing ok

    But this is stupid man, its like blaming a pencil when YOU misspell a word..

    There are ways to use Tweet Attacks that doesnt involve spamming or breaking the TOS.

    But after all this, even if TA does come back online, I doubt I'll be using it.

    You guys can press your luck if you wanna, but I'm done. I aint messin with Twitter from here out. lol
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    • Profile picture of the author Fallen_Angel
      Originally Posted by Whos That Guru View Post

      There are ways to use Tweet Attacks that doesnt involve spamming or breaking the TOS.

      But after all this, even if TA does come back online, I doubt I'll be using it.

      You guys can press your luck if you wanna, but I'm done. I aint messin with Twitter from here out. lol
      Maybe we can get a free copy of your videos then? Just saying
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    • Profile picture of the author shutterspeed
      Originally Posted by Whos That Guru View Post

      I think its a bunch of crap, personally.

      Jay is freaking out (which is quite understandable.)

      He deleted his FB account so I cant even get in touch with him anymore.. Hope he's doing ok

      But this is stupid man, its like blaming a pencil when YOU misspell a word..

      There are ways to use Tweet Attacks that doesnt involve spamming or breaking the TOS.

      But after all this, even if TA does come back online, I doubt I'll be using it.

      You guys can press your luck if you wanna, but I'm done. I aint messin with Twitter from here out. lol
      No worries. They won't come after individuals.
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    • Profile picture of the author AdamGabriel
      Originally Posted by Whos That Guru View Post

      I think its a bunch of crap, personally.

      Jay is freaking out (which is quite understandable.)

      He deleted his FB account so I cant even get in touch with him anymore.. Hope he's doing ok

      But this is stupid man, its like blaming a pencil when YOU misspell a word..

      There are ways to use Tweet Attacks that doesnt involve spamming or breaking the TOS.

      But after all this, even if TA does come back online, I doubt I'll be using it.

      You guys can press your luck if you wanna, but I'm done. I aint messin with Twitter from here out. lol
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      • Profile picture of the author Gregory Campbell
        Originally Posted by AdamGabriel View Post

        Seriously !!!
        Yes seriously, but its ok as TweetDemon has now been launched and its only $299 with full multi instance and includes account creator.
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  • Profile picture of the author mosthost
    It looks like 'Justinlover.info' got parked quite quickly.
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  • Profile picture of the author yarek37
    I use Tweetadder and noticed that the unfollow feature has stopped working which sucks really.

    Anyone got any information?
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    • Profile picture of the author 5starbeatz
      I Noticed That To Yesterday, My TweetAdder No Longer Works Which Means My Music Business Will Fail..I Banked In $6,000 A Month Usind Tweet Adder..And Thats True..I FEEL SO BAD FOR US PEOPLE WHO THINK BIG...
      People Who Work A 9-5 Don't Understand Or Don't Think Big On How They can Really Start Up A Business Using Tweetadder...

      Damn..It Just Stopped Working 4/30/12...........I think its good bye for TweetAdder
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      • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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        Originally Posted by 5starbeatz View Post

        I Noticed That To Yesterday, My TweetAdder No Longer Works Which Means My Music Business Will Fail..
        If your business was providing something of value, how can it fail (unless you let it)?

        Originally Posted by 5starbeatz View Post

        I Banked In $6,000 A Month Usind Tweet Adder..And Thats True..I FEEL SO BAD FOR US PEOPLE WHO THINK BIG...
        Nobody forced you to spam...

        Originally Posted by 5starbeatz View Post

        People Who Work A 9-5 Don't Understand Or Don't Think Big On How They can Really Start Up A Business Using Tweetadder...
        How could that be called a "business"? Look at how easily you are saying your business will fail now because one spambot is being taken out?

        Originally Posted by 5starbeatz View Post

        Damn..It Just Stopped Working 4/30/12...........I think its good bye for TweetAdder
        Good riddance.
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      • Profile picture of the author atwellpub
        Originally Posted by 5starbeatz View Post

        I Noticed That To Yesterday, My TweetAdder No Longer Works Which Means My Music Business Will Fail..I Banked In $6,000 A Month Usind Tweet Adder..And Thats True..I FEEL SO BAD FOR US PEOPLE WHO THINK BIG...
        People Who Work A 9-5 Don't Understand Or Don't Think Big On How They can Really Start Up A Business Using Tweetadder...

        Damn..It Just Stopped Working 4/30/12...........I think its good bye for TweetAdder
        Guys he's just joking. Tweetadder is still working and they are still selling licenses over at their website.

        : / Sorry Joe, maybe next time. : )

        I don't even think that guy was real though... looked like a crafted post to me although years of forum experience has taught me not to always believe my gut when someone appears to be a troll or a tarbaby. Sometimes they really are just being themselves... playing right into the hands of a force existing in the spirit world that haunts the thread for the sake of creating drama and human emotion so it and it's spirit children can have themselves a feedin.

        And if that's the case then cheers 5starbeatz! Welcome to the warrior forum! Love you and don't be shy with those next level beats!
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  • Profile picture of the author IMHunter
    Twitter is actually good for marketing if you know what you are doing. Not a good thing for me at least.
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    • Profile picture of the author SuzanneH
      Originally Posted by Chris Worner View Post

      I should give you an infraction for posting a "Bruins" victory dance...

      A Habs Fan
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      • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
        Originally Posted by SuzanneH View Post

        I should give you an infraction for posting a "Bruins" victory dance...

        A Habs Fan
        Go ahead. Infract him. I'm a Sabres fan.

        Bwahhahhah...
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        • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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          Originally Posted by SuzanneH View Post

          I should give you an infraction for posting a "Bruins" victory dance...

          A Habs Fan
          Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

          Go ahead. Infract him. I'm a Sabres fan.

          Bwahhahhah...
          Jeez, is this not a Bostonian-friendly forum?
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          • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
            Joe,
            Jeez, is this not a Bostonian-friendly forum?
            Have I mentioned lately that I am also a Yankees fan?


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            • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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              Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

              Joe,Have I mentioned lately that I am also a Yankees fan?


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              I remember this from when I subscribed to your list. Given Boston's shaky pitching situation, I am in no position to begin trash talking though.

              Please tell me you aren't a Giants/Jets fan as well, you are making it so hard to look up to you :p.
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              • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
                Joe,
                Please tell me you aren't a Giants/Jets fan as well, you are making it so hard to look up to you :p.
                Nope. Bills. And they're not real fond of the Pats.

                Doesn't help much, does it?


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                • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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                  Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

                  Joe,Nope. Bills. And they're not real fond of the Pats.

                  Doesn't help much, does it?


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                  Surprisingly, it does. 14 out of their 16 games per year I really respect them. Bet you are happy with those defensive additions, huh?

                  But to get back on topic...spamming is bad guys m'kay .
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                  • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
                    Joe,
                    Surprisingly, it does. 14 out of their 16 games per year I really respect them. Bet you are happy with those defensive additions, huh?
                    Well, what do you think?
                    But to get back on topic...spamming is bad guys m'kay .
                    Bad. Very bad. Naughty, even!


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  • Profile picture of the author stephenwaldo
    YAAAAY! I'll finally start doing something on Twitter if I know it's not completely and totally pointless.

    BRILLIANT MOVE!

    I was mad at Twitter earlier this month for acquiring Posterous =( but this totally makes up for it, because if it pans out I won't feel like Twitter is a waste of time.

    I know, I know, it wasn't a waste of time before, and lots of people have done well with Twitter already, but every time I personally tried to get into I was put off by the enormous amount of spam. So the point remains.

    This isn't a sad day at all - I don't even feel bad for the spammers, because the ones that were making serious amounts of money are just going to find a new way to do it!

    Hey, Pinterest is looking defenseless these days...
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    • Profile picture of the author Doctor Derp
      Hit them in the nuts, Twitter! Sock one to their balls for me, ok?
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    There are millions of people using twitter , you don't have to be spammer just find yourself some real costumers.
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    • I see Twitter hired Wilson Sonsini. Heavy hitters in Silicon Valley.

      Good grief, spammers are dumber than a box of rocks.

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      • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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        Originally Posted by fluffythewondercat View Post

        I see Twitter hired Wilson Sonsini. Heavy hitters in Silicon Valley.

        Good grief, spammers are dumber than a box of rocks.

        fLufF
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  • Profile picture of the author Troy_Phillips
    I have never had to resort to automation to spam twitter. I have always done it the old fashion way.
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  • Profile picture of the author Fallen_Angel
    lol at all the comments. Tweet attacks was best software for twitter, not everyone who uses it is a spammer. Sure there are many who do spam, but money traffic does not come from spamming.
    Tweet attacks can be used very effectively as a non spamming and very professional tool.
    ie: You have 40 websites, each in different niche, one twitter account each niche. You want to find followers for each account based on interest for best roi. Tweet attacks can do that find and follow people in your niche. You can also post scheduled tweets using tweet attacks.
    Twitter described spam as sending misleading tweets to get traffic, not sending relevant tweets to interested users.

    And the software still works, just saying.
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    • Profile picture of the author PeteTheMonetizer
      Originally Posted by Fallen_Angel View Post

      lol at all the comments. Tweet attacks was best software for twitter, not everyone who uses it is a spammer. Sure there are many who do spam, but money traffic does not come from spamming.
      Tweet attacks can be used very effectively as a non spamming and very professional tool.
      ie: You have 40 websites, each in different niche, one twitter account each niche. You want to find followers for each account based on interest for best roi. Tweet attacks can do that find and follow people in your niche. You can also post scheduled tweets using tweet attacks.
      Twitter described spam as sending misleading tweets to get traffic, not sending relevant tweets to interested users.

      And the software still works, just saying.
      This..

      That's exactly what I was talking about.

      Posting relevant tweets to relevant followers isn't spamming.

      Whatever, you guys do you and I'll do me.
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      • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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        Originally Posted by PeteTheMonetizer View Post


        Whatever, you guys do you and I'll do me.
        Will do; just please don't post a thread on here in a few weeks talking about how Twitter is dead because your software stopped working :rolleyes:.
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        • Profile picture of the author PeteTheMonetizer
          Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post

          Will do; just please don't post a thread on here in a few weeks talking about how Twitter is dead because your software stopped working :rolleyes:.
          Two things that changed the game for me.

          Leverage and residual income.
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  • Profile picture of the author GarrieWilson
    I really dont see how they can sue software creators. Seems they could stop it by checking IPs, activities and known proxy lists.

    Maybe they are banking on them not being able to afford the suit and being scared into closing? Gotta love the legal system....

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    • Profile picture of the author ShayB
      Originally Posted by GarrieWilson View Post

      I really dont see how they can sue software creators. Seems they could stop it by checking IPs, activities and known proxy lists.
      -g
      So someone creates spamming software (in general - not just speaking of anyone/anything mentioned on this thread), and then Twitter is supposed to use their income, time, resources and manpower to fight it instead of going after the people who created the problem in the first place? Seriously?

      I really don't get your line of reasoning....
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      • Profile picture of the author GarrieWilson
        Originally Posted by ShayRockhold View Post

        So someone creates spamming software (in general - not just speaking of anyone/anything mentioned on this thread), and then Twitter is supposed to use their income, time, resources and manpower to fight it instead of going after the people who created the problem in the first place? Seriously?

        I really don't get your line of reasoning....
        It's like going after energizer because someone makes meth with their batteries. Or go after companies who make canned air because some kids use it to huff.

        The tools have a LEGIT purpose so Twitter needs to go after the people actually abusing them.

        If you only see it in black and white, sorry because it's not a black and white issue.
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        • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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          Originally Posted by GarrieWilson View Post

          It's like going after energizer because someone makes meth with their batteries. Or go after companies who make canned air because some kids use it to huff.

          The tools have a LEGIT purpose so Twitter needs to go after the people actually abusing them.

          If you only see it in black and white, sorry because it's not a black and white issue.
          You're right, it never is black and white when it comes to this kind of stuff. I'm sure that a portion of the users of this kind of software do use it for it's intended purpose. I would also hazard a guess that said portion is very small compared to those who use it to spam.

          So what is easier/more cost effective? Going after individual spammers, or shutting down the software that they are utilizing to ruin Twitter? Yeah it sucks for the people who were using the stuff the right way. I think that it falls into the whole "for the greater good" category though, so people are going to have to move on.

          Spammers ruin everything.
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          • If you only see it in black and white, sorry because it's not a black and white issue.

            It is entirely a black-and-white issue.

            Either you don't know what is forbidden under Twitter's TOS or you didn't bother to read the complaint.

            For example, I suspect you believe there is nothing wrong with automatically following and unfollowing users (without sending tweets), yet that is a breach of Twitter's TOS.

            Using a method to connect to Twitter other than through the API is also a violation.

            The list goes on and on.

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          Originally Posted by GarrieWilson View Post

          It's like going after energizer because someone makes meth with their batteries. Or go after companies who make canned air because some kids use it to huff.

          The tools have a LEGIT purpose so Twitter needs to go after the people actually abusing them.

          If you only see it in black and white, sorry because it's not a black and white issue.
          Batteries have thousands of legitimate uses and are required for the proper operation of many electronics.

          These types of software aren't required to use Twitter properly and have both legit and non-legit uses - and in many cases violate the TOS regardless of whether the user wants to use it for good or evil.

          No, it's like going after the people who make legitimate OTC meds because there are two main purposes - legit use (when you have a cold) or illegal use (making meth).

          Which is what government regulations did - companies had to change the formula or have it only available behind the counter and in limited quantities.

          Twitter doesn't have the powers of a government agency to enforce their TOS, so they use what they can to get software developers to respect to/adhere to their TOS and stop creating tools that can abuse their system - the legal system.

          I don't see anything so horrible about this. Sorry.
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        • Profile picture of the author WillR
          Originally Posted by GarrieWilson View Post

          It's like going after energizer because someone makes meth with their batteries. Or go after companies who make canned air because some kids use it to huff.
          Ahh, no it's not. Batteries are not illegal the last time I checked, spam is.

          This is more like someone creating a drug lab and you saying it's ok because they don't actually make the drugs themselves, they just provide the lab for others to make them in.

          Originally Posted by GarrieWilson View Post

          The tools have a LEGIT purpose so Twitter needs to go after the people actually abusing them.
          Anyone using Twitter in the way it was meant does not need any of those tools. The only people who need them are those trying to game the system or automate tasks which shouldn't be automated.

          If idiots create these tools then people are going to use them. The quickest way to remove the problem is to get rid of the tools. You can't create a tool that's only purpose is to spam something and then say you didn't mean your users to use it to spam people. The legal system is not stupid.
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          • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
            Garrie,
            It's like a well known IMer suggests (did on national tv) to use DMCA to get negative content removed. He says its not illegal and said people always remove the content.
            Ummm... I wouldn't take that advice if I were interested in avoiding more problems. One of the requirements of a properly formatted DMCA notice is the statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright holder or are authorized to act on their behalf.

            If you know the material isn't violating copyright and sign such a statement, you are very likely taking a much larger risk than you think. I could be wrong, but I don't see it as a smart way to go.

            Check with a Real Attorney before doing anything like that. Not some IMer who plays one on TV.
            Is it illegal to create a product that violates a license?
            Create? Almost certainly not. Sell, knowing it will be used in ways that are destructive of the property of another? I'm not so sure that wouldn't fall afoul of the law. But, again, I am not an attorney.


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            • Profile picture of the author Doctor Derp
              Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

              ...Sell, knowing it will be used in ways that are destructive of the property of another? I'm not so sure that wouldn't fall afoul of the law. But, again, I am not an attorney.
              That falls afoul of a higher law than the legislated authority of the US. You don't have to be an attorney to know that.

              If you know that your product is used by the majority of your customers in way that is destructive of the property of others, and you do nothing about it, you are responsible for that destruction. You may not be liable, but you're certainly responsible.
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            • Profile picture of the author GarrieWilson
              Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

              Garrie,Ummm... I wouldn't take that advice if I were interested in avoiding more problems. One of the requirements of a properly formatted DMCA notice is the statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright holder or are authorized to act on their behalf.
              Oh I know. I told him that using DMCA as a means of reputation control wasn't legal. He then told me to "prove it" and went on about how it works. I didn't want to get in a pissing content (for once and just bowed out.

              Sell, knowing it will be used in ways that are destructive of the property of another? I'm not so sure that wouldn't fall afoul of the law.
              There is a difference in selling it for the purpose of being destructive and as a useful, legit tool.

              I think the intent would come into play.
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        Originally Posted by ShayRockhold View Post

        So someone creates spamming software (in general - not just speaking of anyone/anything mentioned on this thread), and then Twitter is supposed to use their income, time, resources and manpower to fight it instead of going after the people who created the problem in the first place? Seriously?

        I really don't get your line of reasoning....
        you're calling TweetAttacks, TweetAdder, etc. SPAMMING software.

        It's not spamming software.

        It's automation software. It helps organize, automate, and simplify alot of daily tasks..

        which is the same reason why alot of news stations, experts, and celebrities all use it. To help save time and make things easier.

        There are lots of legal and legitimate uses for the software that does not violate any of twitter's terms and services.

        With your same logic.. Wouldn't Adobe Photoshop be COUNTERFEIT software?
        Countless people use software like photoshop for making counterfeit documents, counterfeit money, etc. Should the US treasury shut them down too?
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        • Originally Posted by Jarrett View Post

          It's not spamming software.

          It's automation software. It helps organize, automate, and simplify alot of daily tasks..
          You should also read the complaint.

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            Originally Posted by fluffythewondercat View Post

            You should also read the complaint.

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            I read it, ther problem is it does not use twitters api which constitutes a violation of their TOS.

            I also get that they are suing the software makers as the claim suggests the copy was misleading to the consumers.

            Twitter is trying cut the head off the snake so to speak.

            I understand that using this software is violation of TOS but my usage does not spam twitter.

            I also know that twitterfeed an approved twitter API can be sued to spam twitter. Just saying
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        • Profile picture of the author Creativegirl
          Originally Posted by Jarrett View Post

          you're calling TweetAttacks, TweetAdder, etc. SPAMMING software.

          It's not spamming software.

          It's automation software. It helps organize, automate, and simplify alot of daily tasks..

          which is the same reason why alot of news stations, experts, and celebrities all use it. To help save time and make things easier.

          There are lots of legal and legitimate uses for the software that does not violate any of twitter's terms and services.

          With your same logic.. Wouldn't Adobe Photoshop be COUNTERFEIT software?
          Countless people use software like photoshop for making counterfeit documents, counterfeit money, etc. Should the US treasury shut them down too?

          Well said! We used TweetAdder allowing us to automate multiple accounts and tweets which built the following. Nothing spammy about it, just automation and increased volume.
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          • Profile picture of the author mosthost
            Originally Posted by Creativegirl View Post

            Well said! We used TweetAdder allowing us to automate multiple accounts and tweets which built the following. Nothing spammy about it, just automation and increased volume.
            So switch to HootSuite and use authorized API access. Problem solved.
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            • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
              shutterspeed,
              There isn't a single thing that program can do that you can't. You could sit on Twitter all day, waiting for people to type in "IPad". When they did.. you could immediately send them a message with a link to your IPad-related blog. If you hired a team of people, you could even cover hundreds of keywords from hundreds of niche-specific accounts.
              You have just outlined the spammer mentality.

              The problem with this stuff is precisely that it automates the process and makes abuse on a mass scale possible. Without that automation, the incentive wouldn't be there, and the problem would be very small, at worst.

              jazbo,
              Half the people posting here have created their own backlinks, articles, or made submissions using software at some point - so you are all spammers and dragging the net down as well.
              Software-driven posting of material that is requested by a site, such as real articles to article directories, is not abusive. That is one example of the legitimate use of automation.

              As for the abusive uses, there are quite a few of us who have never done that.

              Some of us have pulled thousands of pages of content and numerous systems offline rather than deal with the time sink that fighting blog spam and other such nonsense can become. And many of us spend a significant amount of time protecting various resources from this kind of abuse.

              I think it's perfectly reasonable for us to express our disgust at the damage done to the systems we use and the ones we own.


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              • As for the abusive uses, there are quite a few of us who have never done that.

                We're always getting these people who think spamming is part of the culture. "Everybody does it." "You're just jealous because I'm making money doing it." "Why should the big boys get all the chips and me nothing?"

                I was talking to a friend of mine today who is being run out of business because too many people indulge in a certain unethical activity. "They feel entitled," he marveled, shaking his head.

                Bad behavior is never an acceptable part of any culture. It needs to be countered before the culture rots from the inside out. I'm starting to see more pushback in the WF, more folks speaking up and saying, "That's not right. You shouldn't do that." It's wonderful.

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                • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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                  Originally Posted by fluffythewondercat View Post

                  I'm starting to see more pushback in the WF, more folks speaking up and saying, "That's not right. You shouldn't do that." It's wonderful.
                  Certainly makes me stand up a little straighter when I tell people about the place:

                  "Wait, isn't 'Internet Marketing' just an industry of scammers?"

                  "Hell no! Check out this place where I learned from, they hate spammers even more than customers do!"
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              • Profile picture of the author shutterspeed
                Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

                shutterspeed,You have just outlined the spammer mentality.

                The problem with this stuff is precisely that it automates the process and makes abuse on a mass scale possible. Without that automation, the incentive wouldn't be there, and the problem would be very small, at worst.

                Paul
                No.. that's the mindset of a software engineer who spends 99% of his time at work striving to improve efficiency. Coincidentally, it's also the mindset of every multi-person organization in the world.. business, religious, government or otherwise.

                The problem is *never* automation. You owe every modern comfort you have(especially your computer) to it. :rolleyes:

                I bet your redneck friends would slap the s**t outta you for saying something like: "The problem with X is that it provides the incentive for people to Y."

                X={"beer","guns","women"}
                Y={"drink","shoot people","f___"}

                Sounds silly now, right?
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                • Profile picture of the author Bill Farnham
                  This might be a good time to remind people that in the entire history of humanity not a single argument has ever been won using logic...

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                  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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                    Originally Posted by Bill Farnham View Post

                    This might be a good time to remind people that in the entire history of humanity not a single argument has ever been won using logic...

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                    Nuh-uh! There was that one time in...

                    ...um ok. But logic helped when...

                    Well f***.

                    You people keep "automating". Just don't start threads whining about being shut down later :rolleyes:.
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                  • Profile picture of the author shutterspeed
                    Originally Posted by Bill Farnham View Post

                    This might be a good time to remind people that in the entire history of humanity not a single argument has ever been won using logic...

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                    That sir.. is illogical.
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                • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
                  shutterspeed,
                  I bet your redneck friends would slap the s**t outta you for saying something like: "The problem with X is that it provides the incentive for people to Y."
                  Please note that I made a clear distinction between acceptable use and abuse. My redneck friends, and the zen ones, and the biker ones, and the college-aged ones, and the old hippies, and the businessfolk (and there is some overlap in those groups) would all agree with the intent if I said, "The problem with Joe drinking is that when he drinks he beats his wife. That's not acceptable."

                  Use. Abuse. Not synonymous terms.


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                    Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

                    "The problem with Joe drinking is that when he drinks he beats his wife. That's not acceptable.
                    Oh, man. This is NOT going to be good for my image...
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  • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
    Yeah, not an easy one.

    But Twitter had this coming long time, people knew about it and didn't care. But to be fair, if they intent to sue software creators, this will eventually backslash on them: I can sell cookies - if people get fat and dye it's their fault - not mine.

    And to to call that “Taking legal action sends a clear message to all would-be spammers that there are serious and costly consequences to violating our Rules with their annoying and potentially malicious activity,” is crazy:

    Should we sue Ferrari, Opel and Kia for making cars - that eventually kill people on the streets?

    Food for thought.
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  • Profile picture of the author kayebee
    Twitter has a search option where you can follow people by keywords. I do this often to find people to network in my niche. Adding a few people a day won't make a drastic change to your marketing efforts but you will steadily gain a valuable social network of people in the same niche as you. Imagine if you add 2 people (who are more likely to follow you back) a day for six months? That's 360 people in your social network that you can learn loads of information daily about your niche. I think it's cool they have that option.
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
      Garrie,
      If you only see it in black and white, sorry because it's not a black and white issue.
      Sometimes that's true. I'm dealing with an issue like that here, right now.

      We have two WSOs designed for use as bots on LinkedIn. One has only one purpose: Automated bulk posting to groups. That's a pretty clear answer: It violates the rules for the WSO section.

      The other has a lot more functions, and both the advertising and instructions teach using the tools in a respectful fashion and not spamming. If that was all that was involved, there'd be no question but that it was okay to sell here.

      But how will the members here be likely to use it?

      Hard to tell for sure, but I could guess.

      Do I go with the clear intent of the creator, or what I see as the probable use by the buyers? Or do I leave it up to the buyers and LinkedIn? That's a Really Tough Call.

      As far as Twitter suing the sellers of the other software, I think that has to do more with a known certainty that simply using the software entails violations of their terms of service. The multiple account creator almost certainly does. So does anything that auto-follows and auto-unfollows. (I believe auto-follow-back is allowed.) I've mentioned this here in these discussions for a long time, but no-one who advocates using the software seems to want to acknowledge the very clear terms of service issues involved.


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      • Profile picture of the author GarrieWilson
        Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

        But how will the members here be likely to use it?

        Hard to tell for sure, but I could guess.
        I'd guess spam.
        As far as Twitter suing the sellers of the other software, I think that has to do more with a known certainty that simply using the software entails violations of their terms of service.
        That goes back to my original point. Is it illegal to create a product that violates a license? I've never read a law saying it is. The TOS for Twitter is for the user. Not people who make the programs.

        Twitter and other companies have done things like this before and they never reach a court room because they are using a bully tactics to get what they want. IMHO. They know these guys cant afford to fight them.

        It's like a well known IMer suggests (did on national tv) to use DMCA to get negative content removed. He says its not illegal and said people always remove the content. Of course they do. They dont want to fight it or know their rights.

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    mmm....I don't know if LinkedIn and Pinterest could follow its steps...
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      Originally Posted by blueriver View Post

      mmm....I don't know if LinkedIn and Pinterest could follow its steps...
      every company WILL follow twitter's steps when its good for them to do it. Most of these social networks indeed need spam and bots and everything on their start when they are free to grow in numbers.

      when they start the ad services then they start to have a problem cause no advertiser want to pay for fake views.

      ...well that's a wild guess I am making now. At least if I had my own social network thats what i was going to think i guess!
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    All I can say is sucked in and I hope these idiots get exactly what they deserve.
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Michael
    I dont know about these other people/programs/whatever.

    But I see people everywhere just bashing Jay (Tweet Attacks) and I am really just shocked by some of it.

    Jay is NOT a spammer, hes NOT a scammer - hes just a programmer who is good at what he does & he has good intentions when making things.

    Its like a gun - Sure, they meant well when they made them (or did they? not the point) but unfortunately, there are just as many 'bad guys' using them for evil, as there is police.

    But Jay is one of the coolest, honest guys I have ever met online.

    Everyone who is bashing him, you need to take a look at things from his perspective for a moment.


    He just had his first child not too long ago, maybe a few months. He has a wife, a kid, a FAMILY to look out for.

    I doubt this will be the last we see of him. I told him last night that he has enormous talent & to just fight it as best he can..

    I just think he's scared, and freaking out right now. Which is 100000% understandable.

    I mean come on man. I've known/worked with him for over 2 years now, and he's helped SO many people in that time, especially me. I cant even describe what this dude has done for me.

    He means well. Like I said, hes just a damn good programmer & he hopes that other people will have the same good intentions when they use it..

    Anyway, I dunno man. Its really weird for him to just delete his FB without at least letting me know he was off for awhile.. I'm probably assuming the worst but I just hope hes ok.
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      Originally Posted by Whos That Guru View Post

      I dont know about these other people/programs/whatever.

      But I see people everywhere just bashing Jay (Tweet Attacks) and I am really just shocked by some of it.

      Jay is NOT a spammer, hes NOT a scammer - hes just a programmer who is good at what he does & he has good intentions when making things.

      Its like a gun - Sure, they meant well when they made them (or did they? not the point) but unfortunately, there are just as many 'bad guys' using them for evil, as there is police.

      But Jay is one of the coolest, honest guys I have ever met online.

      Everyone who is bashing him, you need to take a look at things from his perspective for a moment.


      He just had his first child not too long ago, maybe a few months. He has a wife, a kid, a FAMILY to look out for.

      I doubt this will be the last we see of him. I told him last night that he has enormous talent & to just fight it as best he can..

      I just think he's scared, and freaking out right now. Which is 100000% understandable.

      I mean come on man. I've known/worked with him for over 2 years now, and he's helped SO many people in that time, especially me. I cant even describe what this dude has done for me.

      He means well. Like I said, hes just a damn good programmer & he hopes that other people will have the same good intentions when they use it..

      Anyway, I dunno man. Its really weird for him to just delete his FB without at least letting me know he was off for awhile.. I'm probably assuming the worst but I just hope hes ok.
      Just the name of the software says it all for me - Tweet ATTACKS.

      You also need only look at his latest product:
      http://pinblaster.org/
      "Pin Blaster is the first and only Pinterest bot in the market"

      Is he really using his great programming skills in the best way possible??

      Good intentions are only worth so much. This guy was obviously making good money from selling a tool that he knew was being used by a lot of people to spam Twitter.

      I'm sure if you went to prison you would meet a lot of nice and talented guys in there -- in fact a lot of criminals are very smart people.

      I am not calling him a criminal, that's for the law to decide but what I am saying is that even those with the greatest intentions can still break the law and it doesn't make it any less wrong.

      His tool was being used by a lot of people for no good. He knew this and was still happily profiting from it. That's his problem and that is what will be very hard for him to explain.

      If someone has talent then there are plenty of different ways they can use it. He chose to use it in a very questionable manner.

      The average Twitter user who is not using the service for anything more than what it was meant for would never really need to automate all these tasks.
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      Originally Posted by thinktwice View Post

      Basically, by shutting down his website before trial, he proves himself and is program wrong to the Judge and Twitter. Exactly what Twitter wanted.
      The more likely scenario is he shut his website down after being served to stave off a 'treble damages' award should it get to that.

      What you can be liable for before being put on notice and the penalties that can be assessed once you are put on notice are vastly different.

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      • Profile picture of the author thinktwice
        Originally Posted by Bill Farnham View Post

        The more likely scenario is he shut his website down after being served to stave off a 'treble damages' award should it get to that.

        What you can be liable for before being put on notice and the penalties that can be assessed once you are put on notice are vastly different.

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        Jayson will not do anything against Twitter, he looks scared and that's it.

        He closed his FB account, did not send any email to his clients, shut down his website in panic mode. That's it.

        I would not judge him innocent since he reacts like a criminal.

        And like I said, why should he care about the Californian law.
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          Originally Posted by thinktwice View Post

          Jayson will not do anything against Twitter, he looks scared and that's it.

          He closed his FB account, did not send any email to his clients, shut down his website in panic mode. That's it.
          That's certainly part of it. He is also doing everything he can to follow the injunction (that I'm assuming has by now been served) against him. I'd bet his Facebook/email/etc. are off the rails because he doesn't want to do anything that could be seen as violating that injunction. The last thing he wants is a Contempt of Court charge (which in many states carries a possible jail sentence) thrown on top of everything else.

          *Keep in mind the above is just a personal opinion on the matter. I am not a lawyer, and have never played one on TV.



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          I would not judge him innocent since he reacts like a criminal.

          And like I said, why should he care about the Californian law
          Reading through the court filing, I really don't see how he intends to portray himself as an innocent party in this. Twitter's case is looking pretty good to me.

          Once again, I'm no expert on the law; but I would bet that since his business runs out of the United States, he is subject to the laws of the country when it comes to that business. California is merely the venue that had been decided upon for where the suit would be filed. None of the defendants actually live in California. They were spread out through Virginia, Florida, and the Philippines.

          You want to do business in the United States? You need to play by the United States rules then. Same thing goes for everywhere.

          P.S. I have now completely forgotten that there were other threads here. This one is that engrossing.
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            Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post


            Once again, I'm no expert on the law; but I would bet that since his business runs out of the United States, he is subject to the laws of the country when it comes to that business. California is merely the venue that had been decided upon for where the suit would be filed. None of the defendants actually live in California. They were spread out through Virginia, Florida, and the Philippines.

            You want to do business in the United States? You need to play by the United States rules then. Same thing goes for everywhere.
            I have offshore companies for different reason. If you are in the Philippines, it's normal to have an US company to open a bank account and get Paypal. It also adds to your credibility.

            I just say... let it die. Create a new one and life goes on. You can have 100 different Paypal and USA corporations if you want to. They are cheap and easy to get. Bottom line is: he lives in Philippines and could care less.
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            • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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              Originally Posted by thinktwice View Post

              I have offshore companies for different reason. If you are in the Philippines, it's normal to have an US company to open a bank account and get Paypal. It also adds to your credibility.

              I just say... let it die. Create a new one and life goes on. You can have 100 different Paypal and USA corporations if you want to. They are cheap and easy to get. Bottom line is: he lives in Philippines and could care less.
              That's the thing though. He can't just ignore it and move on to the next thing. Lawsuits don't just go away. He's going to have to face up to it sooner or later, one way or the other.
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
      Will,
      Why are the mods 'poor guys'?
      I believe Joe was referring to the chaos and thread management that goes with this sort of news.

      General comments...

      Any time someone takes down a tool that's designed to violate the TOS of social sites or SEs, I'm going to be cheery about it. I rather strongly dislike wanton destructiveness.

      Anyone who doesn't think this sort of thing represents a serious, destructive attack is either inexperienced, naive, or rationalizing to excuse their behavior.

      This forum is a tiny little alcove in the ocean of the Internet, but we're a monster in this particular market. As that growth has happened, we've gotten to see even more than in the past just how damaging this stuff can be. Every month, it gets worse. And there's a lot more going on than most people have ever seen, even if they've moderated large and active forums before.

      Take down the people making all that garbage happen? Bravo!

      Tough on the programmers? Maybe, but they chose that path. The people whose sites they damage or destroy did not.

      I understand Rob's distress over his friend's troubles. I'd suggest that there's another side to it.

      I remember when I first opened a Twitter account. I was getting spammed dozens of times a day. Checking the DMs was becoming a time sink, so I just funneled everything into a separate folder and ignored it. Twitter went from being a potentially useful networking tool to something to be avoided.

      I'd wager I'm not the only one who responded that way.

      Twitter has had to spend a lot of money and man hours to fight that and keep it from completely overwhelming their system and rendering it useless for everyone. (How much money would you guess they've spent on it so far? I don't know, but I'd bet it's in the millions.)

      The folks who made money using TA only did so because Twitter was successful enough at fighting the spam that people still used the service. They profited from those efforts until they became the active target of the fight. And now it's "No fair!"

      Screw that.

      The more parasites thrive, the faster they kill the host.

      You want to know how destructive this stuff is, folks? If this place was left unmoderated, it would get so bad within a week that hundreds of regular posters would abandon it. In 2 weeks it would be in the thousands. By week 3, the place would be nothing but bots and spammers talking to each other.

      That's an optimistic assessment, by the way. And most of the damage is done with these "harmless" tools.

      Don't believe the timeline? I've seen crowds here in revolt over all the garbage when it happened that we didn't have anyone moderating for as little as 12 hours.

      I would guess that we delete 1500 or more spams a day, plus various pre-emptive maneuvers that keep out some hundreds of others. Most of that because of the members who report the stuff. And that's not counting the other scumbags we have to deal with.

      And that's just here. We're lucky. We have a largish crew of experienced people who do the "official" moderating, plus hundreds of members who report the stuff. 6 forum-wide mods, and a big group of folks who carry the load in some of the sub-forums. Plus someone watching the blogs. Plus the tech dude who handles the automated blocking systems.

      Most sites just don't have the resources to fight off the leeches, and they end up going to pre-moderation (nothing gets seen until someone approves it) or closing down. Some can manage with automated systems, but they pay a price there, too.

      That's the gift of the programmers who create these tools, and the creatures who use them.

      Bill said, a few posts up:
      The trouble is that in a competitive niche you are invisible unless you can get backlinks, or manufacture your own. I hate that part of SEO as it is a waste of time and does not help end users but that is what Google is looking for.
      Well, gee. That's easy. Learn to live without Google!

      Strangely, once you do that, Google loves you. Funny how that works, eh?

      Of course, you can blithely continue on, destroying other people's sites for a few more drops of page rank or whatever. Gotta get those SERPs at any cost, and to hell with what you're doing to other people's work and livelihoods, eh?

      How many people would lose how much income if this place was taken over by spam and the WSO section went away?

      Don't tell me this is innocent, or that you have no choice. That's bull. There are a lot of other ways to get traffic, and they don't all involve leeching off the efforts of people willing to do something creative and constructive.


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      • Profile picture of the author tpw
        Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

        The more parasites thrive, the faster they kill the host.

        Absolutely true.



        Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

        Most sites just don't have the resources to fight off the leeches, and they end up going to pre-moderation (nothing gets seen until someone approves it) or closing down. Some can manage with automated systems, but they pay a price there, too.

        That's the gift of the programmers who create these tools, and the creatures who use them.

        I can vouch for this, through my personal experience as a webmaster.

        I have set 3 of 4 of my highest-traffic websites to "suspended" during the last 18 months, because the cost of running those sites eventually dwarfed the revenue I was receiving from them.

        The last one was switched to "suspended" just two weeks ago, because the volume of usage was so high that it was crashing my server three times a week. That site was long-overdue for shutdown, because it had stopped being profitable for me over a year ago.

        I am sure that many parasites were irritated for just a minute, because they had to take 30 seconds to remove my domains from their automation software...

        Those sites at one time provided me with several thousand dollars per month in profits. Not any more, and never again.

        All 3 were pushed into the red by the "spam a link" mentality that is so prevalent on the web these days.

        I have only one more site that enables user-generated content to be submitted directly by the public. It will soon be closed as well.



        Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

        Well, gee. That's easy. Learn to live without Google!

        Strangely, once you do that, Google loves you. Funny how that works, eh?


        Of course, you can blithely continue on, destroying other people's sites for a few more drops of page rank or whatever. Gotta get those SERPs at any cost, and to hell with what you're doing to other people's work and livelihoods, eh?

        How many people would lose how much income if this place was taken over by spam and the WSO section went away?

        Don't tell me this is innocent, or that you have no choice. That's bull. There are a lot of other ways to get traffic, and they don't all involve leeching off the efforts of people willing to do something creative and constructive.

        Bolded and in red to emphasize what you said.

        It may seem counter-intuitive, but it is true.
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  • Profile picture of the author Fallen_Angel
    Everyone cheering "get em twitter". This is not a good thing. It opens the door for future lawsuits from other companies. It will begin with software makers, then users.
    Before you turn your head it ends with censorship and a Government controlled internet.

    I personally hope Twitter fails in this.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by Fallen_Angel View Post

      Everyone cheering "get em twitter". This is not a good thing. It opens the door for future lawsuits from other companies.
      You are exactly right, and I hope it does. The way I understand things, it is Twitter setting a precedent that spamming through automated tools will not be tolerated. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that.

      Originally Posted by Fallen_Angel View Post

      It will begin with software makers, then users.
      Avoiding the fate is simple: don't create or use software that violates a service's TOS. If you cannot manage that, then you are kind of asking for it, aren't you?

      Originally Posted by Fallen_Angel View Post

      Before you turn your head it ends with censorship and a Government controlled internet.
      That's quite a leap to make, and I don't see how you arrived there from this lawsuit alone.

      Originally Posted by Fallen_Angel View Post

      I personally hope Twitter fails in this.
      I hope they succeed, and if I was a betting man I would put money on them doing so.
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      • Profile picture of the author Fallen_Angel
        Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post

        You are exactly right, and I hope it does. The way I understand things, it is Twitter setting a precedent that spamming through automated tools will not be tolerated. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that.
        You can spam twitter with twitterfeed a service that is twitter approved and uses the twitter api. There is even a WSO on it.


        Automation is a beautiful thing.

        I do not disagree that spammers should be brought to justice. I do disagree with suing software makers for making software.
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        • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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          Originally Posted by Fallen_Angel View Post

          You can spam twitter with twitterfeed a service that is twitter approved and uses the twitter api. There is even a WSO on it.


          Automation is a beautiful thing.

          I do not disagree that spammers should be brought to justice. I do disagree with suing software makers for making software.
          I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree on this then. Regardless of the feelings of people like us watching it happen, it is still happening.
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          • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
            Garrie,
            Oh I know. I told him that using DMCA as a means of reputation control wasn't legal. He then told me to "prove it" and went on about how it works.
            As soon as he said "prove it," I would have said "Okay." And I would have done so, in 30 seconds or less.

            "One of the requirements of a properly formatted DMCA notice is the statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright holder or are authorized to act on their behalf.

            "If you know the material isn't violating copyright and sign such a statement, you are committing perjury. Perjury is illegal."

            QED.
            There is a difference in selling it for the purpose of being destructive and as a useful, legit tool.
            True, and a legitimate argument in many cases. I'm not sure that would hold up when critical features require violating the site's terms of service.


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            • Profile picture of the author Doctor Derp
              Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

              ... I'm not sure that would hold up when critical features require violating the site's terms of service.

              Paul
              Exactly this. ^^

              I just checked the Twitter Terms of Service myself, and it clearly lays out what is permissible use of the Twitter software. I'm sorry to say that TweetAttacks violates several of these terms.

              Regardless of who uses the software, the ownership of the TweetAttacks software is still held by the software creator. When you sell licenses for your software, you are not transferring ownership of the software to the end user. You are instead allowing them to use your software under certain terms & conditions.

              If you don't have a solid license agreement that indemnifies you & removes liability, the actions of your software licensees can come back to bite you... that's the case with TweetAttacks.

              Now if TweetAttacks had been distributed under a standard Open-Source or public domain license, it's possible the story might be different.

              Originally Posted by Fallen_Angel View Post

              How many would be cheering if this was some big website suing senuke or magic submitter etc.

              A lot of the tools IMers use break websites TOS. Its a shame.
              I would be cheering. Both of those apps need to die. (I'm glad to say that at least SENuke is a just joke now thanks to the Panda updates)
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Michael
    Who cares about Twitter? I'm just worried about Jay man. I really hope he didnt do anything stupid.

    Yea its bad but its not the end of the world. Or like I said, I could just be over-thinking things.. I hope its the latter & I'm just paranoid.
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    I say good riddance.
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    • Profile picture of the author fin
      Wow, talk about jumping on the bandwagon.

      Should they go after the PRL sellers who decide to infect the web with their spam, just because they have decided that someone can have the rights to their articles?

      What about the people with dozens of Amazon niche sites, because someone really needs to find out about products from people who have never used them rather than just look on Amazon?

      Or people who promote CPA offers, because someone is really going to win a new Ipad?

      Don't get me started on people who promote offers each week to newbies, because they really need these things to make money online and you are only "helping them".

      How many of you have build backlinks with the purpose of gaming Google in order to spam your websites at the top of the search engines?

      I suppose it's OK because Twitter has a big bank balance.

      Sleep easy tonight.
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Michael
    I just cant even load this thread anymore.

    I've never understood what people meant when they said "my stomach is in knots" but I can say that I truly feel it now.. And its a disgusting feeling.

    I've NEVER in my 25 years on this planet, had my stomach LITERALLY feel like it was being tied in a knot. And now I have.

    I just... I'm seriously getting pissed at the audacity of some of these people I'm reading comments from..

    Not specifically in this thread, but just everywhere on the web.. I really feel like I'm gonna be sick.

    I'm just unsubscribing from this threads notifications, and not saying anything else on the subject in here.

    I am seriously just speechless.. Good night WF, world, and anybody else who cares to listen to what I have to say.

    I'm off to eat some dinner, drink my worries away, and enjoy my time with my wife.. later.

    edit: I got ninja'd by Will - so to address your post:

    Its not hard to explain. Look at the world economy. Times are tough, not just in the US. People will do anything they can to make some money, ESPECIALLY if you have to provide for yourself, AND your family.

    And again, people who use it for spamming are going to find a way to do it, regardless of how/what program/whatever.

    His program is/was for automating. NOT for spamming. Its that simple.

    Someone follows you? You can automatically follow them back.

    Someone follows you? You can automatically send them a welcome message, as a direct-message.

    You want to unfollow people who still havent followed you back after a week? You can do that.

    I mean its 100% up to the person using it. It can only do what YOU, as a user, set it up to do.

    Anyway, I'm off for the night.. take care guys.
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    • Profile picture of the author Doctor Derp
      Originally Posted by Whos That Guru View Post

      His program is/was for automating. NOT for spamming. Its that simple.
      Actually, you're wrong. Spam is the use of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited bulk messages indiscriminately. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(electronic))

      TweetAttacks is indeed a spam bot. I'm sorry that your friend chose to build an app that automated unsolicited Twitter messages. You say he's a good programmer... I'd have to agree. His app was so good at what it does that it's been targeted by Twitter. That's a testimony to how effective it is.

      There's a bigger play here that some people are missing: THIS IS NOT ABOUT SPAM

      TweetAttacks is being targeted because it allows normal Twitter users to build a mini-ad network via Twitter, thereby bypassing the Twitter Ad Network. Twitter is fighting these apps in order to consolidate control of their ad platform.

      It's not so much about Spam as it is about Money. The worst thing you can do is try to steal marketshare from a platform ON IT'S OWN TURF.

      Whoever wrote TweetAttacks may have been briliant, but he wasn't smart enough to realize he was setting himself up to compete directly against Twitter in a battle that he can't win.
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    • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
      Originally Posted by Whos That Guru View Post

      I just cant even load this thread anymore.

      I've never understood what people meant when they said "my stomach is in knots" but I can say that I truly feel it now.. And its a disgusting feeling.

      I've NEVER in my 25 years on this planet, had my stomach LITERALLY feel like it was being tied in a knot. And now I have.

      I just... I'm seriously getting pissed at the audacity of some of these people I'm reading comments from..

      Not specifically in this thread, but just everywhere on the web.. I really feel like I'm gonna be sick.

      I'm just unsubscribing from this threads notifications, and not saying anything else on the subject in here.

      I am seriously just speechless.. Good night WF, world, and anybody else who cares to listen to what I have to say.

      I'm off to eat some dinner, drink my worries away, and enjoy my time with my wife.. later.

      edit: I got ninja'd by Will - so to address your post:

      Its not hard to explain. Look at the world economy. Times are tough, not just in the US. People will do anything they can to make some money, ESPECIALLY if you have to provide for yourself, AND your family.

      And again, people who use it for spamming are going to find a way to do it, regardless of how/what program/whatever.

      His program is/was for automating. NOT for spamming. Its that simple.

      Someone follows you? You can automatically follow them back.

      Someone follows you? You can automatically send them a welcome message, as a direct-message.

      You want to unfollow people who still havent followed you back after a week? You can do that.

      I mean its 100% up to the person using it. It can only do what YOU, as a user, set it up to do.

      Anyway, I'm off for the night.. take care guys.
      you are taking this way too personally. It's great that you are defending your friend but...
      Don't try to justify people's actions by saying that the economy is forcing people to do anything for money. That's a load of rubbish. People with integrity won't just do anything for money.

      I'm going to say this one last thing and I'm sorry to be blunt, but in my opinion, programmers who create BOTS know exactly who their target market is.
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    Rob,

    Taking off for the night might be what's best for you. Reading your comments in a couple of these threads, it is easy to see that you are pretty distressed over your friend's situation. Go calm down man and let things work themselves out. He is going to have to face the music, innocent or guilty, and you pulling your hair out over it isn't going to help him.
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  • Profile picture of the author Fallen_Angel
    How many would be cheering if this was some big website suing senuke or magic submitter etc.

    A lot of the tools IMers use break websites TOS. Its a shame.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by Fallen_Angel View Post

      How many would be cheering if this was some big website suing senuke or magic submitter etc.

      A lot of the tools IMers use break websites TOS. Its a shame.
      Ooh, when that happens (and I think cases like this are showing that it can't really be considered an "if" situation anymore) the forum is going to be very entertaining. Assuming you aren't a mod of course. Poor guys.

      I'll still be cheering though. My business doesn't depend on those tools to survive. Anyone else who builds the foundation of their business on relationships and quality for their users/customers will feel the same way, I'm sure.

      I get why there are people that are not so happy with this, really, I do. They chose to take a gamble on these kinds of tactics though, and they are facing the consequences for placing a bad bet. That's business. That's life.
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      • Profile picture of the author WillR
        Originally Posted by Fallen_Angel View Post

        How many would be cheering if this was some big website suing senuke or magic submitter etc.

        A lot of the tools IMers use break websites TOS.
        It doesn't make this any less of an issue. Try telling the Police Officer who pulls you over that he shouldn't fine you because lots of other people speed as well.

        Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post

        Ooh, when that happens (and I think cases like this are showing that it can't really be considered an "if" situation anymore) the forum is going to be very entertaining. Assuming you aren't a mod of course. Poor guys.
        Why are the mods 'poor guys'?

        I gather you are insinuating they (admin) would be in hot water if people were selling these types of tools on the forum? Not so. This is a marketplace like any other and as very clearly outlined in the WSO terms of service, it is up to the individual to follow all relevant laws.

        Would eBay get sued if you were selling a stolen TV on there? No, YOU would get prosecuted.
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        • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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          Originally Posted by WillR View Post


          Why are the mods 'poor guys'?

          I gather you are insinuating they (admin) would be in hot water if people were selling these types of tools on the forum? Not so. This is a marketplace like any other and as very clearly outlined in the WSO terms of service, it is up to the individual to follow all relevant laws.

          Would eBay get sued if you were knowingly selling a stolen TV on there? No, you would get prosecuted.
          Um, no that wasn't what I was trying to say. I meant that when those tools go down the amount of threads/people whining about it will probably be off the charts. They are "poor guys" because they are going to have a lot to clean up lol.

          Sorry for not making it clearer.
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
      How many would be cheering if this was some big website suing senuke or magic submitter etc.
      /me waves vigorously
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  • Profile picture of the author billnad
    I am about to get hammered and I know it.

    I have been using the free version of tweetattacks for about a year and just finally bought the regular version a month ago. I am a bit disappointed with it disappearing.

    I know that people are calling this spamming software but all I used the software for was to follow people (doesn't hurt anyone) and then after a couple week if the person did not follow me back then I would unfollow them.

    I never spammed, And did not even know that this software was spammy. I do get a lot of traffic to my websites and play some of the stupid games like using ping.fm, and last year I loaded up a lot of those social sites and forum profiles.

    The trouble is that in a competitive niche you are invisible unless you can get backlinks, or manufacture your own. I hate that part of SEO as it is a waste of time and does not help end users but that is what Google is looking for.

    I would like to see Google stop indexing cheap useless links but it never happens and now we are going to just see another even better spamming tool show up, probably as a WSO in the next few days.

    Disappointing to me but more disappointing for the rest of us who have to fight for rankings
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  • Profile picture of the author Joshua Rigley
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    Paul, I don't think I've ever seen you get so worked up about something like this.

    It always strikes me as odd that spammers do what they do. I get that they think it's the "easy" thing to do, but as it turns out, doing honest marketing is much easier and far more profitable. Look at content syndication. You don't need to worry about spinning articles or getting hundreds of backlinks. Just a handful of blog/ezine owners can get you hundreds of targeted visitors on demand. That's just based on what I've seen other people accomplish.

    And I only discovered content syndication recently. It's amazing that you can get 10 times the results that a spammer gets with only a tiny fraction of the effort.

    I imagine that I'll be successful with it too, if I ever manage to overcome my severe OCD/autistic behaviors.
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
      Joshua,
      Wow Paul, I don't think I've ever seen you get quite so worked out about something like this.
      That was mild. I didn't really say what I think of this stuff. Just the factual assessment of one small part of their activities.

      My opinions on the use of these techniques and technologies is not printable in this forum.


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      • Profile picture of the author Joshua Rigley
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        Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

        Joshua,That was mild. I didn't really say what I think of this stuff. Just the factual assessment of one small part of their activities.

        My opinions on the use of these techniques and technologies is not printable in this forum.


        Paul
        That reminds me, there was a blog post about this subject not too long ago: On The Receiving End of Link Building Campaigns - Scirra.com

        It includes a link to another blog post on tips for reducing spam.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by Joshua Rigley View Post

      Paul, I don't think I've ever seen you get so worked up about something like this.
      That's just one of many that I've seen of the finest writing on the topic and a few of them were a lot more "venomous", and I mean that in a good way. :p

      Will,
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      Why are the mods 'poor guys'?
      I believe Joe was referring to the chaos and thread management that goes with this sort of news.

      General comments...

      Any time someone takes down a tool that's designed to violate the TOS of social sites or SEs, I'm going to be cheery about it. I rather strongly dislike wanton destructiveness.

      Anyone who doesn't think this sort of thing represents a serious, destructive attack is either inexperienced, naive, or rationalizing to excuse their behavior.

      This forum is a tiny little alcove in the ocean of the Internet, but we're a monster in this particular market. As that growth has happened, we've gotten to see even more than in the past just how damaging this stuff can be. Every month, it gets worse. And there's a lot more going on than most people have ever seen, even if they've moderated large and active forums before.

      Take down the people making all that garbage happen? Bravo!

      Tough on the programmers? Maybe, but they chose that path. The people whose sites they damage or destroy did not.

      I understand Rob's distress over his friend's troubles. I'd suggest that there's another side to it.

      I remember when I first opened a Twitter account. I was getting spammed dozens of times a day. Checking the DMs was becoming a time sink, so I just funneled everything into a separate folder and ignored it. Twitter went from being a potentially useful networking tool to something to be avoided.

      I'd wager I'm not the only one who responded that way.

      Twitter has had to spend a lot of money and man hours to fight that and keep it from completely overwhelming their system and rendering it useless for everyone. (How much money would you guess they've spent on it so far? I don't know, but I'd bet it's in the millions.)

      The folks who made money using TA only did so because Twitter was successful enough at fighting the spam that people still used the service. They profited from those efforts until they became the active target of the fight. And now it's "No fair!"

      Screw that.

      The more parasites thrive, the faster they kill the host.

      You want to know how destructive this stuff is, folks? If this place was left unmoderated, it would get so bad within a week that hundreds of regular posters would abandon it. In 2 weeks it would be in the thousands. By week 3, the place would be nothing but bots and spammers talking to each other.

      That's an optimistic assessment, by the way. And most of the damage is done with these "harmless" tools.

      Don't believe the timeline? I've seen crowds here in revolt over all the garbage when it happened that we didn't have anyone moderating for as little as 12 hours.

      I would guess that we delete 1500 or more spams a day, plus various pre-emptive maneuvers that keep out some hundreds of others. Most of that because of the members who report the stuff. And that's not counting the other scumbags we have to deal with.

      And that's just here. We're lucky. We have a largish crew of experienced people who do the "official" moderating, plus hundreds of members who report the stuff. 6 forum-wide mods, and a big group of folks who carry the load in some of the sub-forums. Plus someone watching the blogs. Plus the tech dude who handles the automated blocking systems.

      Most sites just don't have the resources to fight off the leeches, and they end up going to pre-moderation (nothing gets seen until someone approves it) or closing down. Some can manage with automated systems, but they pay a price there, too.

      That's the gift of the programmers who create these tools, and the creatures who use them.

      Bill said, a few posts up:
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      The trouble is that in a competitive niche you are invisible unless you can get backlinks, or manufacture your own. I hate that part of SEO as it is a waste of time and does not help end users but that is what Google is looking for.
      Well, gee. That's easy. Learn to live without Google!

      Strangely, once you do that, Google loves you. Funny how that works, eh?

      Of course, you can blithely continue on, destroying other people's sites for a few more drops of page rank or whatever. Gotta get those SERPs at any cost, and to hell with what you're doing to other people's work and livelihoods, eh?

      How many people would lose how much income if this place was taken over by spam and the WSO section went away?

      Don't tell me this is innocent, or that you have no choice. That's bull. There are a lot of other ways to get traffic, and they don't all involve leeching off the efforts of people willing to do something creative and constructive.


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      • Profile picture of the author mosthost
        A lot of these comments seem a bit naive.

        The whole thing is about money. Twitter isn't making money off API access from programs like this, and their TOS is being violated millions of times daily.

        Why wouldn't they go after these companies?

        Compare this to HootSuite. They use the API correctly. They charge clients and pay Twitter. Twitter earns money and HootSuite does not offer features which purposefully violate the TOS.

        HootSuite can sell their business model out (even to Twitter) because everything is legal and authorized.

        TweetAttacks, on the other hand, just hit the end of the road and will likely pay out every penny they ever 'earned.'

        If you can't see the difference between the two approaches to business, you're probably a scammer.
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        • Originally Posted by mosthost View Post

          A lot of these comments seem a bit naive.

          The whole thing is about money. Twitter isn't making money off API access from programs like this, and their TOS is being violated millions of times daily.

          Why wouldn't they go after these companies?

          Compare this to HootSuite. They use the API correctly. They charge clients and pay Twitter. Twitter earns money and HootSuite does not offer features which purposefully violate the TOS.

          HootSuite can sell their business model out (even to Twitter) because everything is legal and authorized.

          TweetAttacks, on the other hand, just hit the end of the road and will likely pay out every penny they ever 'earned.'

          If you can't see the difference between the two approaches to business, you're probably a scammer.
          Well written. The end.
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        • Profile picture of the author JEasy
          Originally Posted by mosthost View Post

          A lot of these comments seem a bit naive.

          The whole thing is about money. Twitter isn't making money off API access from programs like this, and their TOS is being violated millions of times daily.

          Why wouldn't they go after these companies?

          Compare this to HootSuite. They use the API correctly. They charge clients and pay Twitter. Twitter earns money and HootSuite does not offer features which purposefully violate the TOS.

          HootSuite can sell their business model out (even to Twitter) because everything is legal and authorized.

          TweetAttacks, on the other hand, just hit the end of the road and will likely pay out every penny they ever 'earned.'

          If you can't see the difference between the two approaches to business, you're probably a scammer.
          This is the real truth. Social Oomph is also in compliance and is a great service. Twitter could care less if you get an advertisement tweet.
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  • Profile picture of the author J Bold
    I know there are lots of different kinds of twitter software tools out there. What's the difference between the ones twitter allows and likes and the ones they don't?

    I mean, you could use software to spam, yes, but you could also set up a manual account and spam with that.

    It seems a gray area, to me.

    If these software products encouraged spamming, that's one thing.

    And if they broke certain TOS, than I don't see how they can complain.

    Anyway, I have no dog in this fight but it's interesting, nonetheless.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Chicas
    Nothing lasts forever, and the Tweeter bot gig is up for some... what is so surprising about that?

    We know darn well what we are doing when we embark on certain marketing procedures. Once the gig is up then move on, and if its time to pay then it's time to pay.

    I still enjoy automating some tasks, won't say which ones =D but I know there is a certain amount of risk involved, oh well.

    My stomach won't be in a knot if crap hits the fan. There are better things in life to worry about.

    Best of luck.
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
      Christiani,
      My stomach won't be in a knot if crap hits the fan. There are better things in life to worry about.
      Rob is worried about a friend. That's not something to be lightly dismissed.

      I may disagree with him on where the culpability lies for the behavior (and I may even be wrong in the spirit of the thing, if his friend has the intentions he claims), but I strongly admire that kind of concern for a good friend.

      Honest loyalty is too damned rare these days to ignore.


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      • Profile picture of the author Chris Chicas
        Yes, you are correct. I guess I was trying to give myself the advice when I wrote that, having been caught in a similar situation before.

        I guess I should have reworded, and said that as long as you have your health, everything else is secondary. I know this is a terrible cliche yet one that I've learned to live by.



        Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

        Christiani,Rob is worried about a friend. That's not something to be lightly dismissed.

        I may disagree with him on where the culpability lies for the behavior (and I may even be wrong in the spirit of the thing, if his friend has the intentions he claims), but I strongly admire that kind of concern for a good friend.

        Honest loyalty is too damned rare these days to ignore.


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      • Profile picture of the author Robert Michael
        Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

        Christiani,Rob is worried about a friend. That's not something to be lightly dismissed.

        I may disagree with him on where the culpability lies for the behavior (and I may even be wrong in the spirit of the thing, if his friend has the intentions he claims), but I strongly admire that kind of concern for a good friend.

        Honest loyalty is too damned rare these days to ignore.


        Paul
        Exactly man. I try not to "thank" your posts since you already have like a million anyway (and I'd prefer not to jump on the 'thank the most powerful mod whenever I see him' bandwagon, no offense) - but that post needed thanking. lol

        He's like a brother to me. I dont give a damn about twitter. Screw twitter.. I just seriously would hate for him to do something irrational out of fear.

        I dont care if we dont actually 'know' each other in person. I've always said that if things got as big as I thought they would, I would be flying out to Manila to take him & his wife out for dinner & drinks. And that still stands, even if TA wont be a part of it.

        Makes no difference to me. A friend is a friend, regardless of how you met, race, distance between you, etc..

        Anyway, I got a PM from him this morning, saying that he thinks he needs to talk to someone & wanted me to email him.. So I sent him an email & told him to go download skype. haha

        Havent heard anything back yet, but hopefully he downloads it & hits me up soon.

        Either way, everyone please stop PMing me, please stop skyping me, etc.

        As I've said in almost every post I've made about TA - if I hear anything, I'll let everyone know.

        But as it stands, I have not heard back from him.
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
    Christiani,
    I guess I was trying to give myself the advice when I wrote that, having been caught in a similar situation before.
    Ah. In that case... carry on!


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  • Profile picture of the author Barron
    Good Riddance. Twitter spam might be making a few people money, but it's a huge pain having to block spammers so often.
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  • Profile picture of the author IM Lover
    Moral of the story is "Don't spam" Twitter can be used as an amazing marketing tool without the need of spam bots. Select your niche, target your customer base and implement your marketing. There's no real need to harass people and bully them into your greed filled techniques. What about the little guys trying to use the platform the right way, why not just put in some hard work and get something back in return and feel good for it, knowing you earned it the correct way. -Lee
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    • Profile picture of the author PeteTheMonetizer
      Originally Posted by Lee Martin View Post

      Moral of the story is "Don't spam" Twitter can be used as an amazing marketing tool without the need of spam bots. Select your niche, target your customer base and implement your marketing. There's no real need to harass people and bully them into your greed filled techniques. What about the little guys trying to use the platform the right way, why not just put in some hard work and get something back in return and feel good for it, knowing you earned it the correct way. -Lee
      That sounds like hell.
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      • Profile picture of the author IM Lover
        Originally Posted by PeteTheMonetizer View Post

        That sounds like hell.
        Hard work and dedication normally does sound like hell to spammers, however there are some people who like to actually implement IM the decent way.

        -Lee
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  • Profile picture of the author crete
    I guess the obvious solution is we need to remove the part that goes back to the server for authentication so we can use the app.
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  • Profile picture of the author judieku
    I am sure the main reason why tweetterattack getting serious attention from twitter recently is caused of they create new TA accounts creator, this new tool have made many new spammer take the advantage by creating thousands of fake twitter accounts then send them to one account to get quick grow followers without following back.


    Look at fiverr, there are so many spammer that have service grow thousands followers without following back without need password, this is a joke stupid service , its very impossible get quick thousands followers without need following back in hours. NOTE : only big name account that no need following back their followers.
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  • Profile picture of the author IsayHey
    Its a good reality check for people who want to do this for upcoming sites like pinterest, if your gonna take advantage of a website then at least don't violate the TOS so much that it will just cause the general site users to mean less to people.

    Make a tool to work with the users, not one that forces the users to deal with it.
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    • Profile picture of the author hatherley
      So, since tweetattacks.com is down, the software won't launch. Or is there a solution to this?
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      • at least don't violate the TOS so much

        For some reason that struck me as funny. Sort of like getting a girl just a leetle bit pregnant.

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      • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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        Originally Posted by PeteTheMonetizer View Post

        That sounds like hell.
        Don't worry. With that mindset your business won't be around long enough to have to worry about putting work in to survive.

        Originally Posted by hatherley View Post

        So, since tweetattacks.com is down, the software won't launch. Or is there a solution to this?
        Yep, move on and find a legitimate way to reach your target readers/buyers. Bots aren't going to cut it.
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  • Profile picture of the author ShivaLingam
    I think that twitter is removing "spammers" just for their next move: finally, after I don't know how many years monetizing the platform.
    And without "spammers" they will have more people who would stick to Twitter because they aren't bombarded by offers anymore, plus their ads will surely stand out more in a sea of tweets without links
    Plus as NXmarketeer said if you have a lot of fake users and you pay per impression you get to spend a lot of money but have only a few real visitor impressions, so nobody would advertise on Twitter, or would do it only if it was incredibly cheap.

    Otherwise, why all of a sudden this change of heart? Just because they want a better user experience? Because they are fed up of spammers? If that was the case they would have taken care of the issue 3 years ago when Twitter was already a spam factory.
    If they are doing it now it's because now they are after the money!
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  • Profile picture of the author PPC-Coach
    That sucks that you lost $12k monthly, that hurts. But I'm sure you've got other income streams. Anything with spamming involved runs this risk. The sad part is that I guarantee some other very large spammers are laughing at this as they use their own in house, custom spamming tools.

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  • Profile picture of the author atwellpub
    I use tweet adder to help run my business. It helps me manage 3 separate accounts/brands and automate my social networking strategy. It handles my automated posting as well as my thank you messages to people who follow me. It’s an excellent software.

    Here let me write some poetry on the issue.

    Why does your hair grey when you age?
    Why does your striking and unique body die before the world?
    Hold your tongue and watch your love fill up
    and then your eyes just might see.

    Conceit cheers at the banners of righteousness.
    Righteousness cheers at the banner of integrity.

    As a maker of tools, I am very clear in what I design them for.
    I design them to serve my will whatever it may be.
    I offer my tools for a coin as a token of brotherhood
    and as a tribute to Cesar:
    That dragon where light is sourced from darkness
    and error knows great terror
    and maidens wait for upgrades
    and men must walk by candle light

    Am I an enabler? Yes.
    Life itself is an enabler
    I feel close to it's image and am comforted
    The empowerment of your freedom is a great love.
    It is a sad story
    It is a cloudburst of wealth
    It's confidence manifest
    and it is a promise.

    Tweet Adder is a beautiful 22 rifle.
    Tweet Attacks is a chaingun loaded with hollow points.
    Both could be equally as deadly in the hands of bandits.
    But both also will help a man hunt to feed his family.

    Warriors, are you warriors
    who carries swords...
    and curse swords?
    Falling on the sword makers rending and them apart?
    Holding them responsible for the excessive brutality
    that exists in sword art?

    Are you farmers
    employing beasts as servants
    and cursing the beasts name
    for serving warriors in conquest
    indifferently, the same as farmers?


    poetry over. I'm kind of confused about how this case will work out. Will it set a precedent or does civil suits have nothing to do with precedents? (if that's the case then a civil suit like this can happen any time twitter feels like it... or any company upset at being gamed outside of their own terms feels like it.)

    BTW I still have tweet adder. It's running right now on extra computer, helping me stay connected while I produce content and read and provide customer service. I actually don't enjoy doing twitter manually, but I do enjoy manually connecting on Google+ and Pinterest. I enjoy automating it too!
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    • Profile picture of the author WillR
      Originally Posted by atwellpub View Post

      I'm kind of confused about how this case will work out. Will it set a precedent or does civil suits have nothing to do with precedents? (if that's the case then a civil suit like this can happen any time twitter feels like it... or any company upset at being gamed outside of their own terms feels like it.)
      Nothing to be confused about here. I think things will continue along just as they have for as long as I can remember... if you break the law, you get into trouble.

      Isn't that the way it has always been?

      People seem to think just because it's done online it's less serious. It's not the case at all.

      When it comes to third party sites, those needing to use any type of bot to automate tasks are generally not using that site for the intended purpose. Can you imagine how social Twitter would be if everyone's accounts were just a bunch of bots posting and replying to one another?

      I say good riddance. This gets rid of a few rogue programmers.
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      • Profile picture of the author atwellpub
        Originally Posted by WillR View Post

        Nothing to be confused about here. I think things will continue along just as they have for as long as I can remember... if you break the law, you get into trouble.

        Isn't that the way it has always been?

        People seem to think just because it's done online it's less serious. It's not the case at all.

        When it comes to third party sites, those needing to use any type of bot to automate tasks are generally not using that site for the intended purpose. Can you imagine how social Twitter would be if everyone's accounts were just a bunch of bots posting and replying to one another?

        I say good riddance. This gets rid of a few rogue programmers.
        Hey Will,

        You've confused the Twitter's TOS with law, when it's not. It's TOS. That's why this legal matter is in the civil department. It's akin to suing for distress.

        When Gandalf etched an mark into Bilbo Baggins wood door for the dwarfs to see it, he offended Bilblo Bagin's wood. Bilbo could of sued under the American legal system. It was definitely against his Terms of Service. Yet Gandalf, a great man who helped win the war against a great evil, took matters in his own hands because his will at the time was greater than another's Terms of Service. Did he bother himself at his offence against the all mighty TOS of Bilbo the Hobbit? No!

        Do you see the bots as just being bots? Well they are more. My Tweet Adder runs three accounts that are important to me, and I only use automation to target poeple talking about my industry and I, as far as I know, don't double friend request anyone (so as not to be annoying). My bots are more than bots. They're servants. Servant's I bought a license to use. Servants, luckily, a developer helped me create and I was happy to compensate him for enabling a vision of my own will.

        Online it is like the wild west. It's the contention of wills. Twitter has a right to sue and they have a case. I still think it's a shame. This is a strong arm tactic aimed to punish and rid themselves of developers because other's have abused their products... and the developers are guilty for providing features that specifically cater to abusive paradigms. But I remember, they also provided heartily to very beneficial paradigms and look at all the support they have received from other marketers around here. Cheers to you fellas for having the same colors in your eyes!

        Taking myself back,
        It's a strong warning to me as a toolmaker to not cater too much to eccentric craft if I don't have the blessing of the platform I'm working with. Power is power and I should watch who I might potentially offend, especially under this legal system where money can bully.

        Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post

        Doesn't matter one iota what the intent of the software was, the way it was used was nor right. I highly doubt that I'm the only one who sees that way my friend.
        It depends on what power's eyes you are looking from. To me it does matter. If I build and sell you a shovel and you use it to bury someone illegally then how am I accountable?
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        • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
          If I build and sell you a shovel and you use it to bury someone illegally then how am I accountable?
          Standard argument, and an inaccurate analogy.

          Shovels are generic tools, just like the usual stuff used to make the same point. The tools in question are designed to work in a specific place, and to bypass clear prohibitions established by the owner of that place.

          Not at all the same thing.


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          • Profile picture of the author tpw
            Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

            Shovels are generic tools, just like the usual stuff used to make the same point. The tools in question are designed to work in a specific place, and to bypass clear prohibitions established by the owner of that place.

            Maybe a better analogy is if I sold you a ladder specifically designed to trespass against the property owner.

            Of course, that would require that my ladder would not be suitable for painting a house or climbing to the roof to fix the shingles.
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        • Profile picture of the author GrandmaSue
          I stopped using Twitter a while back because it seemed so many people I would follow were using fake services like these to follow me. At first I thought they were genuinely interested in me! :rolleyes:

          Anyway, I think it's good news. If they seriously clean up the place, I'd try using Twitter again.
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          • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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            Originally Posted by GrandmaSue View Post

            I stopped using Twitter a while back because it seemed so many people I would follow were use fake services like these to follow me. At first I thought they were genuinely interested in me! :rolleyes:

            Anyway, I think it's good news. If they seriously clean up the place, I'd try using Twitter again.
            It doesn't matter who follows you. They aren't in your stream unless you follow them back. You'd be surprised at how "clean" Twitter is if you don't follow spammers. I cleaned out my account and really enjoy reading Twitter awhile in the evenings.
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            • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
              Suzanne,
              It doesn't matter who follows you. They aren't in your stream unless you follow them back.
              I often wonder if folks really think anyone can read even a noticeable fraction of the tweets from the 10,000 or more people they follow?

              The people with huge followings either read none of their tweets or they use tools to separate out the few they want to read, and any @ replies or mentions. The rest is just shouting into the void.


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            • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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              Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

              It doesn't matter who follows you. They aren't in your stream unless you follow them back. You'd be surprised at how "clean" Twitter is if you don't follow spammers. I cleaned out my account and really enjoy reading Twitter awhile in the evenings.
              Same here. If you are selective about who you follow than Twitter is equal parts entertaining and educational. For example, when NFL free agency started I was able to know everything that happened as it happened because everyone on Twitter was talking about it.

              The annoyances come if you try to "followback" every single person that follows you (I did that for awhile). Your feed gets ugly, fast. Now the real annoyances only come when I check my mentions/retweets and see idiot spammers trying to link me to crap. With this lawsuit, even they will be greatly diminished in numbers.

              It's good to be on Twitter right now .

              Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

              Suzanne,I often wonder if folks really think anyone can read even a noticeable fraction of the tweets from the 10,000 or more people they follow?

              The people with huge followings either read none of their tweets or they use tools to separate out the few they want to read, and any @ replies or mentions. The rest is just shouting into the void.


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              • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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                Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

                Suzanne,I often wonder if folks really think anyone can read even a noticeable fraction of the tweets from the 10,000 or more people they follow?

                The people with huge followings either read none of their tweets or they use tools to separate out the few they want to read, and any @ replies or mentions. The rest is just shouting into the void.

                Paul
                It's very much like screaming into the void. When I followed a lot of people (which was about 1,000) it was a blur ... an ugly blur at that. I never read any of it.

                Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post

                Same here. If you are selective about who you follow than Twitter is equal parts entertaining and educational. For example, when NFL free agency started I was able to know everything that happened as it happened because everyone on Twitter was talking about it.

                It's good to be on Twitter right now .
                I'm a news junkie and the blogs that I follow often have news that isn't reported in the mainstream news. I also follow some comedians and get a good laugh or two. The vast majority of the people following me (1,200) I don't have a clue who they are ... probably bots that didn't unfollow me after I unfollowed them.

                I don't think Twitter spammers ever really "get" social networking anyway. I doubt that most of them actually use Twitter or Facebook socially. They're just sites to exploit and when that stops working, move on to the next victim.
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                • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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                  Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post


                  I don't think Twitter spammers every really "get" social networking anyway. I doubt that most of them actually use Twitter or Facebook socially. They're just sites to exploit and when that stops working, move on to the next victim.
                  Yep, and you can see some people with that mindset throughout this very thread. It's amazing to see some people who actually think that every new thing on the web was put their for the sole purpose of being used for marketing :rolleyes:.

                  They all burn out fast though. Only problem is that two more like them take up the mantle in their place!
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                  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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                    Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post

                    Yep, and you can see some people with that mindset throughout this very thread. It's amazing to see some people who actually think that every new thing on the web was put their for the sole purpose of being used for marketing :rolleyes:.

                    They all burn out fast though. Only problem is that two more like them take up the mantle in their place!
                    Yeah ... it's a gross sense of entitlement, that's for sure. They get irate when a host site has the audacity to launch anti-spam features that stop them in their tracks.

                    The latest big thing is Pinterest and there's tons of threads now about how dare Pinterest strip out their affiliate links or replace them as was rumored at first and how dare they limit the number of photos being shown at the top now because of the massive bot pinning going on.

                    How dare Youtube delete their videos, Squidoo delete their lenses, Hubpages rebuff their pages, EzineArticles reject their articles, Blogger and Wordpress delete their pearls of wisdom, Twitter/Facebook/Any Social Network ban their sorry a$$es ... and on and on.

                    These people go to great lengths and spend a large amount of time doing the same thing over and over again and it never seems to occur to them that building a real business provides income for the long term. Spamming sites is something that has to be done and redone constantly as each host evolves to stop the spam. It is a short term "business" model that will always fail eventually.

                    One guy here is worried about his friend. Reminds me of another brilliant programmer years ago. He built bots ... one of them was a bot that was responsible for creating 10 Million spam blogs on Blogger. Google found out eventually who was responsible ... as in the programmer who built this thing ... they didn't sue, but they were going to and this guy was really sweating this for awhile and had to agree never to open a Google account again.

                    My question is ... if you're that good at programming, isn't there money to be made doing something great with that?
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                      Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post


                      My question is ... if you're that good at programming, isn't there money to be made doing something great with that?
                      bingo! YES!

                      Building apps for smartphones - a huge opportunity. And just one of many great opportunities for programmers.

                      I don't get why a good programmer would use their expertise to build spam tools. I mean, why risk your reputation and your livelihood if you get shut down? Not to mention what a waste of good talent.
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    • Profile picture of the author Doctor Derp
      Originally Posted by atwellpub View Post

      I use tweet adder to help run my business. It helps me manage 3 separate accounts/brands and automate my social networking strategy. It handles my automated posting as well as my thank you messages to people who follow me. It’s an excellent software.

      Here let me write some poetry on the issue.

      -snip-
      tl;dr poetry

      Originally Posted by WillR View Post

      Can you imagine how social Twitter would be if everyone's accounts were just a bunch of bots posting and replying to one another?
      Isn't that what 80% of Twitter already is?
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  • Profile picture of the author onegoodman
    I am glad Twitter has act on it, These companies and their software was created to abuse Twitter service.
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  • Profile picture of the author Genycis
    I don't know how everyone else uses or used TweetAttacks, TweetAdder, etc, but to me, it all boils down to how you use it and what you do as spam.

    I could sit here without a bot, go onto people's accounts, follow follow follow manually, and then tweet everyone with a spam message to check out my site. If they follow, I can go manually and DM everyone with a message to check out my site, etc. I'm not doing this with a bot, but it's still considered spamming, correct?

    On the flip side, I actually USE TweetAdder, but I NEVER mass DM anyone. Actually, I don't ever use the DM feature on TweetAdder other than the auto reply for somone joining.

    I do set a large series of tweets to tweet, some with comments, some with questions, some just clowning around for people to respond to, and others to promote my site and/or affiliate links that I feel will help my niche followers.

    I do set up the auto follows on a select amount of people, and I set up the unfollows as well (which as far as I last checked today, do still work). I do it within reasonable timeframes, times in between, etc.

    I also MANUALLY reply to people when they send me a reply DM, or when they tweet me in reply to one of my auto tweets. Did I spam anyone? No. I just set up a social networking plan with TweetAdder to help me do some of the processes I can't sit here all day to do.

    TweetAdder for me has been great, and I do it in moderation, and mix in my manual persona, so, I'm not spamming, not coming across Twitter as spamming since I have such a large variety of tweets that I don't post the same tweet twice in a day, etc.

    It's all about how you use it and what you do within Twitter's guidelines. Like I said, I could easily spam everyone manually and get TweetSmacked out of Twitter. The same rules apply. However, the problem with things like this is, TweetAdder did develop it for people that use it properly... they even make sure to suggest what you should and should not do to follow Twitter's TOS.

    HOWEVER, there is always going to be that group of people, the ones that just don't give a rats ass WHAT Twitter's TOS is, or what should and shouldn't be done. They're going to spam the living f**k out of you until your eyes bleed first, or til they get banned, in which they'll just make another account, rinse and repeat, and so on.

    It's THIS type of behavior that makes it bad for everyone else that does use TweetAdder, TweetAttacks, and so on in a more respectable light. When used in moderation, as with anything in life, it can be a great tool, and for me, it has been as it's helped me to make some beat sales, sell some soundkits for my other site, and even an ebook or two here and there, some affiliate sales, and so on. But I do it in moderation, and I turn it off from time to time as well.

    Just wanted to share my two cents on the matter. I never thought TweetAdder and the like were bad spamming tools, it's the spammers that are bad and can spam whether bots are out there, or not... and, just like with p2p share networks, when you shut down a Napster, another one will come, shut it down, and so on... so TweetAttacks, TWeetAdder, etc. could be shut down, but there will be some other companies that emerge and do it all over again.

    Technology is the way of the world, and spamming has existed since the beginning of the internet if not sooner, and will be around for many years to come, sadly.

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      Originally Posted by Genycis View Post

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      Rationalize your behavior much?
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        Originally Posted by Doctor Derp View Post

        Rationalize your behavior much?
        Lol, I'm not saying I'm right for using it, but I'm also saying that I'm not doing like some of the other people that I've seen that blast a @ message to everyone that follows or doesn't follow either. I don't get what the gripe is about looking for followers in my niche, and following them via TA instead of manually. I still chat with people on twitter, I still network, etc. lol, but touche Doctor, touche.
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        Originally Posted by Doctor Derp View Post

        Rationalize your behavior much?
        If he doesn't spam, he's got nothing to rationalize then does he?
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        • Profile picture of the author Genycis
          Originally Posted by redicelander View Post

          If he doesn't spam, he's got nothing to rationalize then does he?
          No no Redice, now he'll think you're rationalizing as well. :p

          I understand the spamming, because I see it all the time... the accounts that spam nothing but CNN links and affiliate links and say nothing at all, etc.

          I don't do that at all. yes, I do promote my site with some auto tweets, and I also do affiliate promos with some auto links, but I still also chat manually, I greet and welcome new followers manually, etc.

          But it's cool... can't please everyone all the time, and everyone thinks just because you OWN a bot, means that you spam the hell out of people with one as well. Automation... so it's good for some things but for other things it's spam I suppose. SMH, that's all I can do. lol :rolleyes:
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            Originally Posted by Genycis View Post

            No no Redice, now he'll think you're rationalizing as well. :p

            I understand the spamming, because I see it all the time... the accounts that spam nothing but CNN links and affiliate links and say nothing at all, etc.

            I don't do that at all. yes, I do promote my site with some auto tweets, and I also do affiliate promos with some auto links, but I still also chat manually, I greet and welcome new followers manually, etc.

            But it's cool... can't please everyone all the time, and everyone thinks just because you OWN a bot, means that you spam the hell out of people with one as well. Automation... so it's good for some things but for other things it's spam I suppose. SMH, that's all I can do. lol :rolleyes:
            I know I have a drug lab and sell heroin to young kids sometimes but I also sell marijuana as pain relief to people with cancer. So that makes it ok, right?
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            • Profile picture of the author Doctor Derp
              Originally Posted by WillR View Post

              I know I have a drug lab and sell heroin to young kids sometimes but I also sell marijuana as pain relief to people with cancer. So that makes it ok, right?
              Sounds good to me, Will... as long as you limit the sales to 5 youngsters a week. You want to maintain a good balance in your business and not over-use this strategy.
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            • Profile picture of the author Genycis
              Originally Posted by WillR View Post

              I know I have a drug lab and sell heroin to young kids sometimes but I also sell marijuana as pain relief to people with cancer. So that makes it ok, right?
              LOL!! Nice analogy... thanks.
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            • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
              I know I have a drug lab and sell heroin to young kids sometimes but I also sell marijuana as pain relief to people with cancer. So that makes it ok, right?
              Let's not get ridiculous. If you don't automatically follow everyone who follows you, you won't ever have a problem with this stuff.

              It's abuse, but it doesn't exactly rise to the level of heroine sales to children!


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              • Profile picture of the author Genycis
                Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

                Let's not get ridiculous. If you don't automatically follow everyone who follows you, you won't ever have a problem with this stuff.

                It's abuse, but it doesn't exactly rise to the level of heroine sales to children!


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                Lol, thanks Paul, so at least now I'm labeled as a weed pusher instead of a methamphetamine camp. lol.

                And yeah, I understand it goes a bit beyond the TOS, but then, I guess the same would be said if I manually sat in front of my PC, no TweetAdder, went through twitter search, looked for profile after profile that related to my niche, and followed someone after someone after someone until I reached 200 - 300 followers a day, and then see who unfollows and so forth... I could easy write or type the names of who I follow, and go back and see who isn't following, and unfollow them after a few days. How do I come across then? Not so bad now since I'm not using TweetAdder, but instead, doing it all manually?

                That's what I'm a bit confused on. I'm not going to every Joe Shmoe and just following them to build a large fanbase of Whoo Hahs just to say "Hey Billy, look... I got 250,000 followers, what do you have?" I'm looking for people in my niche that I can work with or help or who could help me and work with me, etc.

                The same goes with my tweeting. I could sit here in front of my PC, and tweet a message with my links every 10 - 20 minutes, tweet some meaningless tweets in between or every 10 - 20 minutes, and tweet some affiliates every so often as well. No TweetAdder, just me... so now does that make me okay since I'm doing it manually and spacing it out? Or am I a spammer? Is someone that only tweets 4 - 5 times a day NOT a spammer? Or someone that's not active much on Twitter?

                I understand the point of what everyone else is saying. I'm also saying that some of these things can be done manually and appear regular and okay in Twitter's eyes. And that's what I'm trying best to replicate with TA. I'm not sitting here and doing auto spam to a keyword when someone says "music" and having TA send a message to everyone with the keyword "music" and saying "hey @twitterboy, check out my music at etc." and "hey @joeshmoe, check out my music at etc." and repeat. I've seen these things before and I honestly don't know what app does it but I don't do it at all. I also don't believe, nor have I ever believed, in sending mass DM's to people either.

                So somewhere I lost site of the whole "spamming" versus what I'm doing, but maybe I'm just being crucified simply for using TA. I don't know. I just try to compare what I'm doing now with it, to someone that can, and has done a lot of this manually as well... sending several tweets in a day manually, following several people manually in a day each day, and so on. Why is that person okay and within TOS for not using a bot and I'm labeled a drug trafficking, crack selling, twitter pushing fiend if we do the exact, or close to the exact same thing? Because I have a bot to help automate some things a bit easier?

                That's all I'm saying... and for those that DO mass DM, that mass @mention, that target your keyword and blast you with unwanted tweets that make no sense at all, for those people trying to sell bot followers... yeah, for those people, I think this will be an impact, and I don't feel I fit either of those categories, but that's just me.
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        • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
          Originally Posted by redicelander View Post

          If he doesn't spam, he's got nothing to rationalize then does he?
          Actually, auto-follow and auto-unfollow are against Twitter's TOS. Using those is a lot like gaming Google with bogus backlinks: It creates a deceptive appearance of popularity.

          It also distorts the system in ways that don't fit the natural flow of usage for a site like this. That may not seem like a big deal, until you look at the long-term effects.

          Rules are not usually made without reason. Especially in social settings.


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          • Profile picture of the author J Bold
            Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

            Actually, auto-follow and auto-unfollow are against Twitter's TOS. Using those is a lot like gaming Google with bogus backlinks: It creates a deceptive appearance of popularity.

            It also distorts the system in ways that don't fit the natural flow of usage for a site like this. That may not seem like a big deal, until you look at the long-term effects.

            Rules are not usually made without reason. Especially in social settings.


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            Ah well, I wasn't reading too closely to if he did that or not, and I don't disagree with you.

            I'm pretty sure I knew rules were not made without reason, though. Sorry, sometimes I can't help my sarcasm, nothing personal!

            And to WillR, can't see how selling heroin is even close to the same thing as auto following someone on twitter.

            No offense, but it's a horrible analogy, ha ha.

            Anyway, I don't use these tools and I don't use Twitter. I'm not into all this automation Twitter stuff, and I guess it appears for good reason! In fact, I just tried to log in to my twitter account and I can't even remember my password and I think I used an email account from a site I did not renew, so it's pretty much an abandoned account, heh heh.

            Does anyone know what external apps/software use Twitter's API and do it without breaking their TOS? I used to use one, a long time ago, to use for searching trends on twitter, and it seemed a legit app to me. Having a hard time remembering the name, though, as I don't have it on my new computer. Actually, I think it was hootsuite, or something very similar to it...Anything else out there like hootsuite these days?
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            • Profile picture of the author WillR
              Originally Posted by redicelander View Post

              And to WillR, can't see how selling heroin is even close to the same thing as auto following someone on twitter.

              No offense, but it's a horrible analogy, ha ha.
              Not really.

              Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

              Let's not get ridiculous. If you don't automatically follow everyone who follows you, you won't ever have a problem with this stuff.

              It's abuse, but it doesn't exactly rise to the level of heroine sales to children!

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              My point was it's just as stupid a thing to say as what others in this thread have been saying. If you are using a tool that violates Twitters TOS then it doesn't matter whether you are using that tool for good or for evil, it's still illegal. Illegal is illegal is illegal.

              Thus my analogy. Just as ridiculous.

              The thing that surprises me the most about this whole thread... I can't believe people are still using Twitter!
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  • Profile picture of the author webcheapservices
    thats so bad news,the internet marketing is getting harder i think because they are killing our money making tools evry day,internet will be so bad soon
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by webcheapservices View Post

      thats so good news,the internet marketing is getting easier i think because they are killing spam producing tools evry day,internet will be noticeably better soon
      Fixed that for you.

      @WillR, I got what you were implying at least. So, take that for what it is worth :p.
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  • Profile picture of the author goindeep
    twitter's entire business is based on spam big lolz here seriously. soon mcdonalds is goin 2 say its illegal to eat hamburgers.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by Andrei Rotariu View Post

      twitter's entire business is based on spam big lolz here seriously. soon mcdonalds is goin 2 say its illegal to eat hamburgers.
      Well that's pretty ridiculous. I have a Twitter account and I do not run into not one single spam tweet ... ever. Why? Because I use it socially and am very selective about who I follow.

      Don't follow spammers ... no spam and there are a lot of very interesting people on Twitter who aren't Twitter spammers. Spammers probably aren't aware of this because they've never actually used the site in the manner that was intended when it was built, and by the way in case you're not aware, it wasn't built as a channel for marketers to push their wares.
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  • Profile picture of the author tiagocastro07
    Bottom Line TweetAdder is a much better tool anyways...
    If you are looking for a replacement this should do all the work, at least it is working for me
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by tiagocastro07 View Post

      Bottom Line TweetAdder is a much better tool anyways...
      If you are looking for a replacement this should do all the work, at least it is working for me
      You realize they are one of the defendants as well, right?

      :rolleyes:
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    Will be using twitter more from now on then!
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  • Profile picture of the author 247shag
    Since when has Tweet Attacks been a spam tool? Yes it can be used to spam but then you don't need a tool at all in order to spam. This is a way of reducing the workload and freeing up valuable time. I can honestly say I had never used TA to spam, I used keyword searches and filters to find people interested in my niche and added them. I then added links on the various profiles I had and let them find them naturally. Most tweets were associated with my niche but lots were also gerneric and random funny comments and things. It's how an individual chooses to operate not Tweet Attacks.
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  • Profile picture of the author seococonuts
    Well, they are sueing 3 companies and a couple of others. No need to get excited just yet, what about all the other software companies spamming Twitter? These are just the products most people know about, but there are many, many more. Good for Twitter though; at least they are addressing the problem. But as Twitter users, expect the same level of spam people.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by seococonuts View Post

      Well, they are sueing 3 companies and a couple of others. No need to get excited just yet, what about all the other software companies spamming Twitter? These are just the products most people know about, but there are many, many more. Good for Twitter though; at least they are addressing the problem. But as Twitter users, expect the same level of spam people.
      It's not exactly feasible to go after all the spammers at once, now is it? The point of this case is to set a precedent. Once it has been shown that these companies/individuals are viewed as spammers by the courts, and that Twitter will take these people for every dollar they didn't deserve and more, two things are going to happen.

      1. Some spammers will get smart and scurry away before they find themselves being served with legal papers.

      And unfortunately,

      2. Some will inevitably think that they are too smart (or just anonymous enough not to get caught), and keep going. Twitter (and other platforms will soon follow their lead) will hang these suckers out to dry.
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  • Profile picture of the author atwellpub
    Still guys,

    Commercial tools or no commercial tools. TOS permitting or TOS not permitting, if you can streamline your social media strategy through automation it's no different from outsourcing it except you loose a small human element. Sometimes if your outsourced labor is impassionate than it's probably worth losing. Your sentient-less daemon robot might work a purer magic than someone else who could psychically poison connections.

    I made a post earlier that calls arising hatred toward this practice blatant conceit.

    The same sentiments have once condescended on facebook accounts because of it's impersonal elements, and texting because it's not phone to phone, and phones because it's not face to face.

    A bird who flies high
    can still fly low.
    It's the will that soars.

    The way I see it. Make the connection through automation or manual effort. Monitor the connection for patterns and awards. Elevate the connection if it's worth it, but never disconnect unless they are heartlessly spamming...

    Of course I want platforms to recognize the need for more empowerment and provide the API tools to automate on medium levels. And if they don't offer the power features themselves and instead only offer an api, developers must develop an interface that harnesses the API to bring non-programmers the capabilities we are enthused about.

    The problem with this is that many Young participants will misuse the power of automation and harm the ecosystem. Platform administrators recognize this and limit the powers of their API, or only open it up to those who have the power to lobby for it, or never open one up at all.... The phrase a few bad apples spoil the whole bunch comes into play.

    With law suits against tool makers, this won't stop individuals from greyly taking matters into their own hands... but it will keep them from monetizing their tools if they are not in compliance with the TOS... and maybe that's a good thing.
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      Originally Posted by atwellpub View Post

      Still guys,

      Commercial tools or no commercial tools. TOS permitting or TOS not permitting, if you can streamline your social media strategy through automation it's no different from outsourcing it except you loose a small human element. Sometimes if your outsourced labor is impassionate than it's probably worth losing. Your sentient-less daemon robot might work a purer magic than someone else who could psychically poison connections.
      Whether it's by automation or by humans hired, calling it a social media "strategy" when it violates the TOS of the social media site is just an attempt to put lipstick on a pig.

      There are legitimate companies that do outsource real social media "strategies" that don't involve breaking TOS or spamming. They create a social presence on the sites and interact with potential customers.

      An actual social media strategy wouldn't even require automation, but they do often hire a social media specialist to take care of their social media presence.

      Your sentient-less daemon robot does not make connections. It's not human and not capable of connecting. It's only purpose to create and send mass commercial messages with it's human equivalent being something like sending 50,000 snake oil salesmen or "carnival barkers" to annoy legitimate users passing by.
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  • Profile picture of the author atwellpub
    Not everyone can afford to outsource, but they can afford to innovate through tools and to do it in away that preserves their own integrity as far as their own morales goes and still manage to offend very little people.

    It does connect though.The software makes the handshakes and helps designs a network according to the designers desire. Then when when the designer sits down to look at his network he can see all the people that he gathered in and begin to interact with them.
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      Originally Posted by atwellpub View Post

      Not everyone can afford to outsource, but they can afford to innovate through tools and to do it in away that preserves their own integrity as far as their own morales goes and still manage to offend very little people.
      A twitter spamming bot does nothing to preserve integrity. It offends a lot of people.

      Originally Posted by atwellpub View Post

      It does connect though. Blanket hate it doesn't warrant cover over the whole spectrum of automation uses and automation practitioners. The software makes the handshakes and helps designs a network according to the designers desire. Now tools like tweet adder can mass spam, but your sentient-full human machine can do the same and still break terms of service.
      Yep, but those services make it easier and allow the spamming to occur on a much larger scale. It is the scourge of internet marketers everywhere who have to deal with a negative reputation that idiots cause by looking for an easy way out.

      If the best justification you have is that "a human can do it too, so it's OK for a bot to do it", then you are sadly looking at a very weak case.



      Originally Posted by atwellpub View Post

      I'm telling you guys who are raging against automation that there are decent ways to use it, and that toolmakers target these decencies. You can try to dominate my paradigm with yours I am satisfied and moving forward in my own strategies... I'm just trying to cool the hate.
      I'd say that bolded statement is questionable at best. Bot creators know exactly what they are creating, knew that TOS were going to be broken, and just who would buy their product.

      EDIT: I took the time to look at your twitter feed, so your defense of these bots makes sense. You're a customer.
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  • Profile picture of the author atwellpub
    Language! It really depends on who's doing the defining. If it's Twitter that's defining then yes, Tweet Adder is a spam bot. But it it's me, no no Tweet Adder is my virtual helper helping me to automate my social strategy. That's what I like to call it so I will it and so it is!

    See I see spam as a solicitation that is unrelevant. Twitter has defined spam as any use that violates it's terms of service (if you read the case that's about what it paints).

    I agree about the idiots wanting an easy way out. That still doesn't invalidate the helpfulness of incorporating automation.

    I'd say that bolded statement is questionable at best. Bot creators know exactly what they are creating, knew that TOS were going to be broken, and just who would buy their product.
    Yes. This is where things fray. I personally have challenged other's TOS in favor of my own will hoping to fly under the radar. And I will do it again. And I will speed on the highway again. And there will be many other circumstances where I chose my freedom of expression over law and TOS and even enable and encourage people by example to do the same. I love the phrase "is man made to serve law or law made to serve man?" And also believe that there comes times when it's necessary to deviate from the institutions and limitations provided by our infrastructures... I also openly admit that because I exist in cohabitation with the same that I can be held responsible for my actions and even punished.

    I would love to see a lot of change.

    I took the time to look at your twitter feed, so your defense of these bots makes sense. You're a customer
    Yes that's what I've been saying! I use the services of the tool. I love the tool. I love it's capabilities and freedoms and the concepts that power them. I also have my youtube and Google+ accounts synched with my twitter so as to provide content that represents me. It doesn't bother me that 50% or more of the follows I have are spam bots (other people's not mine). Scale it up! I am responsible with my content and my exposure is maximized and real users follow my content with interest. ... I wish my google+ synching removed my gplus text formatting though... those underbars are ugly...

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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by atwellpub View Post

      Language! It really depends on who's doing the defining. If it's Twitter that's defining then yes, Tweet Adder is a spam bot. But it it's me, no no Tweet Adder is my virtual helper helping me to automate my social strategy. That's what I like to call it so I will it and so it is!
      You're playing in Twitter's ballpark. It is a privilege, not a right to use their service. So if you want to operate on there, then Twitters definition is the only one that holds any weight.

      So the fact that you see it as a "virtual helper" doesn't mean much if you intend to operate on the platform long term. You play by Twitter's rules, not the other way around.
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      • Profile picture of the author atwellpub
        Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post

        Fortunately, your opening sentences tell you everything you need to know about why your argument is invalid:

        You're playing in Twitter's ballpark. It is a privilege, not a right to use their service. So if you want to operate on there, then Twitters definition is the only one that holds any weight.

        So the fact that you see it as a "virtual helper" doesn't mean much if you intend to operate on the platform long term. You play by Twitter's rules, not the other way around.
        I don't deny who's house I'm guest in. But leniency is granted to those who play well. Any prison system reflect this principle. Any nation's law does as well. Let's go back to the speed limit illustration, cops have autonomy to decide who's really offending and who's expressing their freedom in an environment that supports it in moderation. Forums follow the same. When it's relevant a solicitation is welcome, when it's not it's pounced on... police a forum too strictly and you encourage a gag culture.

        One day I may lay down my helper when it's not needed anymore. Or if it's taken away I will make do. But I still think automated keyword targeted outreaches should be natively provided by the platforms. I think it would improve the internet. But I hope they have systems to regulate abusers too so everyone can have the best of both worlds.

        I really hope Google+ initiates these privileges too so we can skip this whole argument with them when the time comes. Even linked in. But of course it's up to the platforms how strict they want to play it, and what paradigm they want to adopt.

        I believe there's enough room for everyone and people can manage their own circles and keep them clean of spammers.

        I could definitely due without mass messaging. I think that's a problem and power that should be curbed. Unless they're following you...

        But I also enjoy seeing people on Youtube use automation to promote topics to me I might be interested in. I love the concept of targeted automation practices... this really cuts back on spam(my definition). It's the unintelligent marketing that is so annoying... imo.
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        • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
          Commercial tools or no commercial tools. TOS permitting or TOS not permitting, if you can streamline your social media strategy through automation it's no different from outsourcing it except you loose a small human element.
          Human automation. If it's spam, it's spam, no matter how you do it.

          Rationalizing doesn't change the amount of damage some of these practices do to a site.
          The problem with this is that many Young participants will misuse the power of automation and harm the ecosystem.
          You're kidding, right? Most of the effective spammers I know are in their 40s and 50s.

          You'll note that there are tools for automation that don't get discussed the same way as the ones in question here. Those of us objecting to TA and the like don't hate automation. We hate automated interruption, in the form of spam.

          If you used this thing in a way that wasn't spamming, I'd guess you're in a very small minority. And really, it doesn't matter if you're in the majority. The damage done by this stuff is huge, and can be so even if there's a single person with enough iron to push the envelope. That's why so many people have so little tolerance for these tools. A single person can screw up the usefulness of a system for a LOT of people.


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          • Profile picture of the author atwellpub
            Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

            You're kidding, right? Most of the effective spammers I know are in their 40s and 50s.
            lol metaphorically I mean.

            You'll note that there are tools for automation that don't get discussed the same way as the ones in question here. Those of us objecting to TA and the like don't hate automation. We hate automated interruption, in the form of spam.
            lol again. well put. I understand.

            If you used this thing in a way that wasn't spamming, I'd guess you're in a very small minority. And really, it doesn't matter if you're in the majority. The damage done by this stuff is huge, and can be so even if there's a single person with enough iron to push the envelope. That's why so many people have so little tolerance for these tools. A single person can screw up the usefulness of a system for a LOT of people.


            Paul

            Thanks for the comments Paul. It makes sense. I'm interested in how this goes. From the looks of it Twitter has every right to make suit. It's a reminder to developers to be more careful about how and who they cater to.

            Cheers!
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  • Profile picture of the author conversions
    Wow this is a heavy hit for those who heavily invested in their main source of income from twitter spam. Times change, looks like pinterest is next!
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  • Profile picture of the author thinktwice
    People are so naive here.

    Bots will always exist. Private bots are built daily. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Youtube, SEO... automation is key.

    The only issue with TA is that is Jay sold his powerful software to stupid people.
    Smart people (the 2%) will always dominate IM.
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    • Profile picture of the author azmanar
      Hi,

      Spamming Bots = Bed Bugs

      Needs insecticide.

      What Twitter did is doing me a favour.
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  • Profile picture of the author jacksonlin
    Tools don't Spam people.

    PEOPLE Spam people.

    This will just lead the next generation of spammers to go overseas where they are untouchable.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by jacksonlin View Post

      Tools don't Spam people.

      PEOPLE Spam people.

      This will just lead the next generation of spammers to go overseas where they are untouchable.
      :rolleyes: Spam bots aren't like guns, not seeing how that platitude fits at all.

      Tools help spammers spam people, and allow them to do it on a much larger scale. If they can be taken out of their grubby little fingers, then I am all for it.

      Not seeing the mass exodus either. You give spammers waaaayy too much credit. With that amount of forward thinking they would be building their own business on real, long term foundations.
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  • Profile picture of the author onlineweb
    Hi

    Am looking for the best twitter software that has follow/unfollow module with proxies support and have spam filters as tweet attacks has.
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  • Profile picture of the author PeteTheMonetizer
    It baffles me how the creator of Tweet Adder issued an update for the program the other day lol.

    LONG LIVE TWEET ADDER!
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  • Profile picture of the author shutterspeed
    Originally Posted by johnpaul View Post

    This is ****ty Bad month guys ...


    NEWS
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    Twitter has had all it can take of spammers...


    SO its BIG bye to my $12,000 month earnings


    Regards

    Yooker
    Yooker.com
    Who quits when they're making 12K a month? Nobody. I haven't opened that program in about 6 months, but I dabbled with TA when I first started to explore IM. It had a ton of features, but.. you could write a basic threaded, proxied script to duplicate it's most powerful feature - reply bot - in less than a day.

    Successful IM's are adaptable and unstoppable... the only people that will be affected by this are the people who weren't making any money doing it anyway.

    I'm sure the major spammers are back at full strength already.
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    • Profile picture of the author mosthost
      Originally Posted by shutterspeed View Post

      Who quits when they're making 12K a month? Nobody. I haven't opened that program in about 6 months, but I dabbled with TA when I first started to explore IM. It had a ton of features, but.. you could write a basic threaded, proxied script to duplicate it's most powerful feature - reply bot - in less than a day.

      Successful IM's are adaptable and unstoppable... the only people that will be affected by this are the people who weren't making any money doing it anyway.

      I'm sure the major spammers are back at full strength already.
      If they get more 'major' they'll be getting named in the next lawsuit. You seem to have conflated the terms 'spammers' and 'successful IMs.' They really aren't the same thing.
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      • Profile picture of the author PeteTheMonetizer
        Originally Posted by mosthost View Post

        If they get more 'major' they'll be getting named in the next lawsuit. You seem to have conflated the terms 'spammers' and 'successful IMs.' They really aren't the same thing.
        I think his definition of success was based on monetary profit.

        I don't know, argue semantics all day but give me two options, one in which I can do whatever I want all day and make a lot of money, or one in which I am working my ass off all day and making a decent amount of money and I'm going to pick option number 1.

        Nobody enjoys working.

        I mean, would you really be doing what you're doing everyday if you didn't get paid for it? Hell no. So you do what you do for the money. Now someone comes along and makes an automated program to do what you do and it makes you 2-3 times more money than usual you're telling me you wouldn't use it?

        It's really the choice between freedom and servitude in my eyes.
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        • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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          Originally Posted by PeteTheMonetizer View Post

          I think his definition of success was based on monetary profit.

          I don't know, argue semantics all day but give me two options, one in which I can do whatever I want all day and make a lot of money, or one in which I am working my ass off all day and making a decent amount of money and I'm going to pick option number 1.

          Nobody enjoys working.
          Option number two gets you the same results as option number one in the end, with the added benefit of surviving long term. You don't see many long standing businesses chasing shortcuts to option number 1.
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          • Profile picture of the author PeteTheMonetizer
            Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post

            Option number two gets you the same results as option number one in the end, with the added benefit of surviving long term. You don't see many long standing businesses chasing shortcuts to option number 1.
            Freedom > servitude

            Also, those long standing businesses are so compartmentalized that you have 10,000 different shmucks doing everything for the guy running it at the top.
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            • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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              Originally Posted by PeteTheMonetizer View Post

              Freedom > servitude

              Also, those long standing businesses are so compartmentalized that you have 10,000 different shmucks doing everything for the guy running it at the top.
              We'll see who's business is still standing in a year :rolleyes:.

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              • Profile picture of the author PeteTheMonetizer
                Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post

                We'll see who's business is still standing in a year :rolleyes:.

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                This piddly **** isn't my business bro.

                Just building up that investment money.
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      • Profile picture of the author shutterspeed
        Originally Posted by mosthost View Post

        If they get more 'major' they'll be getting named in the next lawsuit. You seem to have conflated the terms 'spammers' and 'successful IMs.' They really aren't the same thing.
        Just to be clear..

        There isn't a single thing that program can do that you can't. You could sit on Twitter all day, waiting for people to type in "IPad". When they did.. you could immediately send them a message with a link to your IPad-related blog. If you hired a team of people, you could even cover hundreds of keywords from hundreds of niche-specific accounts.

        Or.. you could automate it. Google Adwords does the exact same thing a billion times a day, and I'd say they're pretty successful. They're not just doing it when you visit some niche blog or when you send a message into the public ether of Twitter.. they're parsing your most privateemail messages and doing it right in your inbox: Ads in Gmail and your personal data - Gmail Help

        But yeah.. you're right.

        Those Twitter spammers were Real. Bad. Guys. Shame on them. :rolleyes:
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  • Profile picture of the author jazbo
    Ludicrous. The software is about automation. Sueing the creators is a nonsense.

    Where will it end?

    I hope the whole twitter fad gets dragged down in a tsunami of bots hitting it.

    Sorry but I'm sick of the "big boys" running the net, they are funneling everyone into an internet future where everyone just talks crap and buys their stuff.

    I also find the high and mighty attitude in this thread a laugh as well. Half the people posting here have created their own backlinks, articles, or made submissions using software at some point - so you are all spammers and dragging the net down as well.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by jazbo View Post

      Ludicrous. The software is about automation. Sueing the creators is a nonsense.

      Where will it end?

      I hope the whole twitter fad gets dragged down in a tsunami of bots hitting it.

      Sorry but I'm sick of the "big boys" running the net, they are funneling everyone into an internet future where everyone just talks crap and buys their stuff.

      I also find the high and mighty attitude in this thread a laugh as well. Half the people posting here have created their own backlinks, articles, or made submissions using software at some point - so you are all spammers and dragging the net down as well.
      I find your high and mighty attitude typical of the self entitled marketer who thinks {Twitter|Facebook|Google|YouTube|Squidoo|Hubpages| EzineArticles|
      Pinterest|ETC} is yours to {market|spam} however you wish to. You don't like the "big boys" running their own sites and setting their own terms? Build one yourself and let everyone spam the bejeezus out of it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by jazbo View Post

      Ludicrous. The software is about automation. Sueing the creators is a nonsense.
      You're right, it is about automation: the automation of spamming.

      Originally Posted by jazbo View Post

      Where will it end?
      Unfortunately, it never will. F***ing spammers evolve too fast.

      Originally Posted by jazbo View Post

      I hope the whole twitter fad gets dragged down in a tsunami of bots hitting it.
      Don't get your hopes up too high.

      Originally Posted by jazbo View Post

      Sorry but I'm sick of the "big boys" running the net, they are funneling everyone into an internet future where everyone just talks crap and buys their stuff.
      Don't see how this is about that at all. Clarify your claim.

      Originally Posted by jazbo View Post

      I also find the high and mighty attitude in this thread a laugh as well. Half the people posting here have created their own backlinks, articles, or made submissions using software at some point - so you are all spammers and dragging the net down as well.
      :rolleyes: That's a mighty wide paint brush you're using there. Try using one like this:



      Instead of one like this:



      EDIT: I'd thank you Suzzane; but I'm out.
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      • Profile picture of the author shutterspeed
        Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post

        ...


        Don't see how this is about that at all. Clarify your claim.


        ...
        How about HootSuite? It's all about Twaut-o-mation across multiple accounts. If it allows for direct messaging, there absolutely no reason you couldn't scrape a crapton of users who have previously posted about something, and.. spam away with TW's blessing.

        Or.. like I said above. The big G itself.

        I will say TW probably attacked because of TA AC(account creator), and not TA itself though.
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Barrs
    Good riddance to them all - I for one certainly won't be losing sleep over it.

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  • Profile picture of the author saiidah
    As a user of twitter, I would say: Good move twitter!! I am sick of 'you won an ipad' or other tweets.

    But as a marketer, then this is a bad move. Even though i have not used this avenue, I know some people use this and have had some successes. But don't give up. There are other avenues that you can take.

    And, i am sure people will get around this in a month or two. people love to find loopholes. maybe you can initiate this.

    but be it you or anyone else, i am sure i will be spammed again
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  • Profile picture of the author cl880629
    Nice move. People might actually start valuing followers now.
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  • Profile picture of the author PeteTheMonetizer
    Actually...he's right. The Tweet Adder modules are currently not working.

    However, they just released an update for Tweet Adder today to fix them.

    Also however, the update didn't work for me.

    They will probably have another update soon to fix everything though.
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  • Profile picture of the author RickAtWar
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    typical, well who can really blame them, too much spam
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  • Profile picture of the author Mickinzie
    One more benefits of following any one is that, you come in the list of followers of different persons, and many people may follow you .I tried it and get many followers
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  • Profile picture of the author williamk
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    Are you the same guy that created SERPAttacks?
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  • Profile picture of the author msu
    Spammers ruin everything.
    Exactly. And it's turning to be a pretty bad month for them
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