Comments on: “What I am…Is tired of spam.”

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:29:48 +0000

“Oh look! Shiny object!” Yep, the next tool will produce the same type of users complaining that if the world would just think and behave like them, we’d all get along.

One of the reasons I got two identities was during one of the first #lrnchat sessions. I follow a popular radio DJ in Chicago on my @delanotho identity. At some point in the middle of that particular #lrnchat, he replied (yelled) telling me I need to lay of the caffeine! :)

That got me thinking about a second identity and follow only those in the same industry so folks wouldn’t yell at me anymore.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:49:03 +0000

Kevin,

My guess is that Pepper follows one or more people who are regular #lrnchat participants, and so sees their comments and replies to them.

That’s a lower lever of aggravation, I think, than if Pepper followed the hashtag. In that event, he or she has only one person to blame.

If the aggravation comes as collateral damage because you follow people, filter the hashtag out (which Tweetdeck can do easily) at least during the chat.

Twitter is crammed with the kind of messages you mention–true spam, meaning messages with no real desire for exchange. Just multi-level marketeers, get-more-follower schemes, and the usual malware come-ons.

And so will the next tool be, as well.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:53 +0000

Hey Dave,

Interesting your pal Dr. Pepper is annoyed by a weekly educational forum of Tweeters, who by the way use Twitter to Tweetchat.

I wonder if he is just as annoyed by the real spammers who search your tweets for keywords and then you learn they are following you. I’m not interested in hi-rise condos in downtown Colorado Springs, how to make millions of dollars on Twitter, nor some hoochie momma looking for a date. THOSE annoy me!

My question to Mr. Dr. Pepper is he must be following one or more of #lrnchat participants otherwise he wouldn’t see the feed.

Just a thought (and it does take a bit of managing), but I have two identities. I carefully allow and follow only those in the industry(ies) of Learning, Education, eLearning, Training, etc. on my LearnNuggets identity. My other identity, delanotho I follow the broad spectrum of interesting folks. Basically, one professional and one personal.

My suggestion for Dr. Pepper would be to step away from the ‘puter on Thursday night’s and watch his favorite primetime sit-com of a celebrity I’ll bet he’s also following!