There is an easy to solve problem that Twitter has yet to correct. Spammers create an account and send @username hyperlink. This type of spam would be tremendously easy to eliminate yet twitter does nothing of the sort. A simple filter would be enough to prevent such posts from taking place....
Posts tagged “spam”
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Twitter's spam problem — Aug 8, 2012
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On the Detrimental impact of Chain Letters on Social Networks — Jul 2, 2021In the 90s, people found it fun to share chain letters. At the time, this was something new to many of us, so we found them fun. We received and then passed them on, but over the volume of chain letters become a torrent of spam. The letter is fun the first time you see it. If twenty people forwarded it to 20 more, then we’re speaking about four hundred e-mails. We’re speaking about thousands of letters that have no productive effect on society.... -
Pivoting from Google Adsense to BuyMeACoffee — Nov 17, 2025A few days ago I removed Google Adsense from this blog because of two reasons. The first is that Google Adsense automatic ad placement is spam like, rather than reasonable. Ads are placed too frequently, and they obstruct us from reading content. The second reason is that on a low traffic site like mine it takes years between payouts. This means that I pester readers, without getting anything in return....
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Google Adsense Ads Removed — Oct 10, 2025For years, or even decades I have had Google Adsense on my site, and I have been paid several times over the years. In recent years though Google Adsense has flooded my site with ads, but has not flooded me with revenue so yesterday I removed the ads.... -
Of Glossy Mags and Social Media — Jul 3, 2024Many years ago I liked to get mags. I would look at the choice of mags every time I was in a magazine shop. I would even buy some every so often. Eventually I stopped I stopped, not because my desire to get mags was gone, but because the return on investment imploded....
