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[TechKive] TechKive » Blog Archive » Twitter Correcting Follower Counts ...: Earlier today, we were overwhelmed with reports of follower counts dropping for many users, as a result of Twitter’s purge of spammy accounts. We still haven’t noticed a (significant) change in our personal accounts or Mashable’s Twitter account , but it’s possible that this change is being delivered gradually and that some accounts will be affected later than others.

[Crenk] Twitter Has Been Deleting Spammers and Bots: Twitter announced today that the company is purging spammers and correcting “data inconsistencies”. We haven’t noticed any significant change on Crenk’s Twitter account yet, but if you’ve been the target of spam [...]

[Pocket-lint.com : Latest News] Twitter corrects follower/following counts: <br>If you\'ve been a target of spammers, then you\'ll probably be seeing a significant drop in the number of followers you\'ve got. Twitter says: "In particular, those with large followings may see significant changes as we correct for spam accounts and data inconsistencies".

[Almost Savvy] TrueTwit: Managing Spammers on Twitter. Does it Work? | Almost Savvy: If you decide to try TrueTwit, I’d suggest that it only makes sense to put your followers through this hassle if you set TrueTwit to automatically follow back all those who has successfully validated their accounts. Otherwise, you’ve got to ask yourself how much you really care if some spammy accounts are following you and if it is worth irritating your “real”

[pingmicro] Twitter Launches Spammer Correcting Targ”¦ « pingmicro: Twitter Launches Spammer Correcting Targeting Irregular Users webhostdir.com. Twitter.com have announced a new change that may make your followers drop significantly to prevent spamming of the service in the future.

[Matt Singley | Social Media Optimization] 3 Steps To Stop Spammers On Twitter » Matt Singley | Social Media ...:  Why I do this is a subject for another post, but unfortunately that method gets the bad with the good.  It should also be noted that you can block people on their individual Twitter pages, and you can report spam by sending an @ or DM to the spam account, but I find this method quick and easy.

[Buzz in Social Media] Is it possible to follow all your followers and use Twitter ...: Buzzom now stands being one of the most successful Twitter Application Service, is close to getting 200k pageviews a month. With Account Statistics, SPAM Control and Public Profile, we should be getting close to half a million pageviews per month soon.

[James Howard: Blog] James Howard: I cleaned thirty or so spammers off my followers...: 22:08 17th Jul 2009 · Comments (View). I cleaned thirty or so spammers off my followers list this evening. blog comments powered by Disqus · Older Post →. Copyright © 2009 James P. Howard, II.

[TechKive] TechKive » Blog Archive » UKUUG Summer Conference 2009: Please wait while my tweets load, Retry getTwitters('wp_twitter', { id: 'techkive', count: 10, enableLinks: true, ignoreReplies: false, clearContents: true, template: '

[TwitChuck Blog] Help - My Account has been Hijacked - TwitChuck Blog: So recently we have seen a lot of spam coming from a few different “follower scheme” websites. Once a users provides their login and password to the site it is then able to post out marketings twits for their own services. ... to clean up spammers, costs me about 50 followers a month. Jul 23, 2009 @ 16:34 · emedesigns (Designs Eme): Boy,I posted how u can check twitter accts. 2 see if they r spammers thru www.twitchuck.com/ just enter twitter name - some spammers upset ...

[snedwan.com] snedwan.com » Lets Unite And Stop Twitter Spammers #spamtidote: For example I got a few Tweets from different accounts saying that they had read my blog, and that the Michael Jackson video had scared the shit out of them. The first one seemed genuine so I followed back, it was only when I got the exact same tweet again that I figured something was dodgy.

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