gelesen und für gut befunden: ein Auzug

Unfollow.

Why? Because it’s like comment spam in a blog. It’s like writing a post about your vacation and having someone leave a comment that is nothing more than a chance for them to plug something. It’s spam. It’s unsolicited advertising in a forum where there is no advertising. Kawasaki may be a genius in other areas and I’m sure he’s making a crapload of money doing what he does, but I don’t think he is going to get out of twitter what he’s trying to. The thousands of people who are helping Kawasaki by tweeting his links are doing nothing more than engaging in mutual masturbation. They are all following each other.

Der ganze Beitrag hier: big victory

Warum nun so viel SPAM, sagt doch selbst das twitter FAQ:

Followers are people who receive other peoples’ Twitter updates. Wait, isn’t that everyone? Most of the time, yes: to start receiving messages from a person, visit their profile page and click “follow” or send “follow username” from your phone.

Es steht deutlich da: “to start receiving messages from a person, visit their profile page and click “follow” also jemandem Folgen, muß also jeder selbständig vornehmen und entscheiden.

Falsch, den jetzt kommen die Spammer, jemandem zu Folgen kann auch über die Twitter API geschehen. Und hier liegt wohl die Wurzel des Übel SPAM.