Twitter Overrun with Phishing DMs & iPhone Offers

If you have been active on Twitter today, then you are likely to have noticed or heard about the mass numbers of DMs, or Direct Messages, that people are receiving.

It all started with a number of DMs going out saying “hey look at this funny blog http://rosalierebyb.blogspo…”.

January 4, 2009 | Filed Under Social Media, Twitter | 2 Comments

Twitter Limits Following to 2,000

Twitter has always been looking for better ways to combat spammers and it appears they have recently added a new measure to combat one aspect of gaming.

User can now only follow up to 2,000 friends before being limited and receiving this error message.

I noticed this over the weekend when working on one of my accounts. I have had the account a long time and it has a high natural follower count, but found myself limited when I hit the 2,000 number of people I was following.
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August 11, 2008 | Filed Under Social Media, Twitter | 53 Comments

Marketing on Twitter Gets Easier With Tweet Pro

Over the last 6 months there has been an amazing growth in the use of Twitter. It has gone from something that people thought had no value to something almost everyone is using on a daily basis.

With that increased popularity we have seen the release of numerous Twitter tools and applications. There are complete Twitter solutions for your desktop and mobile phones, sites that act as a Twitter search engine, and tools to show you various user stats.

The one thing that has really been lacking is a tool that would help marketers manage their Twitter accounts and campaigns.
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August 5, 2008 | Filed Under Social Media, Tools, Twitter | 10 Comments