Posts Tagged “Twitter”

In the last month or so, many Twitter users (including myself) were bombarded with friend requests from Twitter accounts that were obviously spammers.  I was glad to see the reports that Twitter will start blacklisting these accounts, although I wish there was a more convenient way to report spammers/abusers.  This past weekend I was tipped off to several Twitter accounts that are being used to distribute links to illegal copies of software and games (warez).  So far, I have only found a few Twitter accounts that seem to be doing this, so I hope this is something that can be nipped in the bud quickly.

I have sent DMCA notices to Twitter regarding the posting of software related to the company I work for, and I also informed Twitter about these activities in hope the accounts will be removed completely, not just the offending posts.  Now normally I don’t give dealers in warez any type of public attention, but I feel that since Twitter is becoming more and more popular, and is heading for the so-called “mainstream” status, that this is something that needs to be addressed.  I am personally a big fan of Twitter, and I am not putting any type of blame on them, I just hope they are prepared to deal with situations like this.

So now we just wait and see how Twitter deals with these people, and I will be sure to keep everyone updated on the situation.