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SOCIAL MEDIAU N C LO G YO U R T W I T T E R ST R EA M F ROM
SPAMMERSU P D A T E D 2 0 1 3
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Twitter handle is an arbitrary mix of characters
bitly or tinyurlshortened web link (although it is common practice to shorten long links, a spammer may be wanting to disguise their web name)
Suspicious followers
No profile picture… or picture of a sexy young woman or
man
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Click on their handle to look for more warning signs
Low number of tweets
Few or a very large number following
0 or disproportionate amount of followers vs following
Frequent posts in short span of time
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How do you keep spammers out of your stream?
Click for drop down menu
Choose “Report for spam” option
Yay! Now they are blocked and will be reported to Twitter as spam.
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AND WATCH OUT FOR FAKE WARNING MESSAGES…
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• 0 Tweets • follows way too many• too few following • Profile pic is not likely
the tweeter…• Link could carry virus
and/or link you to more spam
Is she a spammer? You bet! Block this tweep, and DON’T click on that link in the bio!
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KEEP YOUR TWITTER STREAM CLEAN!
Don’t follow everyone that follows you until you have checked their profile.
Don’t click on links unless you trust the originator.
Block obvious spammers.
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