Comments on: The Twitter Machine & The Fake Accounts – Really? http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-twitter-machine-the-fake-accounts-really Glimpses Into a Overactive Mind Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:17:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David_N_Wilson http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-twitter-machine-the-fake-accounts-really/comment-page-1#comment-1520 David_N_Wilson Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:22:03 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/?p=2382#comment-1520 You know, what I was REALLY hoping this morning was to wake up and find a dillweed in my comments section; there you are... you do realize you're commenting on a post made, what, a year ago? In any case, by your own thinking, I can use my free account (and my blog) any way I like, so ... have a nice day. And no, I am not one of those trying to take anything over...I'd just like to see it used as designed. It does hurt everyone if there are a million "non" accounts that aren't really people peppering Twitter with affiliate tweets, it crashes the system, makes it slow, and generally makes the entire thing less enjoyable. My opinion. Yours, apparently, is that the Internet should be so full of crap no one wants to go there at all... um.... whatever. You know, what I was REALLY hoping this morning was to wake up and find a dillweed in my comments section; there you are… you do realize you're commenting on a post made, what, a year ago? In any case, by your own thinking, I can use my free account (and my blog) any way I like, so … have a nice day. And no, I am not one of those trying to take anything over…I'd just like to see it used as designed. It does hurt everyone if there are a million "non" accounts that aren't really people peppering Twitter with affiliate tweets, it crashes the system, makes it slow, and generally makes the entire thing less enjoyable.

My opinion.

Yours, apparently, is that the Internet should be so full of crap no one wants to go there at all… um…. whatever.

]]> By: JC Marin http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-twitter-machine-the-fake-accounts-really/comment-page-1#comment-1519 JC Marin Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:47:03 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/?p=2382#comment-1519 Bring down Twitter? That's what they said about MySpace and FaceBook. These things are FREEE, right? You guys are all the same everywhere you go. You go get what is free and then take ownership of it and try to rule who should be there or not. You are the same people that want porn out of the internet; although 80% of internet traffic searches are for (you guessed it) porn! Why can't you just let people get what they want? If they believe that spamming an affiliate link is a usefull thing and they make $50 when they loose $100 let them. Is it too much of trouble for you to block them from your FREEE Twitter account? Do you have some self-righteous drive to make everything pure everywhere you go? Wake up! The reason why Twitter allows this is because they do it too! Where do you think they get the money to pay for their datacenter and their salaries? Do you think they feed 50,000,000 account owner's need to tweet with donated equipment? Let the world be dude. Bring down Twitter? That's what they said about MySpace and FaceBook. These things are FREEE, right? You guys are all the same everywhere you go. You go get what is free and then take ownership of it and try to rule who should be there or not. You are the same people that want porn out of the internet; although 80% of internet traffic searches are for (you guessed it) porn!
Why can't you just let people get what they want? If they believe that spamming an affiliate link is a usefull thing and they make $50 when they loose $100 let them. Is it too much of trouble for you to block them from your FREEE Twitter account?
Do you have some self-righteous drive to make everything pure everywhere you go?

Wake up! The reason why Twitter allows this is because they do it too! Where do you think they get the money to pay for their datacenter and their salaries? Do you think they feed 50,000,000 account owner's need to tweet with donated equipment?

Let the world be dude.

]]> By: Twitter Traffic Machine Review | Sharing888 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-twitter-machine-the-fake-accounts-really/comment-page-1#comment-1011 Twitter Traffic Machine Review | Sharing888 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:50:47 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/?p=2382#comment-1011 [...] The Twitter Machine & The Fake Accounts - Really? [...] [...] The Twitter Machine & The Fake Accounts – Really? [...]

]]> By: David_N_Wilson http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-twitter-machine-the-fake-accounts-really/comment-page-1#comment-1010 David_N_Wilson Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:08:16 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/?p=2382#comment-1010 Yes, and they key would be TALKING. These non-extant accounts inflate numbers, throw off metrics - feh. Yes, and they key would be TALKING. These non-extant accounts inflate numbers, throw off metrics – feh.

]]> By: Dan at Pan Historia http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-twitter-machine-the-fake-accounts-really/comment-page-1#comment-1009 Dan at Pan Historia Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:05:30 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/?p=2382#comment-1009 It's a crying shame, and could bring down Twitter in the end. I think the attraction to Twitter is it's very simplicity and the beauty of being able to talk with a wide variety of people. I try and avoid the abusers and bots but it's seriously not always easy to tell the difference. Thanks for bringing more attention to the issue. It's a crying shame, and could bring down Twitter in the end. I think the attraction to Twitter is it's very simplicity and the beauty of being able to talk with a wide variety of people. I try and avoid the abusers and bots but it's seriously not always easy to tell the difference. Thanks for bringing more attention to the issue.

]]> By: David_N_Wilson http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-twitter-machine-the-fake-accounts-really/comment-page-1#comment-1008 David_N_Wilson Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:29:32 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/?p=2382#comment-1008 We are certainly gathered in the middle of exactly such a storm. I still want to know if the Twitter Machine people are charging for their service. If so, they are #dillweeds of the first order....dillweeds of the second order, instead of researching and checking twitter out, jump on the SUPER TRAFFIC IN TEN EASY MINUTES bandwagon and never really get on the bus at all. We are certainly gathered in the middle of exactly such a storm. I still want to know if the Twitter Machine people are charging for their service. If so, they are #dillweeds of the first order….dillweeds of the second order, instead of researching and checking twitter out, jump on the SUPER TRAFFIC IN TEN EASY MINUTES bandwagon and never really get on the bus at all.

]]> By: Trevor_Rotzien http://www.davidniallwilson.com/the-twitter-machine-the-fake-accounts-really/comment-page-1#comment-1007 Trevor_Rotzien Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:17:29 +0000 http://www.davidniallwilson.com/?p=2382#comment-1007 Taken to its logical extreme: Imagine Twitter populated entirely by robot created and robot managed accounts, all competing viciously for each other's follows, all posting links that will rarely, if ever, be clicked. Oh wait. Maybe we are there already? Taken to its logical extreme: Imagine Twitter populated entirely by robot created and robot managed accounts, all competing viciously for each other's follows, all posting links that will rarely, if ever, be clicked.

Oh wait. Maybe we are there already?

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