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Re: In Order to #SaveReTweets, Everyone Needs to Know How to ReTweet

JDEbberly — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:52:11 -0000

Dan, your articles are valuable and timeless. Love to RT many of your articles. Keep it up. This is a spectacular blog! I've learned a great deal from reading it.

Re: Twitter Spam - Are you next?

JDEbberly — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:44:03 -0000

I have noticed several new Twitter users in the past month. They are spammers. It's easy to see this because they have totally nonsensical names, no avatar, no background image other than the default, and they are following about 979 tweeps but only have made a few updates. Usually, their follower count is rising pretty fast, at least for a newcomer.

I have a couple theories.

One, I think some new Tweeps try to game Twitter. They try to follow anywhere from a thousand to a couple thousand tweeps, hoping for instant follow-backs so they can quickly build an "audience".

Two, same as above, but with a twist: Once they build up about a hundred or so "followers", they spam those "followers" with products. I have noticed that a few of these new Twitter spammers have "websites" that are massive selling pages for instant wealth-building schemes and other junky nonsense.

I don't mean to be so negative, but I AM getting tired of getting these "followers" who are in fact spamming the Twitter community.

Twitter is wising up though. Lately I have noticed that these spammers are getting suspended, often within a couple of hours after they "follow" me.

There is NO WAY I am going to follow them! I don't want to be spammed with insistent requests to buy a "product" I don't need.

I only follow tweeps I can learn from so I can advance my developing knowledge of social media, PR, marketing, SEO, and blogging, among other topics.

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Re: louisgray.com: Is Lifestreaming a Catalyst for What's Coming After Web 2.0?

JDEbberly — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:12:06 -0000

Your thoughtful article really made me start thinking about what Web 3.0 may someday be like, Louis. I really enjoyed this article!

Re: 25 Ways to Build Your Community

JDEbberly — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:15:45 -0000

Alek: Consider using Google Reader. Find a hundred blogs that you're interested in following, then check up on them every day or so. GR is very easy to use, it's easy to add blogs to it and you can share blog articles anytime you like, and that feed can be imported to FriendFeed and other social media outposts.

Re: 25 Ways to Build Your Community

JDEbberly — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:02:09 -0000

Nice list!! Consider it added to my Del.icio.us bookmarks! Thanks for sharing! :)

Re: louisgray.com: A Recession's Impact: Lower Expectations Across the Board

JDEbberly — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:41:06 -0000

Times will get real tough for a while, but we are Americans and WE SHALL WEATHER THIS CRISIS. We've been through hard economic times before and we've gritted our way through those. We'll get through this one too. We'll rediscover some of our greatest values along the way. We are Americans and We Shall Overcome this too.