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Ryan Tuosto Implicated In Twitter Spam Account Scheme!

Keep us posted, because The Social Net Effect is a very powerful way to make your presence known on the web! I am sure the community at large will be glad to have tools like this available.

One product that you should definitely recommend to your customers will be the Advanced Twitter Marketing System developed by my friend Doug Champigny. In it he discusses how to avoid being labeled as a spammer, which can easily happen if you just shoot out affiliate links everywhere without adding value to the community.

In fact, that reminds me of a great feature that should be included in someone’s automation software (hint hint) – the ability for the software to identify phrases that should be retweeted. By retweeting, you can gain a lot of goodwill from fellow Twitter users to the point where they retweet you all the time.

Keep us posted,

Micheal

Ryan Tuosto Implicated In Twitter Spam Account Scheme!

Ryan,

I understand. You are alpha testing software and the accounts you have to create don’t need to be filled out to help you see if the software works.

But think about how much better you could track results if you used a test that did not look so much like someone attempting to game the system. If you were to use accounts with filled out profiles in specific niches (like what people who will be buying your software would be doing) and then see how well you can get your software to convert those autofollows into buyers of products that you recommend instead of autoDM to them.

One of the biggest complaints I have with Bill Crosby’s system (Twitter Traffic Machine)is the way EVERYONE who uses it autoDMs “How would you like to significantly increase your followers in 30 days? http://myspamlinkhere.com”

So, while your tactics were not the most respectful of the people who received your new followers, I do see how it was not your intent to spam.

I recommend you ask some folks to beta test it now that you are making progress, so that when they use it with a real account, a real person will be getting any complaints.

Getting 15 new autofollows each day with the identical sales message really does bring out the detective in me.

And, I would be interested in trying out your software when you need beta testing done.

Micheal

Ryan Tuosto Implicated In Twitter Spam Account Scheme!

Sorry, this is a news blog, we do not censor the news. I will post a retraction once I have been convinced.

I am creating a service that allows people to automatically find and follow people with similar interests (in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Twitter API, which can be seen here: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/ ).

The automatic direct messages are a feature of TweetLater.com a popular twitter management tool that is publicly available for anybody to use.

Additionally, this could hardly be considered spam, as users must follow back in order to receive direct messages or content of any kind, and they can simply unfollow if they don’t like the content they are getting.

You say you are creating a service to find and follow users with similar interests? How do you do that? By creating a bunch of accounts that send people to a product you are trying to sell even though the sales page is missing?

Explain to my audience what you are trying to do.

Your best way to correct your image is by giving us valid information, not through censorship of the news. You may be working on something that has a potential for usefulness, but when you test it out by using a (somewhat)self-serving message you may have a tough time getting Twitter to believe you.

Creating empty accounts is one of the definitions of spam.

And the code, by the way, was a screen shot of one of your posts on the Microsoft Answers Japan site. You are welcome to click on the link to verify it.

So let’s discuss this a little more with you filling in the details a little better. I am all for letting you clear your name, but let’s do it with facts.

Have an amazing day!

Micheal