Comments on: Does Disney know they’re being hijacked by Twitter spam? http://www.digitalsolid.com/2008/10/07/does-disney-know-theyre-being-hijacked-by-twitter-spam/ Marketing Technology Musings and Tips by Jeff Larche Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:41:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff Collins http://www.digitalsolid.com/2008/10/07/does-disney-know-theyre-being-hijacked-by-twitter-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4800 Jeff Collins Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:14:31 +0000 http://www.digitalsolid.com/?p=573#comment-4800 Disney is huge! I can't imagine what it must be like to watch over everything that a company that size does. Disney is huge! I can’t imagine what it must be like to watch over everything that a company that size does.

]]> By: Michael Vezie http://www.digitalsolid.com/2008/10/07/does-disney-know-theyre-being-hijacked-by-twitter-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4534 Michael Vezie Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:52:56 +0000 http://www.digitalsolid.com/?p=573#comment-4534 It's possible they just accessed the public timeline. But I went back through our posts back to Sunday, and found no tweets that could have been in the timeline at the same time. I had another follower last night, but, looking through the bios of their other friends, found common words in all of ours ("Conservative Christian"), so obviously they searched for "Conservative Christian" and followed who they found (I've done that, too). That's what gave me the idea of finding common words in bios. It’s possible they just accessed the public timeline. But I went back through our posts back to Sunday, and found no tweets that could have been in the timeline at the same time.

I had another follower last night, but, looking through the bios of their other friends, found common words in all of ours (“Conservative Christian”), so obviously they searched for “Conservative Christian” and followed who they found (I’ve done that, too). That’s what gave me the idea of finding common words in bios.

]]> By: Jeff Larche http://www.digitalsolid.com/2008/10/07/does-disney-know-theyre-being-hijacked-by-twitter-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4533 Jeff Larche Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:21:05 +0000 http://www.digitalsolid.com/?p=573#comment-4533 I'd appreciate any analysis you can provide of how I got targeted. A Twitter friend, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/augieray" target="new" rel="nofollow">@augieray</a> recently Tweeted about his Orlando vacation, but other than that, I'm at a loss of how I was targeted ... unless it was random. Thanks for your comment and your insights, Michael! I’d appreciate any analysis you can provide of how I got targeted. A Twitter friend, @augieray recently Tweeted about his Orlando vacation, but other than that, I’m at a loss of how I was targeted … unless it was random.

Thanks for your comment and your insights, Michael!

]]> By: Michael Vezie http://www.digitalsolid.com/2008/10/07/does-disney-know-theyre-being-hijacked-by-twitter-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4532 Michael Vezie Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:02:39 +0000 http://www.digitalsolid.com/?p=573#comment-4532 I didn't know anything about @Disney14 (and didn't follow their link, which is, I guess, something like tinyurl). I've been trying to track spammers who follow me. I wrote a program that would insert a (friends,followers) note in the announcement email when someone follows me. This to catch the spammers who are following 4577 but only have 34 followers. My next idea is to query a sampling (or all) of someone's friends and see if there are any commonalities in the bio fields. I didn’t know anything about @Disney14 (and didn’t follow their link, which is, I guess, something like tinyurl).

I’ve been trying to track spammers who follow me. I wrote a program that would insert a (friends,followers) note in the announcement email when someone follows me. This to catch the spammers who are following 4577 but only have 34 followers.

My next idea is to query a sampling (or all) of someone’s friends and see if there are any commonalities in the bio fields.

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