13 ways to spot a Twitter spammer
Here’s one: If your every tweet is selling something—especially the same something, you might be a spammer. Read the rest.
Recently, I had a Twitter conversation with Sandy Hubbard, Mary Lower, Jenny Weigle, and Beth Granger about how to identify spam accounts on Twitter. Here’s the core of the discussion: 13 reasons you might be a Twitter spammer.
1. If you have ZERO tweets, you might be a spammer.
2. If your avatar is a Twitter egg, you might be a spammer.
3. If your avatar is clip art, you might be a spammer.
4. If your bio name and avatar name are two different names, you might be a spammer.
5. If you have no Twitter bio, you might be a spammer.
6. If you have only 20 tweets but 2,000 followers, you might be a spammer.
7. If your twitter handle has “in140” anywhere in the name, you might be a spammer.
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