Social Enchilada - Jeremy Hilton

Nov17

spam, declaration

My public declaration to fight SPAM

Spammers are everywhere. And without a doubt, they are the anti-midas, turning everything they touch into another 4-letter word that’s not “gold”.



Take for example, Twitter trending topics. It’s s a feature that is ripe for spam and in my opinion is now almost completely useless because of spammers. Twitter lists, probably one of the smartest platform features that Twitter has rolled out, is already littered with spammers. My DM stream is now useless. And I’m constantly pruning my blog comments for Viagra and phentermine offers, neither of which I need.



So here’s what I am doing. This is my public declaration of what I’m going to do to combat spam.



All blog comments are going to require approval by me



I honestly dread this. To me, it’s really annoying when you post a comment and your told that it’s awaiting moderation. However, at this point, I’m at my wits end. I could implement Captcha or get really elegant and use Mollom, but I just don’t have the time. Moderation is the most effective solution given my already busy workload.



I’m pruning my Twitter following list.



I was for quite some time a reciprocal guy. You follow me, I follow you. This stopped a few months ago, however, because of the practice, my following list if pretty large. That is going to change, no matter how long and arduous a process it is. 



DM me a crap/spam message and you will be unfollowed.



I’m not even looking at my DM stream anymore, but that will change. Nuff said. You’ve been warned.




								
Posted by Jeremy Hilton on Nov. 17,  2009



								
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Dear Spammer,



If you’re coming here to spam my blog, here’s what I’m interested in.



Apple

VW

Anything culinary

Golf

Surfing

Music (indie, britpop, etc)



Spam me with offers related to these things and I promise not to delete your comment.



Thanks,



Jeremy

									
Posted by Jeremy Hilton on 11/17/2009 06:37 PM

								

								
								

									
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And then my comments were deleted… so much for transparency in social media.

									
Posted by Jay on 02/17/2010 03:27 PM

								

								
								

									
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For one, let’s start by acknowledging that you’re not really “Jay”. This was confirmed by me through IP addresses after having a conversation with the REAL Jay.



So, yes I deleted your comments, because you’re an imposter. If you want transparency and respect, then be transparent. Grow a spine and tell me what you think of me using your REAL NAME and I’ll leave your comments up all day long. 



I’m a man and I can take the criticism… can you?

									
Posted by Jeremy Hilton on 03/30/2010 04:42 PM

								

								

								

								














								

									

									

									

									

									

									


									

									

									
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