Comments on: Don’t waste your time blocking in Twitter http://www.davidkspencer.com/2009/06/25/dont-waste-your-time-blocking-in-twitter/ Thriving in the 21st century workplace Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:12:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Paul Sullivan http://www.davidkspencer.com/2009/06/25/dont-waste-your-time-blocking-in-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-6784 Paul Sullivan Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:53:02 +0000 http://www.davidkspencer.com/?p=459#comment-6784 There is one scenario where it is useful to block people. I use socialtoo.com to auto-follow and drop people who un-follow me. Many of the spam accounts will follow long enough for auto-following to kick in, then they will un-follow looking for more people. They do this to avoid twitters follower ratio limits. I've seen instances where obviously invalid/spam accounts will follow and un-follow and then follow again. This strikes me as excessively annoying, so the only good way to break the cycle is to block them. There is one scenario where it is useful to block people. I use socialtoo.com to auto-follow and drop people who un-follow me.

Many of the spam accounts will follow long enough for auto-following to kick in, then they will un-follow looking for more people. They do this to avoid twitters follower ratio limits.

I’ve seen instances where obviously invalid/spam accounts will follow and un-follow and then follow again. This strikes me as excessively annoying, so the only good way to break the cycle is to block them.

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