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SOCIAL MEDIAU N C LO G YO U R T W I T T E R ST R EA M F ROM

SPAMMERSU P D A T E D 2 0 1 3

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Twitter handle is an arbitrary mix of characters

bitly or tinyurlshortened web link (although it is common practice to shorten long links, a spammer may be wanting to disguise their web name)

Suspicious followers

No profile picture… or picture of a sexy young woman or

man

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Click on their handle to look for more warning signs

Low number of tweets

Few or a very large number following

0 or disproportionate amount of followers vs following

Frequent posts in short span of time

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How do you keep spammers out of your stream?

Click for drop down menu

Choose “Report for spam” option

Yay! Now they are blocked and will be reported to Twitter as spam.

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AND WATCH OUT FOR FAKE WARNING MESSAGES…

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• 0 Tweets • follows way too many• too few following • Profile pic is not likely

the tweeter…• Link could carry virus

and/or link you to more spam

Is she a spammer? You bet! Block this tweep, and DON’T click on that link in the bio!

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KEEP YOUR TWITTER STREAM CLEAN!

Don’t follow everyone that follows you until you have checked their profile.

Don’t click on links unless you trust the originator.

Block obvious spammers.

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