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I noticed Twitter.com is now displaying the number of new Tweets that occur in between page refreshes and views over the web. Twitter.com New Tweets Previously, Twitter users who viewed their accounts on the web wouldn’t have any idea how many Tweets had been made in between the time they viewed one page from the next. With the Tweet Stream growing ever more volumunous for active Twitter users, this simple improvement may help prevent Stream Fatigue or cause more of it.
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Twitter.com Displaying “New Tweets”
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I guess the initial wave of Twitter spammers probably duplicated their content from one account to the next as they spammed and then their accounts were banned. Taking a page from those early Twitter spam innovators, the MLM crowd appears to have picked up where the spammers left off while also adding a few new tricks of their own. Apparently one of my previous Tweets had a keyword sweet enough in it for the Twitter search and follow autobots to follow my account. It was probably the #140Conf hashtag. This morning I received two new Twitter followers one from a man, the other from a woman one right after another. Nothing unusal there. Since I don’t auto-follow followers, I went to investigate each Twitter account to see what I could find. What I found was two Twitter accounts with legitimate names and bios yet both had the same background and Tweet history. Exhibit #1 Duplicate Twitter Account 1 Exhibit #2 Duplicate Twitter Account 2 What a novel idea. Cloned Twitter accounts Tweeting spammy duplicate MLM content! If I were guessing, I would say this could become a major hassle for both Twitter and Twitter’s audience.
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Cloned Twitter Accounts: The New Twitter Spam, Tweeting Duplicate Content
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