On the week-end I encountered an army of similar bots, tracked down what the “general” was doing, – and got his account suspended.
http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/

He’s back, of course, but he knows I’m watching him.

Mike Fitzsimon’s last blog post..An Army of ReTweet-Bots…

Twittered this morning with info about the website where you can volunteer (it’s http://www.govolunteer.com.au if interested) and added the note that the Volunteer Australia Organisers have asked for patience as frontline services are full but you will be very needed in coming weeks.

Got a human reply from @Jooners with them linking to some stupid list service thing they sell.

And I quote: ‘@mrpaulb Great effort. Kudos. Now that the front lines are full, use http://www.jooners.com to streamline the volunteers (and a link)

Spamming strangers in a difficult time – nice one.

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A quick one on a semi related human intervention.

A HR guy who is very active on a number of social sites including his own blog, emails everyone on his network everytime he has a new post on his blog. (Hello…RSS?)

I used to read the odd post but began not really diggin his style or his subject matter.

This morning I unsubscribed after 2 years.

I have met him at industry events twice in ten years so not overly familiar.

He rang me on my mobile an hour later and asked why I had un subscribed.

I think that shows bad form. What about your thoughts.

Paul

I’ve been following you for a few weeks now on Twitter and reading your blog too which I’m enjoying.

Firstly, it is a very sad state of affairs here in Victoria and the devastation caused by the bushfires is horrendous to say the least. It will take something for the people directly affected to get back on their feet.

As for the bots, it just goes to show that in this case, there is definitely no room for them on Twitter. Hopefully Wibbler and similar tweeps will turn their automated tweets off.

Ange Recchia’s last blog post..Australia’s Top 100 Influential Twitterers

NOBODY comments on your blog as frequently as I do. And I comment because I enjoy reading the content. So please accept my apology if I offended you, it was not my intention.

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