Archive for June, 2009

If you’re like me, you cringe any time you hear or see the acronym MLM.  If you are unfamiliar with that acronym, MLM stands for Multi-Level Marketing.  Basically these are people who make money off of others who join their network, basically your typical (mostly illegal) pyramid scheme.  Well guess what, these folks have gravitated to the world of online marketing and have discovered Twitter and just how to spam the living daylights out of us to get more people into their “network”.  Such is the case for today’s “Dear Twitter Follower”.

This Twitter Follower promises 90 Days to MLM Success and that you can “Make Your Own Magic”!   Whooopee!  Can I throw the confetti now, or after I hit the block button?

File this one under “Twitter Spammer”.  Dear Twitter Follower, please take your MLM crap somewhere other than the Twitter community, paaalease!

(Click to Enlarge Image)

Sometimes there are followers that show up on your Twitter list that are just plain weird or creepy! That’s the subject of this edition of Dear Twitter Follower. This follower is apparently on some sort of crusade to make sure that all of the Twitterverse knows that some resort in Cancun is just a ripoff. Trouble is, there’s no tweets telling us about why this resort is a ripoff, just a short bit in the biography. Not a single tweet, and just the default Twitter icon to go around, and that they are in Cancun. They have managed to acquire 15 followers though, which is either their own accounts or others who have their accounts set to auto follow followers.

Chalk this one up to “Just Plain Weird Twitter Follower”.

Dear Twitter Follower, at least give me a reason to follow you… a tweet perhaps? *crickets chirping*

(Click Image to Enlarge)

If you are an avid Twitter user, undoubtedly you’ve been pummeled by those unknowing Twitter users, or those knowing Twitter users who “think” they are being cool, who utilize Automatic Direct Message services to deliver you a message as soon as you follow the person. 95% of these direct messages generally are a message to “click my junk” whether its to download a “free” whitepaper, buy whatever crap they are selling, join them on Facebook or MySpace or just visit their blog, we all just know this as Twitter spam. What 95% of us do when we get Auto DM’s like that is unfollow that Twitter Follower.

However, Jason Falls has some other great insight I felt the need to share.

Click Image to Enlarge

For those browsing without pictures on his insight reads: “I’ve decided people with auto-responder DM’s are the social media equivalent of the grade school kid with head lice. Smile, but steer clear.”

File this under “Great Twitter Insight!”

While it’s been a month since we’ve presented any “Dear Twitter Follower” posts, trust me, there’s not been a shortage of Twitter Spammers or Social Media Faux Paus!

With that in mind, let me present to you the “I Follow Everyone Back” Twitter! Apparently this person just likes to write programs that automatically follows back everyone who follows them. Readily admits it too, in their tweets just take a look at the screen shot.  They also declares who their enemies are …. to me it sounds more like competition who’s beating them out?  Spammers hating on Spammers, isn’t that so sweet? Awwwh, I feel the love. <3

File this one under “Twitter Spammers” and “Idiotic Twitterer”