Comments on: Taking a Stand on Twitter’s Auto-DM Policy #endautodm

By: My new twitter rules | Andy Ghozali

My new twitter rules | Andy Ghozali — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:28:53 +0000

[...] everyone has their own rules, @jesse has his rules, so has @chrisbrogan, he has a number of rules actually, this Twitter Etiquette is one of them, [...]

By: jessestay

jessestay — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:41:46 +0000

Some of them do send @ messages. I get spam both ways, and wish I could opt
out.

By: jessestay

jessestay — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:41:46 +0000

Some of them do send @ messages. I get spam both ways, and wish I could opt
out.

By: Internet Strategist

Internet Strategist — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:36:57 +0000

Why are these services sending DMs anyway? Why not just send @ messages? Anyone sending me an @ is far more likely to get it seen and receive a response than having their message lost in the flood of DMs that hit my inbox. I do scan them but am bound to miss some.

DMs should be for exchanging personal information and messages we don't want to go public – NOT as a vehicle for even more spam than we already have to put up with everywhere else!

By: jessestay

jessestay — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:41:05 +0000

Deborah, yes, I recommend unfollowing them and marking them as auto-dmers in
SocialToo. You can add them to you auto-dmer list under the preferences
tab, under “unfollowing preferences” on the left navigation menu.

By: imrat

imrat — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:30:50 +0000

Hi Jesse. Great post and 100% on board. I setup http://stopautofollow.com and #stopautofollow, you might want to check out the site. I'll put a link on there to your post here tonight when I am back home.

By: jessestay

jessestay — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:53:11 +0000

Wow – stuff like that makes me sick!

By: debohobo

debohobo — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:17:06 +0000

DMs are spam..do recommend unfollowing anyone that sends them?

By: debohobo

debohobo — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:14:28 +0000

The whole auto reply issue is noting more than spam as you said. I think I am going to unfollow anyone that auto dms me going forward.

By: Brandon Mendelson

Brandon Mendelson — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:13:15 +0000

140fun is the worst of them. They make up 95% of the spam auto-dms I receive and they provide absolutely no opt-out (not to mention they don't tweet back to complaints with their own Twitter account).

Thank you for taking up the cause Jesse. I'm 100% behind this.