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Enough Is Enough
The spam and other unsolicited DMs I’ve been getting on Twitter have finally gotten to me. And I’m going to be taking action. A Bit of Background You know the kind of direct messages I’m talking about, all with spammy links in them: “Is this you on here?” “I just gave you a High Five! Check it out” “Hey, I got some free ringtones from here” “Hey, can you take this quiz thingy?” “I found out my IQ. You should too.” “I lost a bunch of weight doing this.” And many, many more. Lots of the direct messages I get are of the automated sort when people first start following me. Having been someone who used to do that – mainly to let people know how I preferred to communicate – I can understand the need to do that. But what I’ve been seeing lately is out of control. It’s gotten to the point where these disruptive DMs…
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Enough Is Enough
