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Re:The earthquake that killed Twitter? Spam makes the utilit... by hopeless on Monday June 13, 2011 @06:51AM (#2648642)
It would require more than 30secs thought but I'm sure there are some heuristics which will work. I'm not even convinced the "report spam" button is connected to any action on twitter's server. And why not use blocking as an indicator? Surely if Person A @-replies several people, and they block A, then just disable @-replies from A.

Has anyone tried using a Bayesian filter for twitter spam? These have been very successful for email. In fact, I consider email spam a solved problem now (thanks Gmail!)

It's for things like this that I wish I could insert a proxy between my twitter clients and twitter itself and build my own rules/spam filter.

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Re:The earthquake that killed Twitter? Spam makes the utilit... by lurker19 on Monday June 13, 2011 @10:32AM (#2649131)
Sounds like you would prefer a communications medium not running a proprietary protocol controlled by a single company whose business model relies on their ability flake sure you cannot block unwanted content.
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