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Twitter Private Messages are a Spam Fest!

  • Lynne Level 1
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    Twitter Private Messages are a Spam Fest!

    What has your experience been with Twitter's private messages?

    I have 4 Twitter accounts and every time I log into them my inbox has anything from about 30 - 100 private messages.

    All of it is automated messages asking me to sign up to something or follow on another social media platform. Basically the Twitter Private Message feature is just an annoying spam fest.

    I have never once received a personal message like this was intended for, in fact I don't even check my messages at all anymore. I just mark them all as read so that notification doesn't annoy me.

    Yes maybe some people get conversions doing this but is it worth it? I will not ever automate this simply because it is the most annoying, spammy thing to do.

    What are your thoughts and experience with Twitter PM's? Is there any way to turn off the option for PM's?

    Maybe someone here can come up with a "block Twitter PM's"service, I'll buy it for sure!

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    SMMmuhammad

    SMMmuhammad

    Yeah Twitter private messages are really big mess and real spam fest. For long time i am not checking and reading any of these, because i never noted useful information and hate to be spammed all the time. So just leave it and forget about it...
    10 years ago

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    anwebservices

    anwebservices

    Yeah Twitter private messages are really big mess and real spam fest. For long time i am not checking and reading any of these, because i never noted useful information and hate to be spammed all the time. So just leave it and forget about it...
    10 years ago

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    Lynne

    Lynne

    OK so it is not just me LOL. Yes it is a massive mess, I would have thought that Twitter would do something about this?

    Imagine someone does send me an important message one day, I would never see it or respond to it.
    10 years ago

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    Cristian

    Cristian

    I told you twitter is on the down-roll for a while now! The platform has a serious bot problem and even if the last two years they really start cracking up on bots, there are still tons of fake accounts out there that spam.

    I'm curious if they ever counted or included the huge amounts of bot accounts in their general user statistics. If yes, then its pretty sad, really.
    10 years ago

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    Lynne

    Lynne

    Yes I don't know if they include all the fake accounts Cristian, I think it is much worse than Facebook by a long way.
    10 years ago

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    Cristian

    Cristian

    I've sent private messages myself, but I never got spammy ones. I think you might be on a twitter spam list just like emails.
    10 years ago

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    Lynne

    Lynne

    Perhaps... but only people connected to me can PM me and the messages are automated. I think it is software people are using to inbox me as soon as I follow them.
    10 years ago

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    SMMmuhammad

    SMMmuhammad

    Yeah Twitter private messages are really big mess and real spam fest. For long time i am not checking and reading any of these, because i never noted useful information and hate to be spammed all the time. So just leave it and forget about it...
    10 years ago

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    Corzhens

    Corzhens

    The spams that I get in my Facebook inbox is amusing. There are several senders who has sent more than 1 message each. And reading those messages, they are common. The first message is asking for a number. It is not clear what kind of number. And the second message is that the number did not win in the lotto. Now I am getting the drift. The next message is that the number I gave did not win and he had bet all his money so now he has no money for food. Those spams are truly creative and they are coming from more than 5 people with the same kind of message.
    8 years ago

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    Jhon012

    Jhon012

    Brother u can check on settings i hope dere wil be da option of private
    10 years ago

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    Lynne

    Lynne

    No, I don't think so? I have had a look there and not seen any options related to private message settings. I would like to just turn them off so nobody can message me privately.
    10 years ago

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    idealmike

    idealmike

    Lynne. If you visit your account settings security page and scroll to the bottom. There is an option for "Receive Direct Messages from anyone". Do you have that enabled or is it disabled? (Unchecked).
    Twitter Private Messages are a Spam Fest!
    Turning that off means that nobody can send you direct messages unless they are following you. And if anyone else is sending you unsolicited direct messages, you can report them and if you're following them, unfollow them. You can also block and mute people too. That silences them for good. Twitter Private Messages are a Spam Fest!
    10 years ago

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    Lynne

    Lynne

    Thanks Mike! I will check that out and I really hope that helps me. I think what happens is that people have software that sends out a message to everyone the follows them. This would mean that everyone that I follow automatically sends me a message!

    And of course I follow people to increase my followers... so I can't not follow people.

    I will try that out and see how it works. Thanks for your help!
    10 years ago

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    Lynne

    Lynne

    Unfortunately that doesn't help, it was unchecked and I am receiving buckets of spam Twitter Private Messages are a Spam Fest!

    I wish there was an option for NO messages from anyone. Facebook has that option which I think is great.
    10 years ago

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    idealmike

    idealmike

    Yeah kind of strange how you can't disable DM's on Twitter. I guess more people need to cause a fuss and a stink about this so they take notice and do something about it and put something in place to prevent it from happening. For now you can always reply with something like "YOU ARE A SPAMMER AND HAVE BEEN REPORTED". And then actually report them. But obviously I realize you don't/might not have time to do that for all of them. There must be another way we don't know about though. Was searching but didn't really find much just everyone mostly saying about the Receive Direct Messages from anyone option. Weird. Twitter is failing day by day anyway. They are constantly releasing things that people don't want or need. The manager needs sacking if you ask me!
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    Lynne

    Lynne

    Oh I don't really want to report people, I just want to block private messages. It really is just annoying and I would completely ignore it and not even check but what if someone sends me a real message? UGH
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