I decided to have a little fun on Twitter, so I changed my profile picture and started tweeting..
Some people got the joke and responded accordingly..
Some others did not..
My pal Joel wasn’t the only one. I had about 15-20 unfollows and blocks as a result. Twitter users have gotten conditioned to blocking “spam” so much that a handful of others later asked if my account had been hijacked. It couldn’t have been a joke! Rhodester would NEVER do that!
Oh yeah?
You know how we’re all sick of those automated direct messages that say something along the lines of, “Thanks for the follow! Check out my blog, etc.” ?
Well, one time I had this guy following me and I liked his profile.
It was funny.
I went on to his blog.
IT was funny.
So I followed him back and shot a direct message to him, being careful to use his name so he wouldn’t think it was automation. I said, “Hey so-and-so (forgot his name now) thanks for following me.. your blog rocks and I’ve subscribed, just wanted to let you know.”
He didn’t reply – but he DID unfollow me.
So I blocked him.
And then unsubscribed from his blog.
Asshole.
He was, I’m guessing, so conditioned to automated DMs that he just automatically dissed every DM in turn.
The point of this whole thing?
The point of my spammer prank and the story about the asshole DM guy?
Things aren’t always as they seem on the surface.
Maybe this really IS me..
And maybe I really DO want you to check out my pics and vidz!
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If that really is you then I’ll check out your pics and vids. If it’s not and you’re just a funny guy working at a California hotel (as opposed to the Hotel California) then I’ll just read your blog and follow your tweets (I missed that one btw).
Funny guy, check (so they say.)
California, check.
Hotel, uh.. nope.
Once again, you lay describe the Twitter spam machine just like it is. I missed the tweets you did under your new alias, but wonder what my reaction would have been had I seen it live.
.-= Rob McGuire´s brilliant blustering.. Twitter Can Ruin Your Reputation =-.
Those paying attention would have known it was me.. fake URL, correct spelling, etc. along with the context, meaning that I just do things like that and if you really know me, you’re aware of it.
So all the RSS stuff I have coming into my feed reader I have divided up into categories to kinda keep things organized. Your blogs show up in my “Thinkers” category. Just thought you should know.
-Alice
PS – Oh it also shows up in “Rants Fun Odd General” category.
.-= awessendorf´s brilliant blustering.. Baltimore Scenes from A Car =-.
That’s okay, people miscategorize things all the time. I sometimes put my shoes in the refrigerator.
Well shoes BELONG in the refrigerator..duh. Just like you belong in my “thinkers” category.
Or is that kids ON the refrigerator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17WwANsSWa0 I always get those two confused.
.-= awessendorf´s brilliant blustering.. Baltimore Scenes from A Car =-.
My dog is so important.
I’MA LET U FINISH, BUT I THINK DIS DOG OVER HERE IS DEE IMPORTANT DOG, YOU KNOW WHAT I SAYIN’?
Bernard agrees, eying the front door mournfully as he barks at scary possible intruders.
It took you almost a year to reply to that.
Yes. Yes, it did. Was it WORTH IT?
I’ll let you know in July of 2011.
Katherine, It is ALMOST July of 2011, but I got anxious.
It was SO worth it
Fair enough. -checks watch, waits-
You might as well read a book. Here, let me write one for you -gets started-
Okey dokey. -stares at watch again, taps foot-
GOOD TO KNOW.