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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