I've learned to love the people (not bots) that send me an Auto DM when I follow them on Twitter.
I assume they mean well, have been taught to automate or experiementing with what works. I try to get inside the thinking of a newbie that sees a form to set up an auto DM one time, like writing an ad.. they want to do their best to write it right, but most of us don't on the first try.
All this happens before they learn how much of a nuisance all those "thanks for following come buy from me" DM's are.. no matter how clever, the real annoying fact is that the writer likely doesn't ever see what they've sent until hundreds have been sent and someone they know explains it to them
Much more insidious is the tweet here. Someone sets up an account to promote another account, affiliate link, sales page or whatever. Then they put out tweets with lists of names. I assume there are bots and programs that do this and teach people to do it.
The EVIL part of this is that anyone using it has to know they are spamming the stream and have no regard for the conversation. I know, I've tried replying to a few.
I don't know who this iis, who they are promoting and assume the account will be shut down by the time you read this.
My point in bringing it up. If you put out a #FF list, it looks very much like this.
I'll occasionally tack on a friends handle as a "cc".. only if I KNOW them and KNOW they will want to see it.
And it's perfectly normal to tweet "I had lunch with A, B and C" so I'm not suggesting a ban on multiple handles or lists in a tweet.
But be careful.. if you tweet looks like the one below.. anyone on the list might assume you are a spammer ((especially if they don't remember who you are)
If you want to ask me a question, engage in conversation, comment on a tweet or post.. PLEASE write to me. If I'm in a tweet you RT, great, I love the mention. But is you cram my name in to get attention, I"ll see it, and it won't leave a good impression. It's not the kind of attention you want.
We're have a conversation people... yes real people read tweets.. talk to us like you want to be talked to :)
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