Comments on: Things to Avoid http://www.seanwyseman.com/2009/09/02/things-to-avoid/ Romantic Beaches, Awesome Weather, Crystal Ocean, and Palm Trees Never Get Boring... Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:23:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sean http://www.seanwyseman.com/2009/09/02/things-to-avoid/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Sean Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:10:43 +0000 http://www.seanwyseman.com/?p=99#comment-101 Just as an additional comment. I wrote to the owner of retweet bomb (name=Danny whitehouse). I mentioned that it seemed hypocritical of him to accuse me of spamming with an affiliate link when it was untrue -- and to simultaneously spam my account with numerous links to a bunch of shameless sales pages -- when I'd only sent "one" -- non-commercial tweet through his program -- that held no monetary benefit for me. His response was to quote the BBC: "If you don't like it -- switch off". Now that is an interesting comment. Very true on the one hand. However there is more to it. When we trust a software developer -- even to use the unpaid version of their software -- we are trusting them with our personal account and the effect they can have on it. With over 35 years in business I have learned that when business people with an attitude towards people like he has exhibited -- the best thing you can do is stay clear and warn others. Social networks are for expanding our horizons and for protecting each others interests to whatever degree we can -- especially when software developers demonstrate that they don't care in the least about their user base. Just as an additional comment. I wrote to the owner of retweet bomb (name=Danny whitehouse). I mentioned that it seemed hypocritical of him to accuse me of spamming with an affiliate link when it was untrue — and to simultaneously spam my account with numerous links to a bunch of shameless sales pages — when I’d only sent “one” — non-commercial tweet through his program — that held no monetary benefit for me.

His response was to quote the BBC: “If you don’t like it — switch off”.

Now that is an interesting comment. Very true on the one hand. However there is more to it.

When we trust a software developer — even to use the unpaid version of their software — we are trusting them with our personal account and the effect they can have on it.

With over 35 years in business I have learned that when business people with an attitude towards people like he has exhibited — the best thing you can do is stay clear and warn others.

Social networks are for expanding our horizons and for protecting each others interests to whatever degree we can — especially when software developers demonstrate that they don’t care in the least about their user base.

]]> By: Sean http://www.seanwyseman.com/2009/09/02/things-to-avoid/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Sean Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:51:04 +0000 http://www.seanwyseman.com/?p=99#comment-100 Tony thanks for your encouraging comment. I have immensely enjoyed manually viewing the people and photos I have selected to follow and to hopefully obtain some followers from. Also I have learned quite a bit about how twitter works that people with automation tools would miss. thanks for your comments. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you and approving. I was traveling and did not have the password to this blog with me. Tony thanks for your encouraging comment. I have immensely enjoyed manually viewing the people and photos I have selected to follow and to hopefully obtain some followers from.

Also I have learned quite a bit about how twitter works that people with automation tools would miss.

thanks for your comments. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you and approving. I was traveling and did not have the password to this blog with me.

]]> By: Sean http://www.seanwyseman.com/2009/09/02/things-to-avoid/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Sean Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:49:06 +0000 http://www.seanwyseman.com/?p=99#comment-99 Mike if you go to your account "settings" tab in twitter and then choose "connections" you can disable retweet bomb. Mike if you go to your account “settings” tab in twitter and then choose “connections” you can disable retweet bomb.

]]> By: Tony M Zito http://www.seanwyseman.com/2009/09/02/things-to-avoid/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Tony M Zito Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:49:41 +0000 http://www.seanwyseman.com/?p=99#comment-94 I agree with you 100%! I am building my Twitter list the same way and I believe there are a lot of great opportunities for like mined people. All apammers want to do is make a quick buck then their on to the next thing to ruin! Thanks Tony I agree with you 100%! I am building my Twitter list the same way and I believe there are a lot of great opportunities for like mined people.

All apammers want to do is make a quick buck then their on to the next thing to ruin!

Thanks
Tony

]]> By: Mike Howell http://www.seanwyseman.com/2009/09/02/things-to-avoid/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Mike Howell Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:41:25 +0000 http://www.seanwyseman.com/?p=99#comment-93 How do I get him to stop spamming me with retweet bomb How do I get him to stop spamming me with retweet bomb

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