DISQUS

Scobleizer · 9 months ago

Thank you! I noticed I was seeing dramatically fewer DM's this morning and now I know why. Great decision, and great service. Thanks Jesse!

@JoeHobot · 9 months ago

That's why I called you last week ...

@livecrunch

You never listen ....hahaa jk!

sofarsoshawn · 9 months ago

Thank you Jesus!

@JoeHobot · 9 months ago

I noticed that the other day as I kind of started auto follow, thing is I still see some Auto-dm's going through even tho I check that.

Good description Louis.

TTYL
@Livecrunch

Jesse Stay · 9 months ago

LiveCrunch, if you provide your Twitter password and check the box to block other service DMs in SocialToo, we'll block other services' DMs now for you. I'm contemplating some other options to stop the DMs from services we can't block for you.

@JoeHobot · 9 months ago

I did that, I still get "few" auto-dm's but less than before tho I am happy either way ...

Jesse Stay · 9 months ago

If you happen to figure out what service those DMs are coming from, or if
they're just individual real messages please let me know. I'm trying to
figure out ways with each of the services to do this to block them. In the
end we may just have to detect based on search patterns.

@JoeHobot · 9 months ago

I'll ask 5 last people what they are using. Will let you know, do we follow each other on twitter?

Jesse Stay · 9 months ago

We do now. :-)

@JoeHobot · 9 months ago

Thanks.

Btw I sent you the example of who's sending auto-dm's also I asked them what they are using so you can improve your block service.... Btw thanks for getting on this..

Jesse Stay · 9 months ago

sofarsoshawn I'm Jesse, not Jesus, but you're welcome. ;-)

Steve Garfield · 9 months ago

Thank you! How do I learn more about you?

Kidding.

dalaixerces · 9 months ago

Finally, those in a position to do so are taking action on this! I've found the auto-DM issue to be one of the largest key detractors from the Twitter experience.

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Robert Scoble · 9 months ago

Jesus, Jesse, the same thing. :-) Thanks Jesse for making DM's somewhat useful again.

Ed Shaz/NextInstinct · 9 months ago

Smart move Jesse. I know you weren't happy when I said you should remove the option (whatever day I joined). But we were just figuring this whole thing out. Kudos to you for realigning for quality, when so many don't! Good on ya!

Ed Shaz/NextInstinct · 9 months ago

Now, if we could get Robert to send only some 'likes' to Twitter. That's not engagement. It's the next "auto-dm". Friendfeed take note, add options.

Robert Scoble · 9 months ago

Ed: it's what I'm doing at the moment. "Liking" things on friendfeed. Based on the amount of RT'ing of those items, I'd say a LOT of people are getting value out of them. I'm not seeing an increase in unfollows since I started doing that too.

Robert Scoble · 9 months ago

I would like some options on sending Likes to Twitter, though. I would love to change the note that gets sent over there, for instance, and I would like to be able to queue them up and decide whether or not to release them.

Ed Shaz/NextInstinct · 9 months ago

I knew you would say that!! :~))

Jesse Stay · 9 months ago

Yeah - I'm amazed at the number of people retweeting this because Robert liked it. Queuing up "likes" - now that's an interesting idea (starts coding)...

Robert Scoble · 9 months ago

RT'ing is the new status symbol on Twitter. # of followers don't matter. It matters how many of your followers are engaged with you and like what you have to say.

Rick Morgan · 9 months ago

Bravo!

googlemyname · 9 months ago

Personally I don't like auto DM to say "Hey thanks for the follow, now check out this site"

These DM's are just clutter and although I am sure SocialToo had great intentions when offering this service it has just been abused by people who are yet to learn that when people receive 50, 100 or more of these messages a day they serve no purpose. They are as annoying as spam email now.

@googlemyname

Ed Shaz/NextInstinct · 9 months ago

I agree in one sense Robert. In the most natural, legitimate sense, I did respect other people's minds/opinions over my own when my tweets got several retweets (for commentary, or small news). I've broken bigger things, but expect those to go wide. I retweet others a lot too. But I do feel *I haven't had really good things RT'd, because I didn't ask.* According to @DanZarrella, asking is #1. I don't think I ever have?

Dash Chang · 9 months ago

Let's distinguish DM @person versus robotic tweets that are used by the scientific and other communities to communicate data among members. Casual readers might mistake the two.

DM @person seems to be a practice among some to develop relationships with new friends. Mostly, they just push you to their site. Guy Kawasaki does this, but I don't think he is a spammer. He does it once, while the robots may send repeatedly, uninvited. In that case, it's easy to remove them from your Twitter list.

Robot feeds from FriendFeed is a means to route blog postings to Twitter. Other robots automate live events. Let's not group this under DM.

We're building robots - not just for Twitter, but integrating dozens of sources. But, lets clearly distinguish the many types of DM - for the public.

Lisa Logan · 9 months ago

A decision I applaud, and hope others will follow suit. Twitfakery not only annoys me on a personal level, it costs me money since I have DM's sent to my cell phone and I pay per text.

Tim Moore · 9 months ago

While the auto messages don't bother me they bother everybody else. I'm tired of all the bitchin' LOL!. Good move Jesse!

Akila · 9 months ago

This is a great move.