BREAKING NEWS: Photo’s and Videos to appear in your Twitter Stream?
Rumors are flying around that Twitter is testing new features and settings
that would embed photo’s and video’s in your Twitter Stream.
The new feature/setting is said to be called Tweet Media. Certainly this
would really change the twitter user experience all for the good in my humble opinion.
Besides viewing photo’s and video’s by who you’re following, it’s been reported that users
we’ll have an option to view everyone’s photo’s and video’s.
Standby for more details as we receive them…
Please post your comments and what you know or would like to see with regards
to photo’s and video’s being embedded in your twitter stream..
Follow Friday Tips for you
Come rain or shine, every Friday people unite together on Twitter to share who they recommend others to Follow. It’s pretty cool and exciting to see all of the people thinking of you and mentioning your name.
While we see people using Follow Friday with good intentions, the problem is that most people do not know how to use it effectively.
So before I share some helpful tips on how to be Successful with #FollowFriday #FF,
let’s talk about how NOT to use follow Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Are you missing from the Find People Search on Twitter?
Twitter recently posted an update regarding those missing from the Find People Search on Twitter.
We’ve updated this Known Issues page to include the issue of “searching for usernames with underscores.” Search is aware of this and we’ll update this page when it’s resolved.
Twitter to remove third party ad networks
In a blog post today, Twitter indicates that it has updated its terms of service, posting, “We will not allow any third party to inject paid tweets into a timeline on any service that leverages the Twitter API.”
Making your Twitter life easier with Twitter lists
Are you taking advantage of the Twitter lists feature?
If not, here are three cool options that can make your twitter life easier.
1. You can create up to 20 different list with 500 people on each list.
2. Create different lists to sort and group people for easy reference.
3. View other people’s list and follow the top people from their list.
Creating a new Twitter List is a simple process.
In this short video, Skeeter Hansen shows you how to take advantage of the twitter lists feature.
Listorious (Listorious) is a third-party site that maintains a categorized directory of Twitter lists. You can search or browse through lists by category, and find the most popular lists.
How are you using the new twitter lists feature?
(please leave us your comments)
PS Feel free to add @alferretti and @skeeterhansen to your list.
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Read: Serious Phishing Scam Spreading on Twitter
Over the past year Twitter watchdog has reported various phishing scams that are happening on Twitter.
Today, we found another phishing scam and wanted to make sure you are aware of it.
This scam promotes getting more followers.
Beware of Tweets that say the following:
* FREE MORE TWITTER FOLLOWERS!
* CHECK out this site, im a member of it, gets you more followers.
* WANT MORE TWITTER FOLLOWERS?
* Get more followers for free!
Byron Acohido with the USA Today Technology Live reported this phishing scam titled:
Tweets promising free Twitter followers is a phishing scam
A cyber gang continues to flood Twitter with an intensifying phishing scam that has allowed the bad guys to grab control of thousands of valid Twitter accounts.
“This is an extremely viral campaign that’s spreading rapidly,” says Patrick Walsh, chief technology officer at network security firm eSoft.
The criminals are sending out microblog postings — Tweets — from legit Twitter accounts suggesting that people click to a web service that will instantly get them 50 to 100 more followers. Visitors to the web page are asked to type in their Twitter logon and password to use the service for free.
Of course the information gets routed to the bad guys. They then use an automated program to instantly log on to the victim’s Twitter account and blast out a similar Tweet once every few hours. The shortened links carried in these postings are constantly tweaked to avoid being blocked or filtered.
“This is by far the biggest type of attack like this that we’ve seen, in terms of how many people are getting affected and getting their accounts hacked,” says Lee Graves, eSoft threat communications specialist.
For the moment, the gang appears to be intent on amassing thousands of valid Twitter account logons. To cash in, the gang can later access the accounts and blast out spam for worthless drugs or antivirus subscriptions. Or they could Tweet out links to infected web pages designed to turn over full control of a visitor’s PC to the bad guys.
Just remember, it’s not about the quantity of followers, it’s about the quality of followers. Don’t fall for this scam. People having success on Twitter are doing it by engaging, building relationships and providing value. Not by getting a mass amount of random followers all for the sakes of larger numbers whom they can broadcast to. Don’t get scammed.
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Watching out for you, one tweet at a time. -Twitter Watchdog
