TwitBlock cans spammers on Twitter

Uses algorithm to block dodgy followers

TwitBlock cans spammers on Twitter
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14 August 2009 10:09 GMT / By Duncan Geere

A website has launched which claims to be able to identify spammers which follow you on Twitter. Using an algorithm which includes followers, spammy words and how the person tweets, among other things, Twitblock allocates points as to whether the profile is likely to be a spammer or not.

A Twitter username and password are required to log into the site, and when you're in it scans through your followers list. Any suspect profiles are listed at the top, along with the option to block the spammer with a button click.

Of course, unless you're following the spammer back, you won't see any of its spam in your Twitter stream, but this enables you to totally block a profile from seeing anything that you send out, too.

If you have a spam problem on Twitter - perhaps you legitimately tweet about Viagra all the time? - then you might want to give TwitBlock a go.

Update: To clarify, TwitBlock uses OAuth via Twitter, so doesn't store your password.

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  • Thanks for adding that update about security.

    Also may I clarify, The bad word list is very small and consists of manually selected phrases. Viagra is not in the list ;) Plus, only the bio is checked against the words list. Tweets are not currently scanned for various reasons.

    The strongest indicators are those that show a negative attitude towards the account by other users.     Posted by Tim, http://twitblock.org/

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