What precautions can you take to avoid inappropriate Twitter followers?

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What precautions can you take to avoid inappropriate Twitter followers?

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Started 2 years ago by SarahQT
Latest reply from jdaryl

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SarahQT
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Ok, I love Twitter but I don't love all the people that want to follow me. Umm, how can I put this. I had a person follow me on Twitter that is promoting "certain" services that are pretty much illegal in the States with the exception for a few states (think Nevada). How do I avoid these inappropriate Twitter followers in the future?

I'm totally disgusted, upset, and not thrilled about this. I thought Twitter would have policies and procedures about what you can/cannot post on Twitter with regards to pictures and the like. Ugh!

Posted 2 years ago #
Amandah Blackwell
Moderator

Unfortunately, Twitter kind of lacks in this area. They "may or may not" remove Twitter accounts -- it depends on what they feel is inappropriate. They're kind of like Google because they provide you with a ton of FAQs and HELP question and answers, but you must SEARCH for an actual contact. Now, they have been having problems with the BLOCK AND FOLLOW feature. This may take another week or so...hang in there.

Posted 2 years ago #
Trisha Miller
Administrator

Rebecca is right - Twitter definitely needs improvement....but they do have a rule against pornographic profiles or profile images, and you can (and should) report violations!

You can read their "Rules" here: http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18311 (see the last paragraph)

You can read about how to file a complaint here: http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/15789

Or you can send email to them directly at terms@twitter.com

DEFINITELY block them, but as Rebecca said, be patient because their blocking does not always work......they have grown phenomenally this past year and are suffering from some growing pains....

Posted 2 years ago #
Amandah Blackwell
Moderator

I noticed that Twitter changed the way you can Follow and Block people. If you Block someone, it still takes some time BEFORE you'll see that person removed from your Followers List. I've Blocked some people, but for some reason they still show up on my Followers list, I'm not sure why. It would be nice if Twitter added a DELETE button so you could just delete people that you don't want following you. Stay tuned!

Posted 2 years ago #
jdaryl
Member

Here is the Twitter page on blocking people with the updated #NewTwitter:
http://support.twitter.com/articles/230550

With the new version, it has been pretty good at updating instantly for me.

Posted 1 year ago #

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