Twitter DM spam or direct message spam makes no real good common sense to me. However, there are many things online that do not make real good common sense to me. I will never understand why some individuals take so much joy or entertainment over messing with or bothering people they do not even know. What is the big deal about tearing up something that someone has paid good money for. Most often when you buy a computer or a laptop, you have worked your butt off in some way to pay for all those bits and bobs that make up your computer system.
Seriously, I cannot help but to question the actual sensibilities and intelligence of someone who may relish such chaos for so many. Is there really nothing else more exciting in life to do than to aggravate the crap out of others?
So many individuals are doing their very best to get to know one another, share information and hopefully make some money while doing their social networking online. Each of them have a life. Most likely many of them work themselves silly or to near exhaustion, since they are trying to make something worthwhile of the time they spend online. This is especially true I think when it comes to social networking.
Sure there are some out there who are experts when it comes to social networking. Yet there are others who are still learning the ins and outs of social networking with others online while using their computers. Never before has there been such an astounding amount of communications going on all over the world. I think it is wonderful to learn about and get to know others from so very far away. I know for one, I hope I’m doing my social networking right. All I know is that while socializing or social networking that one should be their true self. At least that is the way I believe it should be. Not just for me, but for everyone who is trying to get to know others.
To be quite honest using time and effort to cause such a ruckus as is with this situation of the Twitter DM spam attack is confusing for those that fall victim to such happenings. Generally, they get a Twitter DM or direct message from one of their followers who just happened to have been recently duped by a link sent to them from another victim. How the first twitter member finds that first link, I am not so sure, unless it may be someone/s who pose as normal people and then use their twitter account to prey on the unsuspecting by posting interesting sounding links.
I know I have fallen victim to one of the other spam type scenarios, soon after joining Twitter, involving a link that sounded good and came from one of my followers. Fortunately, I realized what was happening and shortly narrowed the culprit site down, since I am a bit hesitant to begin with and then promptly changed my password and then the problem was solved. Therefore, now when I see these little game messages a little red flag pops up and I generally delete the messages. It does seem to me that many of these DM spam messages are game messages with links, meaning they make it sound like a fun online quiz or game to play to be one of the crowd. So beware of gamey Twitter DM messages.
However, I did click on the link that was provided with the messages associated with this new bout of Twitter DM spam. The site that came up automatically alerted me with a message that said, “Reported Web Forgery!” Thank goodness, I am glad that I got a warning and then I sent a Twitter DM to those I had received the message and link to let them know that the link was coming back with the above message.
The online world of Twitter is buzzing about the Twitter DM spam attack. I would imagine the article – New Twitter DM Spam Attack by Jennifer Van Grove; over at mashable is getting a major flow of online traffic. Mashable is an online social media guide. I’ve seen this article link repeated numerously. There are multitudes of mentions about it right now and the tally is growing as tweeters everywhere are doing their best to warn others about the danger of this new spam attack using the direct messaging option as well as the links within them.
Hopefully, Twitter will have this spam attack under control soon. You can always follow @spam on twitter to keep up with any twitter spam updates and warnings. However, although newbies may not know it when they see it, but I cannot help but to think to my self: – “You know by now, when we get strange messages via DM, we should consider first that it may be DM spam.”
So to all you out there in Twitter Land, keep an eye out and do be suspicious when something seems strange. DM any follower back to find out what they mean in their previous DM or direct message to you on the Twitter social networking site. Most likely, you will get a message back telling you that they have no idea what you are talking about, that they have not sent any type of message to anyone. Another resourceful idea is that of glancing at the address bar on your browser to see if you are actually on the authentic Twitter website anytime you are asked to submit your Twitter user name or Twitter password.
If you have fallen victim to this new Twitter DM spam attack, then you should change your password as soon as possible to keep someone who just scammed you out of your Twitter username and Twitter password.
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© 2009 Sara Valor
Original article: Twitter – Direct Message (DM) Spam – written by Sara Valor on Factoidz