A New Marketing

Those are the same exact 'rules' I follow when I get people following me. I automatically check their page and see what they are about plus check their website...if they have one.

Other classics - Zero Updates, Account Open for 6 months and 3 Updates, Hot semi-naked babe photo that's obviously a spam trap, accounts open for 5 days and already following 12,500 people...

Matt,

Laughing, rolling, shaking head in agreement. My rules EXACTLY! One you left off - bio pic of you with no shirt on (man) or your boobies hanging out (duh) ... NO FOLLOW.

Brilliant! Love it.

@shellykramer

Genius = follow!!

@balmeras

Great rules!

This trend is considering me to add another nofollow condition...

1) Person X follows me on FRIDAY
2) Person X unfollows me over the weekend (unknowingly to me) guess I didn't follow fast enough
3) I respond to twitter follow email and follow Person X on Monday
4) Yay! Person X is now following me... wait... I didn't know they unfollowed until I see the duplicate email & profile
5) Unfollow?

@jbryanphillips <-- doesn't always follow on weekends, days off, or vacations :)

Ditto - I also have a "not a person" (mostly) nofollow filter.

@tomob

I totally agree! This should be the rules of engagment for twitter.

Thanks everyone for your support! I feel like these are things that can resonate with a lot of people. Hopefully if more of us adopt this attitude publicly, the spammers will calm down.