Comments on: Twitter Reputation Statistics http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/27/twitter-reputation-statistics/ Coding, Security, and maybe a little bit about Damon Cortesi Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:35:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Stop Twitter Spam » Twitter Stumbles Again With Accidental Account Deletions http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/27/twitter-reputation-statistics/#comment-87494 Stop Twitter Spam » Twitter Stumbles Again With Accidental Account Deletions Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:54:13 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/27/twitter-reputation-statistics/#comment-87494 [...] This comment on the Get Satisfaction thread has some good advice for Twitter: Jason - it seems like Twitter is attempting to address spam in a manner that is either ineffective or has a high level of false positives, even with human interaction. Spam is a difficult problem, but when you start affecting your users on a regular basis, you are losing the battle. Either the tools aren’t working or the humans aren’t doing their job. While I don’t exactly know what steps Twitter is taking, I urge you to read a couple posts I’ve put together on this in the past. I’ve had experience with this type of situation and they may help prod the devs with some other ideas as to how to help prevent spam. http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/16/addressing-twitter-spam-through-statistical-analysis/ http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/27/twitter-reputation-statistics/ [...] [...] This comment on the Get Satisfaction thread has some good advice for Twitter: Jason - it seems like Twitter is attempting to address spam in a manner that is either ineffective or has a high level of false positives, even with human interaction. Spam is a difficult problem, but when you start affecting your users on a regular basis, you are losing the battle. Either the tools aren’t working or the humans aren’t doing their job. While I don’t exactly know what steps Twitter is taking, I urge you to read a couple posts I’ve put together on this in the past. I’ve had experience with this type of situation and they may help prod the devs with some other ideas as to how to help prevent spam. http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/16/addressing-twitter-spam-through-statistical-analysis/ http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/27/twitter-reputation-statistics/ [...]

]]> By: Mike http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/27/twitter-reputation-statistics/#comment-83881 Mike Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:21:04 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/27/twitter-reputation-statistics/#comment-83881 If you build it, they will come. If you build it, they will come.

]]> By: Damon http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/27/twitter-reputation-statistics/#comment-78875 Damon Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:28:03 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/27/twitter-reputation-statistics/#comment-78875 @Jon That is definitely a valid statistic and is a common indicator "most of the time". There will, of course, be outliers with a high ratio that are not spammers. In addition, that statistic is important to you in terms of how you follow people, but the point I'm trying to make is that people utilize different information when determining who to follow. So while that may be important to you, other people may consider other factors and I'm attempting to figure out how to present those in a manner useful to many. @Jon That is definitely a valid statistic and is a common indicator “most of the time”.

There will, of course, be outliers with a high ratio that are not spammers.

In addition, that statistic is important to you in terms of how you follow people, but the point I’m trying to make is that people utilize different information when determining who to follow. So while that may be important to you, other people may consider other factors and I’m attempting to figure out how to present those in a manner useful to many.

]]> By: Jon Symons http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/27/twitter-reputation-statistics/#comment-78863 Jon Symons Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:38:09 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/27/twitter-reputation-statistics/#comment-78863 Funny I was just thinking creating a script to grab what I think is the best indicator of a person worth following: following / followers Most spammers will have low number of followers. Therefore someone with a high ratio for this stat is worth a listen. Thoughts? Funny I was just thinking creating a script to grab what I think is the best indicator of a person worth following:

following / followers

Most spammers will have low number of followers. Therefore someone with a high ratio for this stat is worth a listen.

Thoughts?

]]> By: Joshua James http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/27/twitter-reputation-statistics/#comment-78744 Joshua James Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:59:07 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/27/twitter-reputation-statistics/#comment-78744 Well said. I keep hearing about how we should be utilizing aggregation services like friendfeed to keep tabs on our reputation/brand, but what's the point when anyone can claim your site, feed, blog or profile? At least there are some services that require some form of authentication. Well said. I keep hearing about how we should be utilizing aggregation services like friendfeed to keep tabs on our reputation/brand, but what’s the point when anyone can claim your site, feed, blog or profile? At least there are some services that require some form of authentication.

]]> By: Stop Twitter Spam » A call for a social networking reputation system http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/27/twitter-reputation-statistics/#comment-78682 Stop Twitter Spam » A call for a social networking reputation system Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:28:45 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/2008/04/27/twitter-reputation-statistics/#comment-78682 [...] Damon Cortesi: Twitter Reputation Statistics (04/27/08) This entry was written by admin and posted on April 27, 2008 at 2:28 pm and filed [...] [...] Damon Cortesi: Twitter Reputation Statistics (04/27/08) This entry was written by admin and posted on April 27, 2008 at 2:28 pm and filed [...]

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