The universal answer seems to be: “Everything I don’t want to receive from someone I don’t know.”

So that leaves us with approximately six billion different opinions. The problem is, Viagra is a nuisance to some, a blessing to others. So who decides what are spammy or undesirable tweets?

Over the weekend I did a Twitter search for ‘twitter spam.’ The list of spam complaints from Twitter users was endless.  However, I still had no clear definition of what twitter spam was.

So we’re asking you, what might be on your list when defining spam:

• Tweets that are misleading, i.e. the tweet has nothing to do with its link
• Anyone promoting ‘how to make money online’
• Multi-level marketing promotions
• Lonely hearts club – (look at my pictures variety)
• Pornography
• Spam-robot factories
• Annoying people that tweet endlessly about mindless stuff
• Malware or viruses
• Sponsored tweets
• Corporations advertising and marketing their products and services

I would like to hear from you. What’s your definition of spam (or spammers and undesirables)?

Is twitter spam different from email spam?

How bad is twitter spam in comparison to email spam (where 80% of emails are estimated to be spam)?

Twitter Spam: Can You Block What You Can’t Define? is a post from The Dustpan - Discussing Twitter Spam

Last week Mashable posted an article about a dangerous “Twitter Worm” that promises more followers, this is what they had to say…

“One of the sites involved asks for your Twitter username and password and appears to be associated with the Twitter account @GetFreeFollowers, which has been suspended by Twitter. Another that I came across may be far more damaging, as it appears to be spreading malware through what look to be YouTube videos (but actually work like Koobface). A similar scam also seems to be fairly widespread in Portuguese.”

In the future, there will be many more attacks popping up like this, so be careful to always watch out for schemes like this. Have you received any threats or suspicious spam on Twitter?

Twitter Worm [Alert] is a post from The Dustpan - Discussing Twitter Spam