Comments on: One Simple Way to Increase Your Chances of Finding a Job on Twitter http://lindsayolson.com/one-simple-way-to-increase-your-changes-of-finding-a-job-on-twitter/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 15 May 2012 23:16:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jacob Sharehttp://lindsayolson.com/one-simple-way-to-increase-your-changes-of-finding-a-job-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-651 Jacob Share Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:16:11 +0000 http://lindsayolson.com/?p=1656#comment-651 Don't be too surprised by these results. There are an enormous number of automated twitter accounts that were created for spam purposes or even for legitimately disseminating job listings (like jobfeedr.com's) and these numbers fit nicely with those types of accounts.Another point from the report was "a large number of users who are following exactly 2000 users" i.e. the maximum amount for users who have less than 2000 followers themselves. This is very typical of spammer accounts, automated or not. Don’t be too surprised by these results. There are an enormous number of automated twitter accounts that were created for spam purposes or even for legitimately disseminating job listings (like jobfeedr.com’s) and these numbers fit nicely with those types of accounts.

Another point from the report was “a large number of users who are following exactly 2000 users” i.e. the maximum amount for users who have less than 2000 followers themselves. This is very typical of spammer accounts, automated or not.

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