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Validating your Spam

May 20, 2011 By Lauren MacEwen 1 Comment

Finally, a good use for True Twit Validation! As you may know, I do not like True Twit Validation. In my opinion it is the most commonly accepted form of Twitter spam. However, today I received a True Twit email that actually made good use of the application. True Twit advertises itself … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SM3, Social Media, Twitter Tagged With: spam, spamming, true twit, twitter, validate, validation, vets

paper.li – The Daily Spam

April 6, 2011 By Lauren MacEwen 4 Comments

paper.li made a big splash on Twitter last fall. By December, everywhere you looked there was a new paper.li. For a while the popularity grew so fast that we began to wonder if they were going to be the new Follow Friday? But as I saw more of them being posted, I also began to wonder: Are people … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SM3, Technology, Twitter Tagged With: anti spam techniques, dailies, marketing, paper, paper.li, spam, spamming, tweet, twitter

Spam Tag, You’re It!

February 16, 2011 By Lauren MacEwen 1 Comment

I was recently tagged in a picture of shoes. I'd been friended by someone who runs a Fan Page. When they held their next big sale, they posted a picture of a shoe, and then tagged me and a dozen other people in it. This is not a good engagement technique nor is this a good sales strategy. This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Facebook, SM3 Tagged With: engagement, Facebook, fan page, photo tags, spamming, tags

My name is John. I am your Spam Bot.

January 18, 2011 By Lauren MacEwen 7 Comments

Since I started using a contact form instead of an email, I receive a barrage of spam every day. I have invested some time into figuring out if there was an easy way to stop the spam and keep the form. I settled on a compromise; keep the form and reduce the spam with a Captcha. However, in my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: On the DL (down-low), SM3 Tagged With: anti spam techniques, bot, captcha, contact forms, e mail spam, farmer johns, forms, internet bot, john bot, john doe, spam, spam bot, spamming

Contact Form Spam

January 17, 2011 By Lauren MacEwen 2 Comments

I switched over to a contact form a few months ago. Over the months I have noticed an increase in email contact and an increase in spam, something that I never received before. This left me in a bit of a conundrum. I am glad people are contacting me more frequently. I don't like the spam. So I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SM3, Technology Tagged With: anti spam techniques, bots, captcha, challenge response spam filtering, contact form, contact forms, e mail spam, eliminating spam, forms, internet bot, math, spam, spam bots, spamming

Facebook Not-Mail: Part 5 The opposite of preferred is Spam?

November 20, 2010 By Lauren MacEwen 2 Comments

There is one glaring issue with the new Facebook email - spam. There is no spam folder, only an "other" folder. Though we might tend to think this is the same thing, it isn't. The "other" folder is really meant to filter emails that do not belong in your preferred email box, like bills, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Facebook, Social Media Tagged With: algorithm, anti spam techniques, business development, computing, e mail, email, Facebook, facebook email, facebook not-mail, iphone, mailing, mailing boxes, messaging systems, NFO, not-mail, online social networking, social, social information processing, social mapping, Social Media, solutions, spam, spam filter, spamming, world wide web

Facebook Not-Mail: Part 2 How the email works

November 17, 2010 By Lauren MacEwen 3 Comments

One of the biggest reasons Facebook decided to launch an email system (aka Not-Mail) is that more than 4 billion emails are sent through Facebook every day. Mark Zuckerberg feels that they traditional system of email is anachronistic. On this issue he might be right. People are increasingly use … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Facebook Tagged With: algorithm, anti spam techniques, business development, computing, e mail, email, Facebook, facebook email, facebook not-mail, iphone, mailing, mailing boxes, messaging systems, NFO, not-mail, online social networking, social, social information processing, social mapping, Social Media, solutions, spam, spam filter, spamming, world wide web

Facebook Not-Mail: Part 1 the complete overhaul!

November 16, 2010 By Lauren MacEwen 1 Comment

On Monday Facebook announced their new email solution, also being called "Not-Mail". This is not a traditional email where write an email and send it, with some spam filtering and maybe some folders for organizing. As Mark Zuckerberg has said, "this is not email." The modern messaging concept is … [Read more...]