Internet Dating Conference Spams the Hell Out of Twitter

Toronto Dating — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:20:30 +0000

The Internet Dating Conference (iDate) continues to spam the heck out of Twitter to the point where I’m starting to think it’s a completely automated process — and one that does not target very well. For example, they shouted over to @groceryalerts (because, you know, every grocery alert site is related to the online dating industry!?!). Or to @ebay_pricewatch because surely they’re in the dating industry – huh?

iDate Conference Doesn’t Know How To Use Twitter

Toronto Dating — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:22:22 +0000

Oh look, the Internet Dating Conference (iDate) is now on Twitter! Good, right? Nope, because if you follow them to keep up on the latest, they’ll instead flood your Twitter feed with messages they intend for others. Not just messages that are meant to reach out to one person. Na, they take the lazy way and send one to as many as they can within the character limit. Classy. And apparently not that effective when your numbers are 2001 follows, 370 followers. Below, how not to use Twitter, whether in the Internet Dating industry, or not (likely also ‘how to lose followers in a heartbeat):

Tip: Tweets intended for a certain person should start with the ‘@’, thus not showing up in every follower’s feed.

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Internet Dating Conference Spams the Hell Out of Twitter

iDate Conference Doesn’t Know How To Use Twitter