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Twitter may be working to stop companies that partake in the controversial practice of selling higher follower counts, according to one Australian company that claims Twitter is trying to shut it down over allegations of spamming.
On Monday morning, a marketing company called uSocial ...
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smartcompany.com.au - 8/17/2009
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smartcompany.com.au —
The chief executive of an Australian company that
sells packages of Twitter followers to clients claims the...
social networking giant has attempted to shut him down. Leon Hill says Twitter has used Melbourne IT, the Australian firm that manages the ...
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Twitter, Melbourne IT order uSocial to be shut down - ...
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Twitter going after buy-more-followers services?
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... Twitter followers.
Services that let you buy more followers on Twitter or friends on a social network are controversial, to put it lightly. But uSocial says that it isn't spamming.
"The definition of spam is using electronic messaging to send unsolicited communication and as we don't use Twitter for this," uSocial CEO Leon Hill said in the press release. "The claims are false."
Twitter could not be immediately reached for comment. Originally posted at The Social ...
Twitter looking to stop people from buying followers
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... seem to do much worthwhile when it comes to Twitter. It makes sense for Twitter to want to shut them down, but it might prove more difficult than Twitter thinks. There isn’t anything legally wrong with selling followers. it’s just a bit pointless. It speaks badly of both uSocial and those who actually pay to gain more followers. In a way it also gives some negative vibes to Twitter at times, which Twitter probably doesn’t like.
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Twitter Accuses PR-Hungry Pay-for-Followers Service of Spamming, Says PR-Hungry Pay-for-Followers Service
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... followers for $87," has reportedly gotten itself on Twitter's bad side. According to a uSocial statement making its way 'round the Web, Twitter hired an Australian brand-managent firm--named by several news sources as ...
Buying Popularity Is Easy Online
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... ORDER QUEUE AND NOT TAKING NEW ORDERS AT THIS PRESENT TIME DUE TO PAYMENT PROCESSING ERRORS." As of virtual press time, uSocial's CEO Leon Hill hadn't responded to questions about the status of those services. But if the history of User/Submitter is any indication (in that the company posted a similar notice on its site before disappearing), "clearing an order queue" could be code for "in big legal trouble." Also jumping on the bandwagon to take the site down is Twitter. Yesterday it was alleged that Twitter is trying to have uSocial shut down due to spamming. But Hill seems ...
Daily Tech: GPush Makes Push Gmail on the iPhone a Reality
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A 99 cent app called GPush instantly brings Gmail messages to the iPhone - Mashable
A company called uSocial is getting companies Twitter followers, and charging them for this service - Cnet
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