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Did Whites Flee the 'Digital Ghetto' of MySpace?

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Re: Did Whites Flee the 'Digital Ghetto' of MySpace?

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Why did you follow that person?

@DotSauce Agreed. I keep my account honed to my actual friends and a few other people. When people add me and are clearly not into tech or anything I tweet about, I block them. So far, I've stayed spam-free.

Do you have to block them, or is just not reciprocating the follow enough? I've been doing the latter and so far have no problems with spam.

Re: Did Whites Flee the 'Digital Ghetto' of MySpace?

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post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

@DotSauce Agreed. I keep my account honed to my actual friends and a few other people. When people add me and are clearly not into tech or anything I tweet about, I block them. So far, I've stayed spam-free.

Do you have to block them, or is just not reciprocating the follow enough? I've been doing the latter and so far have no problems with spam.

I'm not sure if I have to, but I have the impression that these spammers look at other spammers' lists for potential new targets, so keeping myself off those lists is (in my mind) a good move. What's more, it sends a signal to the people at Twitter that this person is no good.

I do think, though, that not reciprocating is probably sufficient. I should've mentioned that I'm also a minimalist and like to keep my lists clean.

Re: Did Whites Flee the 'Digital Ghetto' of MySpace?

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post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have to block them, or is just not reciprocating the follow enough? I've been doing the latter and so far have no problems with spam.

I'm not sure if I have to, but I have the impression that these spammers look at other spammers' lists for potential new targets, so keeping myself off those lists is (in my mind) a good move. What's more, it sends a signal to the people at Twitter that this person is no good. I do think, though, that not reciprocating is probably sufficient. I should've mentioned that I'm also a minimalist and like to keep my lists…

Got it thanks. Maybe I'll start blocking obvious spammers too.

Re: Did Whites Flee the 'Digital Ghetto' of MySpace?

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As whites and asians disproportionally make up the college body in the US it's quite possible these two are the same.

Grammatically, "disproportionately" would have been a better choice for your utterly ridiculous statement.

Thanks for correcting my grammar, and thanks for explaining why you think my statement is "utterly ridiculous".
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