Comments on: An Army of ReTweet-Bots… http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/ ...or .NET and other stuff that wouldn't fit into Mike's day job. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:57:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: MikeFitz http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-108413 MikeFitz Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:28:26 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-108413 Hi Mr "Gain Muscle Lose Fat" First of all, congratulations for having the spammiest name of any person whose comment I have approved. You are lucky. Secondly, "yeah-No!" In other words, I am appraised of your assertions, but I am not inclined to agree. Hi Mr “Gain Muscle Lose Fat”

First of all, congratulations for having the spammiest name of any person whose comment I have approved. You are lucky.

Secondly, “yeah-No!” In other words, I am appraised of your assertions, but I am not inclined to agree.

]]> By: Gain Muscle Lose Fat http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-108322 Gain Muscle Lose Fat Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:50:01 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-108322 Wow is right. You surround yourself with yes men and only 1 person even commented on the sheer insanity of this. You followed a person, tracked his bots, then got him banned? And the other nerds are giving you high 5s for it? I don't think you understand what is going on. This Bruce person is small potatoes. Twitter, facebook, youtube, are all getting swallowed by big conglomerates and you're cheering cuz some schlept got banned. Twitter has to make a buck. There is no twitterverse, there is no free lunch, there is no fairytale ending. People use twitter for marketing, end of story. It is time sensitive marketing at its best. It is relatively cheap and only time consuming at best. Instead you want to have your cake and eat it too, you want free communication with your nerd yesmen buddies without any consequences. Ain't gonna happen. If twitter goes under, you move on. However, the smart money is that these bots and such are the feather in the twitter coffers, retweet bots for a small monthly fee. Bottom line, you can't be tweeted by anyone outside of your network. It was disingenuous on your part from the beginning to instigate this. Wow is right. You surround yourself with yes men and only 1 person even commented on the sheer insanity of this. You followed a person, tracked his bots, then got him banned? And the other nerds are giving you high 5s for it?

I don’t think you understand what is going on. This Bruce person is small potatoes. Twitter, facebook, youtube, are all getting swallowed by big conglomerates and you’re cheering cuz some schlept got banned. Twitter has to make a buck. There is no twitterverse, there is no free lunch, there is no fairytale ending. People use twitter for marketing, end of story. It is time sensitive marketing at its best. It is relatively cheap and only time consuming at best.

Instead you want to have your cake and eat it too, you want free communication with your nerd yesmen buddies without any consequences. Ain’t gonna happen. If twitter goes under, you move on. However, the smart money is that these bots and such are the feather in the twitter coffers, retweet bots for a small monthly fee.

Bottom line, you can’t be tweeted by anyone outside of your network. It was disingenuous on your part from the beginning to instigate this.

]]> By: MikeFitz http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-69158 MikeFitz Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:49:32 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-69158 G'day Paul and Jason. Yeah, you just cannot make up stuff like this. G’day Paul and Jason.

Yeah, you just cannot make up stuff like this.

]]> By: Self Deprecate http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-69133 Self Deprecate Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:56:56 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-69133 I laughed at this from the beginning all the way to the end of the comments. Thanks for this! I laughed at this from the beginning all the way to the end of the comments. Thanks for this!

]]> By: Paul Zagoridis http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-57013 Paul Zagoridis Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:16:37 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-57013 Thanks Mike for bringing a smile to my Saturday night, Sunday morning. Gotta love Sean's balls. Two different nofollowed url's no less. Bruce's game was cheeky but the really bad guys will think of ways of exponentially advancing the technique. But that what the internet does when things get popular, the trolls, vandals, d00dz and crooks jump on. Thanks Mike for bringing a smile to my Saturday night, Sunday morning. Gotta love Sean’s balls. Two different nofollowed url’s no less.

Bruce’s game was cheeky but the really bad guys will think of ways of exponentially advancing the technique. But that what the internet does when things get popular, the trolls, vandals, d00dz and crooks jump on.

]]> By: The Salty Droid » Blog Archive » A message from Gary McCaffrey, Idiot http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-52994 The Salty Droid » Blog Archive » A message from Gary McCaffrey, Idiot Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:52:33 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-52994 [...] And to the “tonnes of cunts blogging” ….  woot! Gotta be a good thing, right?  Nothing ever goes wrong when “tonnes of cunts” start [...] […] And to the “tonnes of cunts blogging” ….  woot! Gotta be a good thing, right?  Nothing ever goes wrong when “tonnes of cunts” start […]

]]> By: How To Not Be a Twitter Spammer | Magicomm Blog http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-46731 How To Not Be a Twitter Spammer | Magicomm Blog Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:31:10 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-46731 [...] Bots that RT specific users [...] […] Bots that RT specific users […]

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]]> By: MikeFitz http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-43980 MikeFitz Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:33:38 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-43980 Sean, I would call it honest feedback. You'll probably find most Aussies are pretty good at it. Sean,

I would call it honest feedback. You’ll probably find most Aussies are pretty good at it.

]]> By: Sean http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-43979 Sean Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:35:27 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-retweet-bots/#comment-43979 Dang MikeFitz, that was surely rude & unprofessional of you. Won't see me around here anymore, geez. Dang MikeFitz, that was surely rude & unprofessional of you.

Won’t see me around here anymore, geez.

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