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Yep. Big Spam problem ahead. I've had the same problem as Jack. There are lots of ways to mine for populations on twitter. Look at the Color War pages. Lots of people ripe for the picking. I'm surprised no one has invented the twitter-bomb yet. - Kevin D. White

Have same problem, people adding me with no updates. It's coming.... - Pete Gilbert

I just got back from eating dinner and found about a dozen notifications waiting for Twitter with the same thing Peter .. gonna be some serious pruning to do soon I think. - Steven Hodson

Those of us that have been on twitter a long time and our icon is at the top of many peoples list, have been getting spam followers for a long time. I try to block the major offenders. I wish we had some kind of Hall of Shame to post them to. - Christian Burns

Hey Christian, I'm starting a Hall of Shame at http://stoptwitterspam.com Everybody please send the worst offenders to @stoptwitterspam and I will post them on the site. - Mike Doeff

I too am getting random follow requests from people. I just don't follow them back. I don't see the problem. - Abhishek Tiwari

see I don't think so. People who follow you can't post to your feed until you follow them. They also can't DM you. How can you spam someone if you can't get your message to them. Now TwitterStalking ( which is a funny web app idea ) may be the big problem. - mark

mark, the main issue is people's inbox's getting filled up with the initial Follow requests, taking the time to review the followers' profiles, and deciding whether to follow, ignore, or block the new followers. This is happening 5 times a day for me now and it's getting old. - Mike Doeff

The spam ends up in my inbox not my twitter account. The useless followers get me to click over to their profile then click on the web address to see who they are and more importantly why they would want to follow me; I'm no Scoble. Just a pain to see who they are. Maybe some of that info could be in the email alert from Twitter when they notify us of a follower. Maybe the stats could be listed. - Phillip Miller

Stalking? Why yes I am Mr. Scoble. Spam? Show me how. That would take being nice to people and not pissing them off. NO FUN! - Noah David Simon

Doesn't Pownce and Jaiku have better features...Is it really the end of the world moving to other social services...I think we've all found that being the first people on certain social networks leads to making great connections and becoming an authority more easily. Why are we so afraid of this change? Filling out a registration form and doing all the work to build up your network again? YES, but the value ratio of this work and the contacts you build is greater than that on the "Myspace" or "Twitter." - FaceySpacey

Philip Miller's idea of having more information (stats) contained the email you receive about news followers is a good one. - Greg K.

TwitterAdder isnt working ... - priyanhere

Don't think so. You have to follow spammers to get their crap. So problem does not exist IMHO - DC Crowley

I agree with @DC Crowley. Just take a look at someone's profile before adding him as a friend. - Greenish

Phillip Miller - that is a great idea (adding the followers / following metrics in the e-mail). I have added your suggestion to Get Satisfaction. http://getsatisfaction.com/twitter... - Mike Doeff

twitter as been popular for a long time and still not much spam. It must the fact that you have to follow people to get their spam that discourages spammers. - Sim Domingo