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		hopeless on June 13, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The earthquake that killed Twitter? Spam makes the... You're totally on the right track. It's not an all-or-nothing thing. Excluding suspect accounts from @-replies and hashtag search results is a nice low-key way to keep the majority of conversations going. It's also subtle enough that the spammer might not realise that no one is listening.

lovskogen on June 13, 2011 [–]

So why isn't Twitter doing this? Don't they care?

danilocampos on June 13, 2011 | [–]

If they do, they're doing an admirable job of keeping it a secret.

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