Social Media Marketing: Spam

Facebook, Twitter & Google take down malicious content originating from Iran

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Facebook, Twitter, and Google’s security teams are staying busy. All three companies reported this week that they had removed malicious items from their platforms that had originated in Iran — Facebook took down 652 Pages, groups and accounts, Twitter removed 284 accounts and Google disabled a total 42 YouTube channels, 16 Google+ accounts, six Blogger […]

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Time to grow up or get out

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It’s always tempting to see the present moment as the peak of chaos and disruption, whether we’re talking about politics or just how those teenagers behave today. The same is true in marketing, because in many ways that profession is always in a state of chaos and disruption. But I don’t think it’s hyperbole to

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Twitter takes aggressive steps to curb spam & bot activity by blocking identical actions across multiple accounts

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Twitter made substantial changes today that will greatly impact social media managers who oversee multiple accounts and use automation apps to manage their Twitter activity. The site announced it is no longer permitting identical — or even substantially similar — content to be simultaneously posted from multiple accounts. It is also eliminating the ability for

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Why hacking social media algorithms is a losing strategy

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We human beings love shortcuts. From the time our distant ancestors began to walk upright, hacking was our way of life. If a Neanderthal hunter could find a quicker path to the hunting grounds, he might out-compete his neighbor for the annual mastodon haul. Thousands of years of evolution have not dulled this impulse, and

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