In our last article “Twitter Strategies: 7 Day Waiting Period on Direct Messages” we described 3 methods to curb or eliminate DM spam. The following list are four more ways to eliminate DM spam on Twitter like the example below:
4 Ways Twitter Could Eliminate DM Spam
- Crowdsourcing Court: Twitter users vote on the guideline of penalties awaiting a company or individual who is found guilty of spamming the Twitter network. Base it on Dell’s Ideastorm crowdsourcing site
- Eliminate Links: disallow the use of links in any DM messages with the hope that spammers will no longer see the benefit of using a DM
- Less than 140: cut the number of characters in half for a DM making it a 70 character messaging channel thus challenging a spammer’s ability to create spam
- DM Limit: create a limit for the number of DMs allowed each Twitterer per month. Once you reach your limit, you have to wait until the next month to send a direct message
