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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 24 Sep 2016

    Twitter's inability to stop spam makes it seem moribund. Like a patient so weak he can't brush away flies.

    2:11 AM - 24 Sep 2016
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      2. Aaron Hamer‏ @ahtweet 24 Sep 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        Did you mean abuse? Perhaps trolling?

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 24 Sep 2016
        Replying to @ahtweet

        No, that's a harder problem. I mean plain spam.

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      1. Tim Triche, Jr.‏ @timtriche 24 Sep 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        stop spam?! Spam (especially promoted spam) is the only reason Twitter exists!

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      1. Mark Essien‏Verified account @markessien 24 Sep 2016
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        Twitter is the field. We are the cows. Spam are the flies. Twitters mistake is in not letting us buy tails.

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      1. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 24 Sep 2016
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        Inability, or unwillingness? Tolerating fake accounts is an easy way to get a short-term bump in growth metrics...

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      1. nalyse‏ @Nalyse 24 Sep 2016
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        thank you for the word "moribund"

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      1. Andrew‏ @andypeepo 24 Sep 2016
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        it's inability to group anything is my problem with it - Twitter should understand what you talk about/follow by now 🙈

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      1. Ekechukwu Mbaachu‏ @embaachu 24 Sep 2016
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        : Twitter's problems caused by it's middle-aged leadership running-out of ideas & their lack of empathy for what their user(s) needed.

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      1. Michael Babich‏ @MichaelBabich 24 Sep 2016
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        .@paulg The same thing that makes Twitter great makes it spam and abuse powerhouse.

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      1. Ran Reichman‏ @ranreichman 24 Sep 2016
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        I actually get a lot of spam on Instagram

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      1. Darryl Ramm‏ @darryl_ramm 27 Sep 2016
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        Don't worry Goofy and Mickey will fix it...

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      1. Ragged Cat‏ @Myaushka 25 Sep 2016
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        yes, and Facebook is unable to stop scammers from creating fake pages and duping users, which is a bit worse.

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      1. Colin Brauns‏ @ColinBrauns 25 Sep 2016
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        that's how I feel about my phone line and all the fake calls I get.

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      1. Joseph Fahey‏ @fahey 24 Sep 2016
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        Maybe someday someone will think of using a Bayesian filter for that.

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      1. Eric Conner‏ @eric_conner 24 Sep 2016
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        Guess is not wanting to penalize good users & there's not a clear feedback mechanism for when something is not spam a la spam folder

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      1. Ramon Suarez‏Verified account @ramonsuarez 24 Sep 2016
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        it is way better than LinkedIn. Lately the spam is just adding to lists, not that intrusive

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      1. Tyler York‏ @dty 24 Sep 2016
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        Instagram has substantial spamming as well. It's a hard problem

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      1. Wolfe‏ @alexwolfe 24 Sep 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        or innovate or even add old features everyone else has.

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      1. Daniel Mendes‏ @3CKSTR 24 Sep 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        I said I am working on it. Settle down!

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      1. Someone familiar with the matter‏ @oprosper 24 Sep 2016
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        I wouldn't worry about them too much.

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