To answer my title question in prose: Yes it has. While the definition of Twispam varies, depending who you ask, from a nuisance to opportunistic marketing.  In my opinion opportunistic marketing should only apply to responding to Tweets about your company’s trademark or products you offer in an unobtrusive soft-sell, when folks chime in on hastags and hot-button issues to get their links out there is nothing short of SPAM and should be removed at all costs.

There are some measures to take to avoid getting SPAMed, but the most sure-fire way to avoid it is to use Twitter as it was intended – as a constant updating site (similar to Facebook) for your circle of friends. Manning your account in that manner may sound easy, but at times it’s not as we all look to fan the flames of our own self-importance.I, like many, saw my following list explode after signing up with services like  TweetLater, where you could simply auto-follow those who followed me.  This seemed like a good idea at the time, until I noticed the growth literally suffocating the Tweets I wanted to see on my TweetDeck. After stopping the service, my following grew, but at a pace I was comfortable with, unfortunately, my feed was still advancing at a clip I couldn’t control for an additional few months. I know I am lazy, but today I decided to hedge through my following list and cut out over 200 people who 1 I have never seen a Tweet or are simply hawking affiliate links or offering me Viagra or Cialis.

Sure I still might have Santa Claus, Batman, the Joker, DailyDeals and NMWeddings following me, but I no longer have to read thier mindless drivel and SPAM.

Twitter and third-party applications, like TweetDeck, are offering solutions to report SPAM, but the sad fact of the matter is that until Twitter gets bought or finds a profitable business plan, we will all be suspect to falling into the TwiSPAM dump.

Interesting articles on the topic:

• PC World
• CNet

To answer my title question in prose: Yes it has. While the definition of Twispam varies, depending who you ask, from a nuisance to opportunistic marketing.  In my opinion opportunistic marketing should only apply to responding to Tweets about your company’s trademark or products you offer in an unobtrusive soft-sell, when folks chime in on hastags and hot-button issues to get their links out there is nothing short of SPAM and should be removed at all costs.

There are some measures to take to avoid getting SPAMed, but the most sure-fire way to avoid it is to use Twitter as it was intended – as a constant updating site (similar to Facebook) for your circle of friends. Manning your account in that manner may sound easy, but at times it’s not as we all look to fan the flames of our own self-importance.I, like many, saw my following list explode after signing up with services like  TweetLater, where you could simply auto-follow those who followed me.  This seemed like a good idea at the time, until I noticed the growth literally suffocating the Tweets I wanted to see on my TweetDeck. After stopping the service, my following grew, but at a pace I was comfortable with, unfortunately, my feed was still advancing at a clip I couldn’t control for an additional few months. I know I am lazy, but today I decided to hedge through my following list and cut out over 200 people who 1 I have never seen a Tweet or are simply hawking affiliate links or offering me Viagra or Cialis.

Sure I still might have Santa Claus, Batman, the Joker, DailyDeals and NMWeddings following me, but I no longer have to read thier mindless drivel and SPAM.

Twitter and third-party applications, like TweetDeck, are offering solutions to report SPAM, but the sad fact of the matter is that until Twitter gets bought or finds a profitable business plan, we will all be suspect to falling into the TwiSPAM dump.

Interesting articles on the topic:

• PC World
• CNet

To answer my title question in prose: Yes it has. While the definition of Twispam varies, depending who you ask, from a nuisance to opportunistic marketing.  In my opinion opportunistic marketing should only apply to responding to Tweets about your company’s trademark or products you offer in an unobtrusive soft-sell, when folks chime in on hastags and hot-button issues to get their links out there is nothing short of SPAM and should be removed at all costs.

There are some measures to take to avoid getting SPAMed, but the most sure-fire way to avoid it is to use Twitter as it was intended – as a constant updating site (similar to Facebook) for your circle of friends. Manning your account in that manner may sound easy, but at times it’s not as we all look to fan the flames of our own self-importance.I, like many, saw my following list explode after signing up with services like  TweetLater, where you could simply auto-follow those who followed me.  This seemed like a good idea at the time, until I noticed the growth literally suffocating the Tweets I wanted to see on my TweetDeck. After stopping the service, my following grew, but at a pace I was comfortable with, unfortunately, my feed was still advancing at a clip I couldn’t control for an additional few months. I know I am lazy, but today I decided to hedge through my following list and cut out over 200 people who 1 I have never seen a Tweet or are simply hawking affiliate links or offering me Viagra or Cialis.

Sure I still might have Santa Claus, Batman, the Joker, DailyDeals and NMWeddings following me, but I no longer have to read thier mindless drivel and SPAM.

Twitter and third-party applications, like TweetDeck, are offering solutions to report SPAM, but the sad fact of the matter is that until Twitter gets bought or finds a profitable business plan, we will all be suspect to falling into the TwiSPAM dump.

Interesting articles on the topic:

• PC World
• CNet

To answer my title question in prose: Yes it has. While the definition of Twispam varies, depending who you ask, from a nuisance to opportunistic marketing.  In my opinion opportunistic marketing should only apply to responding to Tweets about your company’s trademark or products you offer in an unobtrusive soft-sell, when folks chime in on hastags and hot-button issues to get their links out there is nothing short of SPAM and should be removed at all costs.

There are some measures to take to avoid getting SPAMed, but the most sure-fire way to avoid it is to use Twitter as it was intended – as a constant updating site (similar to Facebook) for your circle of friends. Manning your account in that manner may sound easy, but at times it’s not as we all look to fan the flames of our own self-importance.I, like many, saw my following list explode after signing up with services like  TweetLater, where you could simply auto-follow those who followed me.  This seemed like a good idea at the time, until I noticed the growth literally suffocating the Tweets I wanted to see on my TweetDeck. After stopping the service, my following grew, but at a pace I was comfortable with, unfortunately, my feed was still advancing at a clip I couldn’t control for an additional few months. I know I am lazy, but today I decided to hedge through my following list and cut out over 200 people who 1 I have never seen a Tweet or are simply hawking affiliate links or offering me Viagra or Cialis.

Sure I still might have Santa Claus, Batman, the Joker, DailyDeals and NMWeddings following me, but I no longer have to read thier mindless drivel and SPAM.

Twitter and third-party applications, like TweetDeck, are offering solutions to report SPAM, but the sad fact of the matter is that until Twitter gets bought or finds a profitable business plan, we will all be suspect to falling into the TwiSPAM dump.

Interesting articles on the topic:

• PC World
• CNet