Fake tweeting, re-hashing and content re-production
One of the things that disturbs and worries me the most is the fact that there are computer hackers now who are so sophisticated that not only create splogs but they can even fake-tweet. The worst thing is that they seem real! The screenshot you’re seeing is a re-tweet from a tweet that I *apparently* sent. Unfortunately, I didn’t. The thing is, how can we stop fake tweeters, sploggers, and in general, the people who rehash and re-produce our online content?
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September 13th, 2009 in
Twitter
Keep your best content in your head, that’s what I do.
Monetize first, share second, another option that seems to lessen the effects on content theft.
I’ve had this happen a time or two. I shrug and just ignore it – anyone with a head on their shoulders can tell the difference between ‘real’ and ‘fake’ tweets. I doubt that this genuinely matters, or could be prevented, any more than a marketer using your name to sell something without you knowing they were using your name. As long as it’s not slanderous, does it matter?
However, were we to actually try and ‘do something’, what would you suggest? Correlelating names with accounts? Some other kind of genuine identity check? Or just the easily ability to mark accounts as spam?
@ Adrian and @ Chris – thanks for commenting
I have no clue how to get rid of this, but I just thought it was eerie!