140Mafia Make Us An Offer We Can Opt Out Of

By Richard Hay, on June 17th, 2009

Here we go again – just the other day I wrote about an Opt Out option for the game Spymaster in my post Do You Want to be a Spymaster on Twitter? Me neither!

Well just a few days later there is another game using Twitter as the medium but the difference between this one and Spymaster is that there is no Opt Out anywhere to be found on the website for the game.

You would think that folks developing these games would have figured it out by now. Unsolicited DM’s and a constant flow of Tweets in our timeline that only have to do with their game does not create a positive outlook from those of us who choose not to participate in the game.

Just like with Spymaster, I have absolutely no heartburn with those who choose to play the games that use Twitter as a medium. However, it is in your best interest from a PR perspective to have an Opt Out on your website for those of us who would like to filter those things from our DM box and timeline.

Unsolicited DM’s are the SPAM of Twitter – please do not be a spammer – give us an Opt Out from the start.

Richard Hay (3356 Posts)

Richard is the Owner of WindowsObserver.com and has been involved in tech for over 25 years. His first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then he used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and what you see here today is the result of the work he has continued on the site since 1995. In January 2010 his community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when he was awarded the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for Windows Desktop Experience. In January 2011 he was renewed as a Microsoft MVP but in a new category called Windows Expert - Consumer and in January 2012 he received the award for the third time.

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