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Turning the Twables On Us Twitter Users

Here we go again – another product/service launch that makes heavy use of Direct Messages (DM’s) on Twitter and no Opt Out available (yet). @twables has a great application directory with five applications listed and the most recent one is Two Tweets and a Lie.

The premise behind the game is that you give two truths and one lie and then opt to send the challenge to your followers (defaults to 100 DM’s). They just launched on 17 June and already are getting a lot of traffic which you may be seeing in your DM’s now!

Again – I have to state that my issue is not with the game or the development of these types of services – it is with the blatant use of DM’s which, when unsolicited, are paramount to SPAM.

Developers of these types of services on Twitter need to plan an Opt Out immediately as part of the roll out or not use the DM’s as the method of spreading their game interaction.  Either works for me and I am sure for many others on Twitter.

Now I have to give @twables credit – they are already planning their Opt Out for the service – good on them for the proactive response.

For all the other developers – please plan for that as part of the launch and stay out of our DM’s!

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140Mafia Make Us An Offer We Can Opt Out Of

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.

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