Dm Archives · Michelle Harris

It wasn’t me! Twitter admits to unfollowing for us

By Michelle Harris|2017-02-08T01:20:02+01:00January 22nd, 2012|Categories: Internet Tools, Social Media|Tags: auto, Dm, followed, twitter, unfollowing|

Twitter has confirmed that there is a known issue which seems as if it is unfollowing our followers. Well, what they actually say is that it just appears that your friends have been unfollowed but really they haven't. However this doesn't explain why you cannot dm users that you know that you were following previously. The first comments on this page from this Twitter support blog are 6 months old, of which there are 345 comments - so I assume thats how old the post is but still we have this problem. People say a fix is to reload the twitter.com page, it doesn't show those users as unfollowed anymore. I haven't tried this yet. However, its good news to know that Twitter to acknowledge the fact, as its pretty embarrassing to say - I didn't unfollow you, it must have been twitter - yeah sure! Mind you, now its a good excuse to use, if say you unfollowed someone by mistake or in the heat of the moment! ha! No, of course I wouldn't do that! This unfollowing is not a new issue, [...]

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Twitter Money Scam Hacks Your Account

By Michelle Harris|2017-02-08T01:20:27+01:00August 21st, 2011|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Dm, hacking, hacks, help, messages, money, scam, twitter|

We are seeing these words too much on Twitter at the moment - I've been hacked! Be warned - The Twitter make money fast scam hacks your account This scam or variations on the same theme is still going around Twitter, its been floating around for at least a month now so its spreading viciously. How I made $$$ working from home Make money working from home Working from home leads to shocking money results How I got rich on Twitter These appear in your DM (Direct messages) from friends, so you think that they are real - and after you click them to see what it is, it starts sending out DM's to all of your friends, and before you know it people are telling you, that you got them hacked too. Followers are likely to unfollow and blame you for this. I must say that is so easy to get sucked into clicking these things, as they are from friends and we'd all like to make a fast buck, but there is one thing to remember, if it was legit [...]

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Is this you in this picture ? Twitter Phishing scam!

By Michelle Harris|2017-02-08T01:20:31+01:00July 9th, 2011|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: details, Dm, is this you in this picture, msm, phishing, scam, twitter|

This is an old MSN scam which has now reached Twitter - the MSN scam was trying to get your credit card details and any other personal details, so I'm a bit wary of this one on Twitter. Its spreading fast as you can see from these Tweets ..... Its coming through as a DM from one of your friends, which makes you think its real - but its not of course. When you click it, it Dm's your friends. Don't click If you have then check your approved applications and remove anything dodgy looking - change your password and do a scan to be on the safe side. I will let you know more, when I find out more information. In the meantime, better to be safe than sorry and do the above. Hope this helps

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Twitter Viagra scam DM spreading fast

By Michelle Harris|2017-02-08T01:20:38+01:00June 24th, 2011|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Dm, message, phishing, scam, twitter, viagra, worm|

There is a new Phishing scam or spam DM spreading quickly around Twitter at the moment, seemingly a direct message that is sent from your friend says...... (or similar) "I got huge discounts on Viagra, cialis and more, no prescription needed." This is what twitter are saying ........ I didn't click the link myself so I'm not sure where the link takes you, although hopefully Google chrome would have warned me as it is pretty secure. However....... Please don't click it, as it will be DM'ed to many of your followers - and this will keep it alive! I personally, never click any links that are DM'd to me, without knowing about it first. They are either spam or self promotions, both of which should not be in my DM box. If there is something to say @ me - If I do get something I am not sure of - I ask the sender if they meant to send it, on this occasion I asked as a joke as why would someone send me something about Viagra :) If you have clicked [...]

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Bulk Delete DM’s

By Michelle Harris|2017-02-08T01:21:16+01:00November 6th, 2010|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: bulk delete, delete, Dm, Dms, facebook help, twitter|

People are always asking me or asking on Twitter of a quick way to bulk delete DMs, as its rather tedious to delete them one by one. I'm always giving out the link, so I this maybe more helpful. What you need is DM Whacker. From @dacortDM Whacker is a brilliant little bookmarklet that deletes all of your direct messages from your profile. It definitely works in Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari, not sure what others. There are various options All DM'sAll sentAll receivedDM's from a certain userOr in advances features DM's containing a certain text. Note - It will also delete all the DM's in your recipients inbox (so they will know you have deleted them) Here are the instuctions from the site http://dcortesi.com/tools/dm-deleter/ Drag the link below to your bookmarks bar (or right click and save in bookmarks) and then open your Direct Messages page in Twitter. Click the bookmarklet you created and select whether you want to delete all direct messages, or just direct messages from a specific user (No @ in front of their name).Please note that when you delete a message [...]

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