You could request the feature be added to Echofon, you could tolerate the occasional spam notifications (and report/block the accounts), or you could find another Twitter client that has a feature to suppress notification of mentions from accounts you do not follow.
Added an option receiving mentions notification only from people you followĮchofon for Windows and for Firefox do not seem to have such a feature yet. It facilitates conversations with new people who you might not have otherwise interacted with.Įchofon for iOS recently ( as of May 8, 2012) gained a new feature: In the Twitter web interface, you would see these tweets under the ' Connect' tab, possibly buried under the option labeled 'Mentions'. In a world without spam, this is useful behavior. Echofon is notifying you that a Twitter user has mentioned your twitter account in one of their own tweets. Echofon then notifies you of these tweets. When Echofon asks Twitter for a list of your "mentions" and/or "interactions", the tweets from the spam bots are included in the list. Hey, I think is loving his new remote from (some "My new remote controlled helicopter arrives tomorrow! Hooray!"Īnd the spambots respond I know, right? i got mine today from (some FREE HELICOPTER FOR THE FIRST TEN PEOPLE (some One of the ways in which they react is to reply to your tweet or to "mention" you. When your public tweet brings your Twitter account to the attention of the spambots, they will react. #MOBIWORLD SPAM IN ECHOFON FULL#
Mention of various Apple Computer product names is one that I've seen attract the bots in full force.
As you stated, "webcam" was one that attracted the bots. There are numerous spam bots that will tweet "at" you, usually in response to one of your public tweets that mentions a keyword. In the Twitter web interface, you would see these tweets under the " Connect" tab, possibly buried under the option labeled " Mentions". Echofon is notifying you that a Twitter user has mentioned your twitter account in one of their own tweets.
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