03/27/2018

A New Twitter Headache

A new rule may impact those who automate non-spammy tweets

In an attempt to crack down on spammers, Twitter recently implemented a new rule that may wind up hurting some people who automate non-spammy tweets.

As part of Twitter’s terms of service, users are no longer allowed to post duplicative tweets across different accounts. This makes sense as an anti-spamming effort. But the interpretation of the rules found on Twitter’s automation policies site is causing some confusion. The rule states: “You may not post duplicative or substantially similar Tweets on one account or over multiple accounts you operate.”

(A tweet on Twitter’s developer account adds that “posting identical Tweets over multiple hours or days, or scheduling duplicate content for future publication, is still a violation of our rules.”)

Please select this link to read the complete article from Associations Now.