According to TechCrunch, if you @reply someone in the past day, Conversationlist will add them to your “conversationlist” Twitter list. People on your list are automatically updated or removed depending on how often a conversation is held.

Some Twitter users remain confused with Twitter lists as well as the new addition of Conversationlist.

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   goslow53 (Grand lake Colorado) I now have a Twitter conversation list. I don’t know what that is, but I got one! 10 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck
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   ChristineNgo (San Francisco, CA) @drewber what does being on your conversation list mean? 10 Nov 2009 from web in reply to drewber
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   cherluvya (Red Rock Desert, Utah) Yesterday I sent a link for the new “conversation list maker”. My list shows all my convos & those I talk to that day. Am I stalking myself? 11 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck
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   LiteChild (Undisclosed) Oooo..wait. Maybe I need to try putting together a “list”..might make it easier to follow the conversation? Not really sure what “lists” DO? 11 Nov 2009 from web

Others see how Conversationlist can be handy and enjoy experimenting with new Twitter features.

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   debkhan (London) Made @cherkoff conversation list. Yes! Now James, just give me some induction on ‘em, More lists, that’s EXACTLY what my life needs 08 Nov 2009 from web
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   nessavay (portlandia) Out of the 215 people I follow, I only converse with 19. Interesting! http://conversationlist.com/ 11 Nov 2009 from web
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   AnthonyFloyd (Vancouver, BC) An awesome use of Twitter lists: www.conversationlist.com 11 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck
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   benatkin (Boulder, CO) Glad to be in the elite group with @MsHerr and @conrey in @EvilBobby’s conversation list! http://twitter.com/EvilBobby/conversationlist 11 Nov 2009 from web
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   andinarvaez (MD/D.C. area) Conversationlist makes Twitter lists based on who you exchange tweets w/ n a regular basis. I’m going to try it out http://bit.ly/fIfex 11 Nov 2009 from web

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According to Telegraph.co.uk, the Itaipu dam that straddles Brazil and Paraguay, one of the largest in the world, experienced an unspecified problem, causing blackouts in both countries.

According to the BNO News Twitter account, power to Paraguay’s capital was restored shortly thereafter, but blackouts in Brazil continued, sending residents in Rio de Janeiro to Twitter for information:

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   cobalto (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Lacked light throughout Brazil. Itaipu fufufu. It’s bizarre being on the internet at the moment. We are making history It! 11 Nov 2009 from web
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   nathaliasch (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) It seems that a problem in the Itaipu Power Plant is leaving much of the country in darkness. The information is faster than light. 11 Nov 2009 from mobile web
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   Letysilva (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) ITAIPU …. Where is the light?? QUE CALOR …!!!! 11 Nov 2009 from web
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   dodsdmr (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) the apagao reaches up to Paraguay, Itaipu tá stopped … not see the light back so soon, help! 11 Nov 2009 from web
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   Evelynsouza (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Man runs out of light ehm to bad! the minutes seem like eternity! Itaipu please help us!! 11 Nov 2009 from web
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   jorgeodaviriato (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) This is too serious.
   Can you imagine the USA suffered nuclear arsenal and missiles fired crash? Itaipu is our nuclear arsenal. Think about 11 Nov 2009 from web

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The hijackers also leave a message on the group board reading “Hello, we hereby announce that we have officially hijacked your Facebook group,” the message reads. “This means we control a certain part of the information about you on Facebook. If we wanted we could make you appear in a bad way which could damage your image severly [sic].”

Control Your Info is a website dedicated to security on social-networking sites.  The website contains guidelines for creating content in social media, connecting with people online, and creating passwords and trusting sites.  The site also has a humorous Top 3 Don’ts page.

Many Twitter users support the actions of Control Your Info to inform people about online security.

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   ahex (Bolton, Undisclosed)Reading about “Control Your Info” groups on Facebook. Excellent way to make a point imo. 10 Nov 2009 from web
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   dwayneWa (Charlotte, NC) @mackenziefarone very interesting! Facebook’s group settings are quite lax…good for Control Your Info to be civil about it 10 Nov 2009 from web in reply to mackenziefarone
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   SimplyH (Amstelveen, Netherlands) RT @Techmeme: Hundreds of Facebook Groups Hacked http://bit.ly/1aFUHG – luckily these were good hackers giving us a warning 10 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck
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   dmagy (Longmont, CO)Protesters hijack more than 200 Facebook groups: http://tinyurl.com/ygej2gg [Sometimes you have to push to get someones attention] 10 Nov 2009 from web
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   gilzow (Undisclosed)RT @SocialMediaSec: RT @raduboncea Facebook Hacked for Real This Time http://j.mp/2eMaAb <- some good points abt security at #facebook 10 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck
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   pennysaverwired (Maryland)Actually the website has some good points about info safety.. Protesters hijack more than 200 Facebook groups – http://bit.ly/129Hya #cnn 10 Nov 2009 from web

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WAToday.com reported that past and present students are responsible for the group’s creation and described themselves as “anti-consent” in the description.

The group, titled “Define Statutory,” is just part of what the Sydney Morning Herald reported as a much bigger problem on these elite college campuses where there is a lack of respect for women by some men.

Twitterers are disgusted that this group existed, though some are saying that it does not come as a surprise.

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   maxine (Sydney, Australia) Least surprising news story of the morning: “Elite college students proud of ‘pro-rape’ Facebook page” http://bit.ly/4AWKzA 08 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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   nellieoconnor (Sydney, Australia) Am disgusted by the USyd College ‘pro-rape’ facebook site. I hope it was in jest, but some things just aren’t funny. http://bit.ly/B8bWb 08 Nov 2009 from web
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   Jen_Bennett (Sydney, Australia) Misogyny, rape at Sydney Uni colleges not super surprising, just depressing. What year is it again? http://bit.ly/1nSo1P (via @rachelhills) 08 Nov 2009 from web
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   auswonderwoman (Melbourne, Australia) Elite University of Sydney college students proud of ‘pro-rape’ Facebook page. Disgusting and disgraceful! 08 Nov 2009 from web
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   theastonshuffle (Canberra, Australia) horrible, but im not surprised RT @SBSNews: pro-rape Facebook site set up by students of elite colleges http://bit.ly/2BNgBY (via @radger) 09 Nov 2009 from Twitterrific
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   JoinTheFarQ (Sydney, Australia) Please prosecute these ‘ Pro-Rape’ facebook group of weak, scum, idiots: http://bit.ly/4rZWm2 09 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck
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   PeterBlackQUT (Brisbane, Australia) this sounds like an american frat house, not an australian uni: “elite college students proud of pro-rape facebook page” http://j.mp/27ybUu 09 Nov 2009 from BigTweet

School officials are “sickened” by the issue and believe that the binge drinking lifestyle that is common on college campuses is partly to blame for women feeling unsafe.

While the University is looking into the issue further, no action has been taken yet against the students responsible for the group, ABC News in Australia reported.

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According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Facebook claimed Wallace violated the federal anti-spam law, known as CAN-SPAM, roughly 14 million times. Wallace allegedly sent numerous Facebook members a link to a website which tricked them into revealing their login information. Wallace then used these accounts to spam the account holders’ friends with phony messages and wall posts.

“While we don’t expect to receive the vast majority of the award, we hope that this will act as a continued deterrent against these criminals,” read an official statement released by the Facebook legal team. “Most notably, the judge referred Wallace to the U.S. Attorney’s Office with a request that Wallace be prosecuted for criminal contempt, which means that in addition to the judgment, he now faces possible jail time. This is another important victory in our fight against spam. We will continue to pursue damages against other spammers.”

Rather than bidding the ’spam king’ a fond farewell, most Twitterers made light of the situation, some wanting to know what is going to happen to all that money:

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   IMN_ (Petersburg, VA) Facebook was awarded $711 million in a spam suit?? Are you kidding me?? Wtf! As if they needed any MORE funding for anything.. Capitalism :/ 30 Oct 2009 from UberTwitter
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   dwlz (Los Angeles, CA) It’s plain ridiculous that Facebook just got awarded $711 million in spam “damages”. What do the people who were spammed get, if anything? 30 Oct 2009 from web
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   badcharts (Austin, TX) Facebook awarded $711 million in case against spammer. I think this must have something to do with FarmTown updates. 30 Oct 2009 from HootSuite
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   KristofferMarc (California) Hi FaceBook, can i get in on that $711 million dollar settlement? No, that’s cool.How about having your iphone application actually work? 30 Oct 2009 from Tweetie
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   CubanCherub (Undisclosed) Facebook wins $711 million in spam lawsuit. FB said that the award, made in Calif, was the “2nd largest in history” for an anti-spam action. 30 Oct 2009 from web
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   helveticavtimes (Undisclosed) HvT: Facebook Spammer Has to Pay $711 Million, Your Annoying ‘Friends’ Still Free to Poke You 30 Oct 2009 from Twitter Tools
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   AaronDavidWard (Ballston Spa, NY) A spammer owes $234 million to MySpace and $711 million to Facebook…and millions of hours to social networkers who have to delete. 01 Nov 2009 from web

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First, Microsoft and Twitter reached an agreement to include Twitter search results in Microsoft’s Bing. The new site bing.com/twitter does not just sort Twitter search results chronologically but by relevancy as well, based on an algorithm that includes number of followers.

Hours later, it was announced by Mashable that Google and Twitter struck a deal to include real-time tweets in Google’s results.

Many Twitter users are excited about Bing’s new Twitter search engine and are pleased with some of the features.

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   Fitz (Chicago, IL)Bing’s Twitter search includes “Top links shared in Tweets” based on whatever you search. I think that’s pretty sweet. #Bing #Twitter 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   USCComputerStor (Los Angeles, CA)What do you think? We’re kinda psched… RT @Scobleizer: Bing’s Twitter site JUST OPENED: http://www.bing.com/twitter 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   laputean (Undisclosed) so interesting how Bing’s twitter organize the search http://bit.ly/354tH6 (here is a xenakis serach) 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   zebs (Undisclosed) Bing’s twitter search baby is born http://www.bing.com/twitter. Not awful. Funny how RT is built in, w/ bit.ly no less. HT @leighleighsf 21 Oct 2009 from Echofon
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   WillBrown (Washington D.C.) I think I actually like Microsoft Bing’s Twitter search engine. Especially the top URLs tweeted about the search term. 21 Oct 2009 from mobile web

 But not all Twitter users liked the Bing addition.

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   ErinLBrennan (Chicago, IL)what’s up with bing’s twitter search? its just not the same. 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   GustavoZengen (Porto Alegre, Brasil) O Bing tem um sistema que busca no Twitter agora? Mas que coisa inútil, o próprio Twitter faz isso… Não é? lol # Bing’s Twitter (Bing has a system that seeks on Twitter now? But the thing useless, Twitter itself does this … Not? lol # Bing’s Twitter) 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   Kelsey_Krause (Undisclosed) i dont know about bing’s twitter… not really liking it. 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   dh_radio (Undisclosed) In our opinion, Bing’s Twitter Search layout could be much better. No one likes to scroll down forever. 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   _leajonas (Undisclose) Bing’s Twitter is pretty useless .. 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   C0llegeKid (Undisclosed)Bing’s Twitter integration is really ugly and counter-intuitive. As I should have expected. 21 Oct 2009 from web

 Some felt as though the Google deal was a blow to the Bing announcement, as Google remains the world’s most popular search engine. Here were some another initial thoughts from the Twitterverse when the Google deal was announced:

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   nathanbyrne (St. Joseph, Mo.) The zillion-dollar Twitter valuation makes more sense now. RT @adamostrow what a friggin day … google, bing, twitter, facebook … oh my! 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   KBEuro (Undisclosed) Bing!BangBoom RT @fredericl Google (in coming months) will also show realtime Twitter updates in search results http://bit.ly/1U27fr #ERWWPR 21 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
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   ninjadza (Scotland) RT: @mashable: BREAKING: Google Announces Search Deal With Twitter – http://bit.ly/1c9HVO : thats better than the bing news! who uses bing? 21 Oct 2009 from Echofon
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   attybegemann (Connecticut) RT @ConradSaam You thought Bing and Twitter was big? Google gets in bed with Twitter today too. http://bit.ly/2Y1UJz 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   georgestanley (Leamington Spa, U.K.) Both Google and Bing integrate Twitter into search… guessing the timing isn’t a coincidence. Could this be the twitter business model? 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   jayhutch (New York, N.Y.) Take that Bing! RT @mashable: BREAKING: Google Announces Search Deal With Twitter – http://bit.ly/1c9HVO 21 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck

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This happened even though the phrase “No God” had been tweeted far more times than the phrase “Know God,” and was even the top trending topic at one point.

Earlier today Rev Run Simmons, member of former hip hop group Run-D.M.C. and star of MTV’s Run’s House, posted this tweet causing a trending topic war between the phrases “Know God” and “No God”.

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   RevRunWisdom Know God… Know Peace. No God.. No Peace!. 20 Oct 2009 from mobile web

Many Twitterers are concerned that Twitter did indeed alter the trending topic list on the site by deliberately removing “No God” (which did result in plenty of spam and anti-religious remarks after some time):

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   TonyVenom (Chicago, IL)Twitter a free speech eating monster & pusher of spam is here to regulate you. 140 characters of agenda. #TwitterFail #Censorship 21 Oct 2009 from Power Twitter
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   morb01 (Chesterfield, UK) @Monicks i dont like religion but i hate censorship more, twitter was a place i felt safe to be atheist and free to discuss, now its church 21 Oct 2009 from Power Twitter in reply to Monicks
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   catgoesmeow (Undisclosed) This isn’t about “No God” or “Know God”; this is about #censorship Demand that Twitter rights this wrong! #censorship 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   hpboomzz (Tennessee) how is it right to censor “no god” and change it to “know god” some people dont believe in god, some do. fight #censorship 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   clamairy (Undisclosed) Twitter = censorship. For shame. no god 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   DieselDragon (Farnborough, UK) Let’s keep the fight for free speech up best we can…If Twitter goes down, maybe they’ll learn a much needed lesson! #censorship no god 21 Oct 2009 from web

Breaking Tweets has asked Twitter for comment and will post its response immediately, should one be received.

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A lot of attention is being placed on how various companies praise Twitter as a groundbreaking tool. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts even  explained how Twitter has “changed the culture of our company.”

“Web 2.0 Summit commences!” - @ayazook

“Opening plenary at web squared #w2s” - @kimogoree

“Web 2.0 attendees. Updating and checking whatever web 2.0 connection there might be...” - @kajbouic

“Listening to Carly Fiorina on stage at Web 2.0. Cancer survivor. Considering Senate run.” - @MichaelBoerner

It’s no surprise that an immense amount of tweeting has been coming in from the summit today and will most likely continue throughout the duration of the events.

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   akash099 (New Delhi, Delhi India) Attending a talk on – “”The evolution of the Web meets Artificial Intelligence : from Web 2.0 to the Semantic Web”" today @ 12pm, IIA-101 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   CSU_Library (Australia) According to a presentation at the Web 2.0 summit, Mobile web is taking over the world! http://ow.ly/vAAt 21 Oct 2009 from HootSuite
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   PowerMarketers (location undisclosed) Twitter CEO Evan Williams Vaguely Discusses Revenue Model at Web 2.0 Summit http://url4.eu/dfVo 21 Oct 2009 from RSS2Twitter
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   SimonTheSn0wman (Glendale, California) RT @ijustine: “Heading to some Web 2.0 parties.. It is freezing in San Francisco!!” 21 Oct 2009 from HootSuite
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   pixelfixx (location undisclosed) Surprised web 2.0 summit #w2s does not have a mobile app with, at minimum, the schedule. Instead they hand out pink 8.5×11 flyers. #fail 21 Oct 2009 from Tweetie

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To follow the rest of the events during the Web 2.0 Summit, search the hashtag #w2s on Twitter

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   CathyBrooks (San Francisco, CA) Finishing up glass of vino in lobby of St. Regis with @itstricchi then heading to Caanan Partnere #w2s shin-dig. 21 Oct 2009 from Gravity
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   anandc (Mountain View, CA) Didn’t think I would be saying that jeff immelt and carly fiorina (candidate for senate?) were 2 of my favorite speakers today at #w2s 21 Oct 2009 from txt
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   Gromit09 (location undisclosed) Live From Web2.0 Summit: Global GDP growth turned positive, particular India & China, Mary Meeker says #w2s (@davbunnell) 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   gav1nk (location undisclosed) good first day at web2.0 in sf. Looking forward to tomorrow #w2s 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   stressfree (Helsinki, Finland) RT @Rafe: GE CEO Jeff Immelt on why he’s not on Twitter: “I sell gas turbines. All my customers know me.” #W2S 21 Oct 2009 from dabr

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India is already one of Twitter’s largest subscriber bases with more than 5 million registered users, Times of India reports. That number will climb, experts say, now that this deal has been arranged.

Many Twitter users in India were excited about the new deal:

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   mojorojo (Mumbai, India) Got a little Twitter popup here that says Airtel users can new Tweet over SMS. Nicely done. 14 Oct 2009 from web
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   skyn3t (Mumbai, India) WTF –> Bharti Airtel subscribers can now send and receive Tweets via SMS. Read more. 14 Oct 2009 from web
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   Raz0r (New Delhi, India) Finally got Twitter via SMS. Yipee! 14 Oct 2009 from txt
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   Bhooshan (Mumbai, India) @devakishor if it is normal SMS cost, I don’t mind it at all. It would come cheaper than using GPRS I believe. 14 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck in reply to devakishor
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   axidently (Calcutta, India) twitter updates only on airtel… thru sms i think after 4yrs of being on airtel… FOR ONCE i feel a semblance of cool / pride abt this! 14 Oct 2009 from web

But not all were thrilled, as every tweet sent will cost, though tweets can be received for free.

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   danishk (Mumbai, India) Airtel to launch TweetSMS, a service to use twitter via SMS at 1Re per tweet..am i excited ? hell NO! 14 Oct 2009 from BeTwittered
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   manan (Mumbai, India) can someone explain what’s the Twitter-AirTel fuss about? AirTel pushed Twitter 250 SMS/month updates for free initially & 3/- to send. 14 Oct 2009 from DestroyTwitter
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   mitaysh (Mumbia, India) twitter on SMS 4 #airtel users now.. but it’s a VAS with super-high charges! not gonna work 4 me..! 14 Oct 2009 from web

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According to Twitter clicking on the “report for spam” link alerts Twitter that the account is a possible spam account and blocks the account from following you or replying to you.

Twitter considers an account spam if they use any of the following actions.

• Posting harmful links (including links to phishing or malware sites)
• Abusing the @reply function to post unwanted messages to users
• Creating lots of accounts or using automated tools to create multiple accounts
• Spamming trending topics to try to grab attention
• Repeatedly posting duplicate updates
• Posting links with unrelated tweets
• Aggressive following behavior (for instance, mass following and un-following in order to gain attention)

Twitter users are excited about the new feature as they begin to spam users and clean up their accounts.

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   PeterClumpy (Harrogate) Good news. Brittney appears to have stopped stalking me – thanks to Twitter’s Report Spam Option 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   crabsnu (Undisclosed) The report spam option is the best thing since sliced bread in my opinion. Luuuvve it! 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   RadekKolecki (Undisclosed) Finally with the report spam option for Twitter we may see fewer tools spamming nonsense and abusing the trend topic 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   justiceblob (Nottinghamshire, England) Report Spam Option- quite possibly The best feature of Twitter other than tweeting itself. Bye Bye Britney porn! 13 Oct 2009 from Echofon
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   MyCondoNow (Undisclosed) Twitter will finally have a report Spam option! No more teeth whitening and makemoneynow feeds. 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   bernardoChris (Undisclosed) Im loving the Report Spam Option, Just cleaned out my @replys of most of the spam. Fun fun fun…. 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   diarreamental (Undisclosed) @twitter @spam Thank you for the new report spam option! 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   AnnetteSlater (West Sussex, England) Excellent! we now have a Report Spam Option. Now we can clean up twitter from those blimmin porn and advertising sites! Great news! 13 Oct 2009 from web

Some Twitter users are excited about the new spam feature and would also like to see the long-awaited retweet feature added to the site. Twitter says it is in the plans.

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   aidadoll (Undisclosed) they got a report spam option now? good, now get a retweet option 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   J3rWin (Chennai, India) ohh rite we got the report spam option now..,,n wherez the retweet option ? 13 Oct 2009 from web
3. 
   adamsimon (Orlando, FL) “Report Spam Option” is a start, but now the Twitter site interface needs updating. Besides reply and fave, add Spam and RT options. 13 Oct 2009 from web

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