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I have been blocking more and more Twit spam followers lately on my Twitter account.  Some of the accounts have been suspended by Twitter, which is great, but it is still a a nuisance.  Just one more by-product of Web 2.0 I guess.

But the real quandary is what to call Twitter Spam.  SPIT is already taken (Spam over Internet Telephony).  Maybe SPITT, with an extra “T”?  How about TWAM?  But most spam names are acronyms and start with “SP”.  How about SPER?  Uhhh, that would probably not be good.  SPITTER?  Hmmm, that might work.

Any ideas?

[UPDATE]: What about “Spittle”?

Vet

Posted by Michael Farnum on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008