Comments on: Barcamp Leipzig (part 1) http://blog.blinker.net/2008/05/08/barcamp-leipzig-part-1/ Computer Science, Mathematics, Games Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:39:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Björn http://blog.blinker.net/2008/05/08/barcamp-leipzig-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Björn Thu, 08 May 2008 17:58:17 +0000 http://blog.blinker.net/2008/05/08/barcamp-leipzig-part-1/#comment-5 It definitely seems to be a grey area, maybe there can be no definite answer. Of course it has to be possible for people to initiate business contacts somehow. Therefore I think there is no law that forbids spam as in uninvited emailing or messaging. Maybe by law there is some fuzzy definition as to the degree of suitability your contact request has to have? I hope I made it clear that Sonntagmorgen.com has all my sympathies, just when I wrote it I thought "there could be thousands or millions twittering about coffee eventually" - so with your strategy you would eventually follow thousands of users without invitation. Of course I assume you don't have a bot following anybody who is interested in coffee. Rather, it sounded as if you follow personally, if you notice somebody who could be interested - that way in practice it would take a long time before you would be considered a spammer. Maybe with the right personal touch, people can accept uninvited followers. Too bad that it is not possible to state a reason for following somebody on Twitter, or is there? I am also very interested in this discussion. It definitely seems to be a grey area, maybe there can be no definite answer. Of course it has to be possible for people to initiate business contacts somehow. Therefore I think there is no law that forbids spam as in uninvited emailing or messaging. Maybe by law there is some fuzzy definition as to the degree of suitability your contact request has to have?

I hope I made it clear that Sonntagmorgen.com has all my sympathies, just when I wrote it I thought “there could be thousands or millions twittering about coffee eventually” – so with your strategy you would eventually follow thousands of users without invitation. Of course I assume you don’t have a bot following anybody who is interested in coffee. Rather, it sounded as if you follow personally, if you notice somebody who could be interested – that way in practice it would take a long time before you would be considered a spammer. Maybe with the right personal touch, people can accept uninvited followers. Too bad that it is not possible to state a reason for following somebody on Twitter, or is there?

I am also very interested in this discussion.

]]> By: Till http://blog.blinker.net/2008/05/08/barcamp-leipzig-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Till Thu, 08 May 2008 09:04:22 +0000 http://blog.blinker.net/2008/05/08/barcamp-leipzig-part-1/#comment-4 "I guess technically it is still spamming" - That is, if I follow someone sharing my or my corporate's main interest without personally knowing that someone, I commit Twitter spam? This is not (entirely) a rhetorical question, I am very curious about where the spam discussion will lead. “I guess technically it is still spamming” – That is, if I follow someone sharing my or my corporate’s main interest without personally knowing that someone, I commit Twitter spam? This is not (entirely) a rhetorical question, I am very curious about where the spam discussion will lead.

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