Social Media Examiner | Twitter - Direct Messages | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/feed/ Twitter - Direct Messages - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business Thu, 23 May 2013 00:48:53 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-46202<![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-46202 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 05:01:25 +0000 Dea Irby replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business Great discussion here, thanks for the question, Mary. I have received that message and just deleted it. Good advice about setting up alerts. 
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]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-46162<![CDATA[Jason Wiser replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-46162 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 07:39:59 +0000 Jason Wiser replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business I just started a new thread that asks "Do you read Twitter DM's"I invite you to come and share your thoughts.http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/do-you-read-your-twitter-dms/?#post-46161

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28739<![CDATA[Del Williams replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28739 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:15:53 +0000 Del Williams replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business Generally the people who are sending it have had their account highjacked because they did click it. This is the reason most people don't use DM anymore without tweeting to the person you have sent it. Also, the […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28524<![CDATA[Rich Brooks replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28524 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:44:06 +0000 Rich Brooks replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business @marylarson

As @charlene-kingston said, it's spam. Click on that link and suddenly DMs willbe sent from your account.

The only difference that I'd suggest is that you first try and DM them so they're […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28394<![CDATA[Charlene Kingston replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28394 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:37:48 +0000 Charlene Kingston replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business @marylarson You've gotten some great advice here. Those tweets are spam, sent unknowingly to you by a bot that took over a friend/acquaintance Twitter account. Never click them, or you will do the same to […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28389<![CDATA[Jules Webb replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28389 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:37:42 +0000 Jules Webb replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business @debbielynnava thank you. I'm familiar with using Google alerts, just hadn't occurred to me to set an alert for my twitter handle, it's a good idea.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28385<![CDATA[Debbie Lynn Butler replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28385 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:08:02 +0000 Debbie Lynn Butler replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business  @juleswebb Google Alerts also work for common misspellings of your name.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28341<![CDATA[Jules Webb replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28341 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:47:29 +0000 Jules Webb replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business @debbielynnava I hadn't thought of setting up an alert for my twitter name, thanks for the tip!

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28273<![CDATA[Mary Larson replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28273 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:53:51 +0000 Mary Larson replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business @marketinggeek Oh, that makes sense! You would think by now people would know not to click on a random link like that!@trudyd1474 These are definitely coming from Twitter, not FB. I don't play games on FB […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28263<![CDATA[Trudy Doolittle replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28263 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:50:21 +0000 Trudy Doolittle replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business Personally, I avoid any kind of games on FB.  My belief is some of those may be the source so I avoid all the games.  I haven't gotten any of those messages.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28244<![CDATA[Debbie Lynn Butler replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28244 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:54:11 +0000 Debbie Lynn Butler replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business @marylarson If you have Google Alerts set for your name, your business name, and your Twitter name, you don't have to worry because you will already know what people are saying about you.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28242<![CDATA[Kristy C. Cartier replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28242 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:34:26 +0000 Kristy C. Cartier replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business @marylarson In Hootsuite and TweetDeck (the older version that I use), you can right click and block as well as block and tag as spam. This is for the spam mentions. Luckily I have not had any of the DM variety […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28227<![CDATA[Bob Gaynor replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28227 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:48:34 +0000 Bob Gaynor replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business That has happened to a friend. If you click on it, your account will be hacked and you will send that message to everyone who is following you.The person who you received the message from probably made that […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28205<![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28205 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:07:03 +0000 Dea Irby replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business I've gotten those messages and just delete them without clicking the link. But I think I get them on facebook. @marylarson

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28201<![CDATA[Jules Webb replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/twitter-direct-messages/#post-28201 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:30:21 +0000 Jules Webb replied to the forum topic Twitter - Direct Messages in the club Small Business @marylarson I've never experienced anything like that before. I'm curious to hear what other have to say about it.

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