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I use Followliker and TweetDemon, and recent updates are getting refused by my installation of Microsoft Security Essentials (it's an anti-virus/basic security package from Microsoft). It's saying they contain "severe" risk trojans. At first I just thought maybe there were some false positives...

http://blog.pinterest.com/post/37347668045/fighting-spam Pinterest writes in their blog post that they've been monitoring (and probably ghosting) a bunch of suspicious accounts, and are going to delete them starting today (12/6/2012). Anybody: 1) getting hit 2) seeing their follower count...

As of around 2:30 PM Eastern, my client started giving strange errors, went to visit the forum, found their whole site down. Really, really hope this isn't permanent. This software is quite useful, even for plain old white hat stuff. Started this thread so others can contribute any...

Twitter stops giving Ifttt API access. http://thenextweb.com/opinion/2012/09/21/why-ifttt-forced-remove-twitter-triggers-red-alert-developers/?utm_source=Twitter&awesm=tnw.to_j5At&utm_medium=Spreadus&utm_campaign=social%20media Now, I don't think Twitter is doing this for abuse/spam prevention...

Fiverr sellers of the world, you better step up your game. :D Facebook claims it's detecting and removing bulk Likes, and Likes achieved through sneaky apps. Plain English version: http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/31/facebook-polices-likes/ Corporate speak from Facebook...

Hi there folks, I have hundreds of Twitter accounts. (Long story, they're white hat, actually.) What is the best tool to paste them into a list and have them follow each other? I'm open to pay or free tools, though if it's a hosted service I'd prefer it have an awesome rep (as you have to...

This post isn't technically about BH or IM. But it does give insight into how Twitter is in full "we're not going to take it anymore" mode. They're catching full-on white hat accounts in their net. Accounts that don't even tweet links and have no commercial agenda...

Twitter says they've filed suit against five tool providers (for aggressive Twitter spammers). Would be very interesting to know which tool providers they are. http://blog.twitter.com/2012/04/shutting-down-spammers.html Update: Here are the targets: TweetBuddy, TweetAttacks, TweetAdder, James...

Short version: Have a Facebook Like button on the other side of your Pinterest link(s). People coming over from Pinterest are predisposed to Like a Facebook Page. Context: this is for white-hat marketers who want to have a Dan Kennedy-ish long-term relationship with their customers, and who...