The Trouble With Twitter Trends

Courtesy Mashable!  Fri, 07/10/2009 - 03:32

Twitter LogoWe’ve highlighted the problem of malicious links and spam permeating Twitter trends several times before , but the problem is getting worse, fast.

If Twitter doesn’t fix it soon, Twitter Trends will simply become a huge pile of irrelevant content, spam and links that lead to viruses and spyware.

Case in point: “Bruno ” is trending right now.

I’ve clicked the trend to see some early user reviews, but instead I got overwhelmed with spam, pointing...


 

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