I'm at the point where I'd rather not have it, but it's effectively the LinkedIn of my professional sphere.
What's new is that Twitter now locks you out just for reading tweets without an account.
I don't think that holds up in general, and especially not in Twitter's case. Logged-out users can barely interact with the site -- all of the important interactions (and, in particular, all of the ones that would be concerning from a spam-prevention standpoint) require the user to be logged in.
I'm not sure it applies to YouTube either. The site has very few login requirements, other than for age-restricted videos.
They account requirement is simple there for more efficient data collection.
I ask everyone here to stop telling every word so literal
You need a login in order to spam. What a stupid theory.
Well, no, it's exactly the opposite of what you said. It's kind of concerning that you can't tell the difference.
A login requirement can't have any effect on spammers, because -- in order to be spammers -- they must already have satisfied that requirement. The only people a login requirement can exclude are, by definition, not spammers.
I'm not sure if you are trolling or just being overly pedantic to argue for the sake of arguing or what but it's tiring.
Spammers scrape data and sell it to other spammers who do other actions.
When you come in with an intent to disprove you're going to be looking for holes in what someone says rather than focusing on the value. That's one of the main problems with the web and the world these days.
No, that's not what a spammer is.
> Scraping is a huge part of spamming.
No, it isn't.
In the context in which we are talking, yes indeed a spammer needs to create accounts to dm people, upvote, retweet,.etc etc etc.
You might be thinking of email or something, which is a different type of spam in a different context.
Again, please try to stay positive and look for value rather than just simply trying to win.
A Twitter spammer creates many accounts, scrapes to identify an audience, follows and unfollows to build their audience, DMs, tweets, etc for the purpose of making money.
There, are there any more blanks that you want me to fill? Or can I go back to living in peace and speaking with people who aren't trying to poke holes in everything.
P.S. sorry to anyone having to read this drivel. But I feel the need to defend when people come in here with an intent to argue for the sake of arguing and showing zero intent to listen or understand.
I wish people would give you the benefit of the doubt instead of finding a single wrong word and then attacking that point.