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I saw a new post on ReadWriteWeb.com on Twitters latest “changes” (if its really any true changes at all…) in the post entitled

Dear Wanna-bes, Your Twitter Stardom is Coming to an End

One of the most controversial practices widely used to build up influence on Twitter is now cause for account suspension, according to a message on the Twitter developers email list from a company support team member.

Using third party software to systematically add a large number of social connections each day, then break those connections with anyone who doesn’t reciprocate, is a method used by some number of Twitter users to create an appearance of legitimacy for subsequent new connections. Twitter’s Doug Williams said last night that such practices will now risk account suspension. Some users will be unhappy about the policy, many others will probably applaud it. There are valid arguments on both sides of the position.

Read the entire article at  http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/dear_wanna-bes_your_twitter_stardom_is_coming_to_a.php#comment-143353

My response:

Twitter…why not set up that when you follow someone, you cannot unfollow them for a week. Wouldn’t that put a kink in the “effectiveness” of the Twitterspam?

Also while you’re at it, NO ONE can have more than 200 followers with less than 20 posts. Tired of seeing people following 2000 and having 1500 followers with 2-3 (or worse NO) posts. Unless you’re the Dalai Lama, no is is THAT interesting in 3 posts/updates.

I find intersting one of the replies asking if maybe this whole response by Twitter wasnt a PR ploy… hmmm…  * naw.