Stop Twitter Spam

The purpose of this site is to become a clearinghouse for blocking Twitter spammers. The goal, as people report the uername of Twitter spammers, we can then block those names for you automatically.

This site is currently at version 0.1.2. It is rough around the edges, but as we get the mechanics worked out then we can start worrying about the appearance.

Password is only saved for autoblock function. We can't block if we don't know your password.

info@stoptwitspam.com

This site is still in BETA mode. Although every effort is being made to prevent the site from being used to start blocking real users, we cannot guarantee that it won't happen. If you enter your username and password, you do so at your own risk and we will not be liable for outages and/or damages that may occur to your Twitter account.

The Autoblock feature will automatically block any SPAMBOTs that are entered here by a TRUSTED user. In other words, if Joe Idiot decides he wants to submit his buddys name as a spambot, we will not automatically block on that name since we don't TRUST Joe Idiot, for obvious reasons. However, this site is still being tested, so we cannot guarantee that it won't happen.

Now you can block SPAMBOT's using a tweet. Just send a tweet to @StopTwitSpam with the word SPAMBOT followed by the SPAMBOT name, i.e. "@StopTwitSpam SPAMBOT humdaddio"

Limitations:
• If you haven't already entered your name/password in the form below, we can't block for you. Sorry, we're not mind readers and we do need your password to create the block.
• Our ISP only allows us to run a cron job once per hour, so we can only check for tweets once an hour. Please forgive us if it takes a little while to create the block for you.
• Until we get to know you better, we will only block SPAMBOTs for you and not for others. Same rules as above for being a TRUSTED user.

Keep up with new SPAMBOT's and the general progress of our anti-spam efforts by following us on Twitter: @StopTwitSpam

By entering your username and password below, you acknowledge that you do so at your own risk.

Programming

PHP/HTML/MySQL programming by da-parish.com - Twitter: westleyannis

Additional MySQL programm by Cade Roux - Twitter: caderoux

Change History

0.1.0 - Initial version. (30 July 2008)

0.1.1 - Added autoblock procedure for new SPAMBOTs (1 August 2008)

0.1.1a - Updated to match new Twitter API calls (2 August 2008)

0.1.1b - Encrypted passwords, match entered password to stored password, send Tweet announcing SPAMBOT found crediting finder (3 August 2008)

0.1.2 - Cleaned up the code a bit. Send Tweet from reporting user with SPAMBOT name, get SPAMBOT names via Twitter messages. Added avatar and graphics to Twitter. (20 August 2008)

Future features

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