So you’ve always been able to “Twitter Stalk” someone by just going to their Twitter page (example: www.twitter.com/personyoustalk) but now there’s an easier way, via your cell phone. Twitter’s launched this with the idea that you can get Twitter updates from your favorite companies, as many tend to tweet out offers that are only available to the Twitterati. However now you can utilize “Fast Follow” by... 

Twedemption is a paid service, at one time of $5.99 USD, to go in and remove all the direct messages from your inbox. Now I have seen other apps from the company, so I was not as nervous about providing my username and password to Twitter as others might be.  But, for a first time user, there is no help on the main page, no contact information (just a blank form link) and nothing about how it works. Also, you must have a lot of direct messages... 

CNN broadcast a segment this morning on building a more “trustworthy Twitter”: ways to use web tools to avoid untrustworthy links and spammy Twitter users. Mashable’s Ben Parr joined via phone and highlighted Powertwitter.me , a browser add-on that expands short URLs so you know what you’re about to click on. He also pointed to Tweetblocker , a Twitter spam-fighting site we’ve covered …  Read More →

by Robert Dwyer of The Wellesley Wine Press – Follow him @RobertDwyer A subtly confusing aspect of Twitter , even for people who have been using the service for a while, is understanding the differences between replies, mentions and direct messages. These concepts are confusing because they’re different than E-mail and aren’t necessarily the same as on other social networks like Facebook. The goal of this piece is to help well-meaning... 

One of the most frequent questions we are encountering is from users who have forgotten the OpenID they used to set up a feed, and don’t remember how to login to twitterfeed to edit their existing feeds. In order to automate these requests, we have added some automated direct message functionality to our @twfeed twitter account: if you follow @twfeed on twitter, the account should automatically follow you back within an hour or so once...