Aaron Parecki

Can we just use SMTP for decentralized social networking? It already solves many hard parts: reputation & spam elimination, proven scale, rich content, DMs. What's missing: a standard way for followers to subscribe, a public profile/timeline, and a purpose-built client for users.

I'm not pointing any fingers, but I've seen a dramatic increase in bots and bot spam under my tweets over the past month.

5 frustrations only live streamers will fully understand...

1. Losing internet while live streaming
2. Adult/Sex spam bots
3. Purchasing a new piece of gear only to find out the updated version is coming out in a couple weeks
4. A closet full of product boxes
5. Lighting

finally got one of those SMS spam texts from my own number that I'd heard about online and let me tell you: it sucks that there's no way to block future spam from these evil jerks wtf

I have found it fascinating watching a substantial number of web3/crypto pushers come to the dawning realization that they're not misunderstood, they're loathed. Realize that they had no idea the degree of ad spam, bots, and over-hyped shilling that everyone else is dealing with.

The BazaCall campaigns forgo malicious links or attachments in favor of phone numbers that users are misled into calling. Call center agents instruct users to download BazarLoader. The lack of malicious elements challenges typical spam detection methods: https://msft.it/6016nWc3m

I just received a two factor authentication SMS from Google that included an ad. Google's own Messages SMS app flagged it as spam.

What a shameful money grab.

Back in the day, AOL’s abuse team was a client. Email from them kept getting spam blocked, as it came from a non-AOL netblock, had a bunch of “sketchy” keywords and @ aol addresses that didn’t patch validation on their consumer site.