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	<title>Tech Haus &#187; Twisp</title>
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		<title>Twisp (Update)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pezhore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve migrated Twisp from the lowly residence on this blog to google code: http://twisp.googlecode.com. I&#8217;ll be using SVN to track changes, and hopefully having a centralized site will help generate more interest, and in-turn inspire me to keep working on it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve migrated Twisp from the lowly residence on this blog to google code: http://twisp.googlecode.com. I&#8217;ll be using SVN to track changes, and hopefully having a centralized site will help generate more interest, and in-turn inspire me to keep working on it.</p>
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		<title>Twisp</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pezhore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twisp is a TWitter SPam fighting Powershell script that searches through your followers and provides insight into the most likely spam candidates. Download it now: Twisp 1.0 Note: After putting in your credentials, the script is going out to Twitter.com to pull down your full followers and full friends list. This may take some time. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Twisp is a <strong>TW</strong>itter <strong>SP</strong>am fighting Powershell script that searches through your followers and provides insight into the most likely spam candidates.</p>
<p>Download it now: <a href="http://techha.us/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/twisp_1.0.ps1">Twisp 1.0</a></p>
<p><strong>Note: </strong>After putting in your credentials, the script is going out to Twitter.com to pull down your full followers and full friends list. This may take some time. I&#8217;m working on a new version which will either offer a progress bar, or at least give some feedback that the script is still running.</p>
<p>So what does it do?<br />
Twisp first gathers a list of all your twitter friends and compares it to a list of people who follow you. Anyone who follows you (who you aren&#8217;t friends with) goes into a list of potential spammers.</p>
<p>This list is further refined by comparing:</p>
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<li> How many friends do the potential spammers have to how young the account is.<br />
(If the account is only a few days old, but they already have friended 500 people, they&#8217;re probably spammers)</li>
<li> The ratio of their friends to their followers and the total number of their friends<br />
(If they are only followed by a quarter (or less) of the number they friended, they&#8217;re probably spammers)</li>
<li> Their bio to keywords such as &#8220;media expert&#8221; and &#8220;SEO&#8221;</li>
<li>If they don&#8217;t have a profile picture</li>
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<p>The index of spamitude is calculated, then displayed next to the potential spammer&#8217;s name in a simple GUI. Use the checkboxes to select multiple users, then either click Block to simply block the users, or Report which will first send a Direct Message to @spam with the spammers usernames (thereby reporting the users) before blocking the users.</p>
<p>Note: The Blocking feature requires that you are a follower of @spam and can send Direct Messages to @spam.</p>
<p><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/"><img style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/88x31.png" alt="Creative Commons License" /></a><br />
<span>Twisp</span> by <a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://pezhore.com/twisp">Pezhore</a> is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License</a>.<br />
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at <a rel="cc:morePermissions" href="http://pezhore.com/ContactMe">http://pezhore.com/ContactMe</a></p>
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