How Twitter is Losing the Battle Against Robo-Spam

Internet spam has been big business for a long time, and if Twitter hopes to beat the robo-spam, it has a lot of work to separating the genuine from the fake.

There’s a battle brewing on Twitter these days: smaller artists, bands and musicians trying to gain exposure, and Twitter trying to stay one step ahead of the spam machine. Jim Vidmar, a robo-spam middleman and influence peddler is one of the soldiers on the front lines of this fight.

Vidmar’s preferred tactic is to purchase thousands of fake accounts and then shop out his army of digital robots to those looking to boost their Twitter reputation.

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