Trust And Safety

Submitted by toma on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 00:34.

As Director of Twitter's Trust and Safety team, a big part of my job is focused on the detection and prevention of spam and abuse. A couple weeks ago, Biz explained how Twitter users were being victimized by phishing scams spread primarily through links in Direct Messages. Basically, people click the link and bad things happen. My team can only detect these scams after malicious links have already been sent out.

Original article: Trust And Safety

Enabling A Rush of Innovation

Submitted by toma on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 21:08.

Even before Twitter was officially a company, we opened our technology in ways that invited developers to extend the service. Before long, Twitter became a platform and an ecosystem of innovation began to grow. Recently we’ve announced partnerships with Yahoo!, Google, and Microsoft.

Original article: Enabling A Rush of Innovation

Avoid 'Phishing' Scams

Submitted by toma on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 17:45.

Over the past few days, Twitter has been helping folks victimized by a phishing attack. Phishing is a deceitful process by which an attempt is made to acquire sensitive information such as Twitter usernames and passwords. The bad guys masquerade as someone you trust and may send you a Direct Message (DM) with a link. This DM may say something along the lines of, "LOL that you??" followed by a link to a fake Twitter login page. If you enter your credentials on that fraudulent page, the phishers can sign in as you and trick more people.

Original article: Avoid 'Phishing' Scams

Expressing Great Joy Or Excitement

Submitted by toma on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 05:37.

In other words: Yahoo! People want to discover and share tweets everywhere ranging from SMS and TV, to apps and the Web. For a global network of 600 million people, Yahoo! represents the Web. Similar to the partnerships we have made with other large internet companies, Yahoo! will receive what has been dubbed "Firehose"—a full feed of public tweets sent to Twitter and our partners every second of every day from all around the world.

Original article: Expressing Great Joy Or Excitement

Open Engineering

Submitted by toma on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 21:02.

Hi, I'm the other @evan, and I'm the infrastructure manager at Twitter. I want to tell you about the steps we've taken to make our engineering division more open and transparent.

Original article: Open Engineering

Measuring Tweets

Submitted by toma on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 20:30.

Original article: Measuring Tweets

Hello, Haiti

Submitted by toma on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 17:47.

If you have been following the events in Haiti since the devastating quake last month, then you know of the initial bursts of compassion. International dialogue now shifts from lifesaving relief to long term restoration. Officials are saying this may take ten years at a cost of billions.

Post-disaster needs assessment is underway and there will be an international donor conference late next month in New York City. In the meantime, there are ways to stay involved in sustained efforts such as the WFP's monthly donation program.

Original article: Hello, Haiti

Are You Following The Olympics?

Submitted by toma on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 17:51.

We experience events like the Olympics, the Super Bowl, the Oscars, and the State of the Union address together by watching them on television—it's the next best thing to being there for most of us. I (@ChloeS) collaborate with our media partners, and have enjoyed watching them weave together new ways of experiencing these events that are even more engaging and interactive.

Original article: Are You Following The Olympics?

Super Data

Submitted by toma on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 19:19.

My name is @kevinweil and I'm on the analytics team at Twitter. The convergence of sports, brands, and culture around the Super Bowl makes for a particularly fascinating set of tweets to follow. Fans of the @NFL watch the Super Bowl for the football and others enjoy the spectacle for the commercials. We were curious to understand how these groups interacted with Twitter as the game unfolded.

Original article: Super Data

Flying Around With Hovercards

Submitted by toma on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 02:00.

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