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I love Twitter, but lately, I am getting annoyed by Twitter spam and I'm not the only one. I don't want Twitter spam to become email spam. I don't want to whine about that either, so I spent some time thinking about what Twitter could do to deal with spam. Consider this an open letter to Twitter. Facebook's privacy settings are the new programming a VCR. Google has been criticized a lot about profiting from content farms. I believe that all the major players are playing a catch-up game. A lot of people have stared to complain about LinkedIn spam as well. Quora went into different direction — where they started out with a strict upfront policy regarding who can join Quora, ask questions, answer questions etc. — to maintain the quality of their service. Strict upfront policy hampers new user acquisition and adoption but could ensure better quality where as liberal policy accelerates the user acquisition with a risk of service being abused. I do believe that there's a

An interaction designer, Joshua Kaufman , had his MacBook stolen a few days back. He is a smart dude. He had installed an app called Hidden on his MacBook before it was stolen. He tracked down the thief and asked the Oakland PD to catch him. They said no. He was frustrated, obviously. He published all the details regarding the theft including the picture of the guy who stole his MacBook on his blog . This story went viral on Twitter and Facebook and made it almost impossible for the cops to ignore it. Oakland PD found the guy and arrested him. Since then the story has been picked up by many major media outlets and became sort of a sensation. Social shaming works. There's a fine line between peer pressure and social shaming. Many car dealerships in the US have a whiteboard that tracks which sales reps sold how many cars. They also ring a bell every time someone sells a car. It's a cheesy thing to do, but it sends a clear message to other people to be more aggressive; it's i