Amazondeals on Twitter
Likely a sign of things to come, Amazon has started using Twitter to send out information on “deals”. There are about 2500 followers to AmazonDeals as of today.
This will certainly be noticed by many other retailers. It’s interesting to note that without limited privacy features, anybody with a Twitter account can see who is following amazondeals; this is like giving away valuable user information.
Is it going to change the way Twitter was originally intended for? Will Twitter be exposed to commercial spamming and ultimately turn off its users? Note currently there is no restriction for sending reply tweets to anybody on Twitter.
Twitter’s election day pin has no direct relationship with Amazon, but I thought Twitter is being very smart about marketing and getting more momentum by the day.
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kegill
In order to send a direct message to another Twitter account, that account has to also be following you.
It is possible to block followers, on a case-by-case basis. The block feature is useful for someone who automatically “follows” when “followed.”
Also, Twitter has a set up an account where you can report spammers.
However, anyone can send anyone else a Tweet via the @ feature.
Nov 10th, 2008
Harry Hayward
Interesting opportunity to monetize Twitter – is Amazon paying them for the space and access? Also a good test marketing opportunity for Amazon to test slow moving items or new items that Amazon might want to advertise through other channels. Publish, then filter!
Nov 21st, 2008
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