Twitter To Start Selling Followers

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 2, 2010 @06:01PM from the supply-would-seem-to-far-outstrip-demand dept.

Ellie K writes "While not quite as bad as it sounds, Twitter will soon be identifying followers with certain interests based on the content of their Twitter usage, and then providing this info to advertisers. Twitter is already selling sponsored Tweets for $100K or more. These reader comments captured the disquieting feeling I have: 'Twitter selling followers? Will that be the same as Google selling top position in SERP?' and 'I wonder when Facebook will start to sell friends.' Advertisers will be allowed to purchase placement in lists of 'who to follow' recommendations targeted to users with particular interests on Twitter."

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Re:Sorry, Slashdot doesn't understand APIs. by martin-boundary · 2010-10-02 20:59 · Score: 5, Insightful

Okay, this is a trend that Slashdot has been a little slow to adopt so it's understandable the editors don't understand it fully.

That actually makes slashdot one of the good guys. That trend is AWFUL, and there's no good reason for slashdot to follow it.