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Spitter? Spatter?

Just ‘tweeted’ that I was heading to Mallorca for a couple of weeks at the end of June and asked if any one had any advice on what I should do or where I should go.

Within seconds I got a notification that Come2Mallorca was now following me.

Turns out it was spam. Sent by a room/tour booking company that must have some little robot working for them that picks up every time someone uses the word Mallorca.

Luckily, I don’t automatically start following everyone who is following me. Slackness, mainly. But it is a bad habit that just saved me from endless tweets about the latest deal on a holiday condo on Magaluf.

Got me wondering though. What do you call spam that you get via Twitter?

Spitter? Spatter?

  1. Simon Varwell May 27, 2009 at 1:36 pm #

    Twam?

  2. Carolina May 27, 2009 at 1:40 pm #

    Hi! I’ve never been to Mallorca; but I did work in Menorca all of summer 2000 and its a beautiful island with lots of secluded little beaches called “calas” definitely worth a visit and even better if you rent a car; AND I’ve heard Formentera is also a little gem, with practically no civilization and its quite easy to travel from one island to the other.

  3. alivicwil May 27, 2009 at 3:07 pm #

    that? is an excellent question!

  4. Peter May 27, 2009 at 3:18 pm #

    Twam. Like it. Sounds especially good when you say all three together:

    ‘Spitter, Spatter, Twam!’

    A nice definitive finish.

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