This is a guest post written by Jack Bastide Via TweeterBlog
I Love Twitter! It’s brilliant in its simplicity. It forces you to make your point quickly. It’s an incredible Networking tool. I have met a lot of people on Twitter, had phone conversations with many of them and even met several in person.

But I do have one pet peeve about Twitter. Those Automatic Direct Messages Auto DM’s) that some people send you when you follow them annoy the heck out of me! You know what I’m talking about …
* “Thanks for Following me … go buy my junk at blah blah blah .com”
* “Thanks for following me .. I’m following you now too”
* ” or even the simple “Thanks for following me”
* etc etc …
I follow a LOT of people and get a LOT of those DM’s and they annoy the heck out of me. I expressed my frustration in a Tweet and a couple of people told me their is a way of blocking them. I decided to look into it further and here’s what I found …
At the time of writing this there are two main services that send those Auto Dm’s. Tweetlater and SocialToo. Luckily they both have an Opt Out Procedure. So without any further Adieu here is what you do (you can thank me later)
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I agree completely. Those auto DM messages are unnecessary and annoying.
Thanks for the great post! I feel it’s very impersonal to have an auto DM – and stop trying to sell me stuff! I’m on Twitter to meet people and share great information – information from other tweeple as well as organizations.