Ask Owen

I’ve just joined Twitter (after my nephew’s incessant urging) and I’m finding it interesting. I’m seeing messages with @s in them. What are these?

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I’ve noticed some people I follow on Twitter getting a steady increase in followers over some time, even though they’re not actually Tweeting. Is there some sort of tool that helps them do this?

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I’ve just noticed that my Twitter account is set to automatically record the location from where I post my Tweets. I’m starting to get a bit paranoid about doing this. Can I wipe the location of all my previous tweets?

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How do you search for specific Twitter users on Tweetdeck? At the moment I have to go to twitter.com to do it

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I’ve just joined FourSquare and I love how it updates my Twitter account with where I am. Some of my followers have complained that I generate too many updates; is there a way I can minimise them?

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I’m a real big fan of GPS and integrating it with different applications. I’ve been playing with Twitter’s new geolocation capabilities, but want to know if I can clear out all the location data to protect my privacy. And feedback would be appreciated.

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This morning I found a number of new accounts following me, but they all tweet spam. Now, I’m not following them back, so their spam isn’t quite bothering me, but I still want to block them from following me. Is there an easy way to do this?

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I recently signed up for a site that needed access to my Twitter account. It took me to a page where I opted to “Grant” access to the application; but now I really want to undo what I’ve done. I can’t seem to find a way to do it on the site. Any ideas?

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