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Comment by gone35

The idea of directly engaging potential users actively seeking/asking for a particular product/service on Twitter is very interesting; but unfortunately the way you are implementing it right now is unethical and in violation of Twitter's Automation Rules and Best Practices [1]:

"Creating serial or bulk accounts with overlapping use, however, is prohibited."

I initially thought you were using your company's own Twitter account for messaging people; instead, by your own admission [2], you have resorted to using multiple 'realistic' accounts:

https://twitter.com/search?q=outpost.travel

This kind of growth hacking is misleading and unethical, and I think it has no place in Hacker News.

[1] https://support.twitter.com/groups/56-policies-violations/to...

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7720634

parent gone35 12 years ago

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