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In January 2008 his [[Facebook]] account was disabled after he used automatic scripts to download his 5,000 contacts (known as a social graph) from the site. Scoble annouced the ban first on Twitter and then [http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/ive-been-kicked-off-of-facebook on his blog]. The news quickly spread, with diverse reactions. For example, at first [http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/03/facebook-blocks-scoble-for-downloading-his-contacts TechCrunch Europe] seemed to support Scoble, but then [[Michael Arrington]] of TechCrunch [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/03/plaxo-flubs-it blamed] Plaxo for prompting Scoble to violate the Facebook Terms of Service. Scoble's Facebook account was [http://valleywag.gawker.com/340318/scoble-triumphantly-returns-to-facebook quickly reinstated] after he promised to stop scraping data from the site. | In January 2008 his [[Facebook]] account was disabled after he used automatic scripts to download his 5,000 contacts (known as a social graph) from the site. Scoble annouced the ban first on Twitter and then [http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/ive-been-kicked-off-of-facebook on his blog]. The news quickly spread, with diverse reactions. For example, at first [http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/03/facebook-blocks-scoble-for-downloading-his-contacts TechCrunch Europe] seemed to support Scoble, but then [[Michael Arrington]] of TechCrunch [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/03/plaxo-flubs-it blamed] Plaxo for prompting Scoble to violate the Facebook Terms of Service. Scoble's Facebook account was [http://valleywag.gawker.com/340318/scoble-triumphantly-returns-to-facebook quickly reinstated] after he promised to stop scraping data from the site. | ||
| − | While Scoble has a large number of followers on various social networks, he is particularly distinguished by the time he spends following others. In March 2008 he [http://scobleizer.com/2008/03/23/the-secret-to-twitter wrote on his blog] that "the secret to Twitter isn’t how many followers you have, but how many people you are following." In December 2008 [[Michael Arrington]] [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/22/im-sorry-robert-but-its-time-for-a-friendfeed-intervention suggested on TechCrunch] that Scoble was addicted to [[Twitter]] and [[FriendFeed]]. Arrington reported that Scoble admitted to monitoring those services all day long, "hitting refresh over and over on both," and to spending at least seven hours a day, seven days a week, reading and responding on those services. | + | While Scoble has a large number of followers on various social networks, he is particularly distinguished by the time he spends following others. In March 2008 he [http://scobleizer.com/2008/03/23/the-secret-to-twitter wrote on his blog] that "the secret to [[Twitter]] isn’t how many followers you have, but how many people you are following." In December 2008 [[Michael Arrington]] [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/22/im-sorry-robert-but-its-time-for-a-friendfeed-intervention suggested on TechCrunch] that Scoble was addicted to [[Twitter]] and [[FriendFeed]]. Arrington reported that Scoble admitted to monitoring those services all day long, "hitting refresh over and over on both," and to spending at least seven hours a day, seven days a week, reading and responding on those services. |
In response to Arrington's concern, Scoble decided to pay more attention to his blog. Then in August 2009 he used an automated script to [http://mashable.com/2009/08/06/twitter-purge/ unfollow 106,000] people on Twitter. (Though as [[Loic Lemeur]] has [http://loiclemeur.com/english/2009/02/robert-scoble-is-fake-following.html pointed out], Scoble had only really been following about 150 people.) | In response to Arrington's concern, Scoble decided to pay more attention to his blog. Then in August 2009 he used an automated script to [http://mashable.com/2009/08/06/twitter-purge/ unfollow 106,000] people on Twitter. (Though as [[Loic Lemeur]] has [http://loiclemeur.com/english/2009/02/robert-scoble-is-fake-following.html pointed out], Scoble had only really been following about 150 people.) | ||
