Twitter purges accounts behind artificially viral tweets

Engadget ------- If you've used Twitter for long enough, you've probably seen someone retweet a truism or obviously plagiarized quote from accounts that are clearly trying to force their tweets to go viral. You won't have to put up with some of those accounts from now on, though. Twitter has suspendeda horde of accounts notorious for mass-retweeting each other's posts (some of which were stolen), including Common White Girl, Dory and Finah. The purge came weeks after Twitter removed the ability to retweet posts across multiple accounts in Tweetdeck, neutering the ability of these faux viral peddlers (known as "tweetdeckers") to spread each others' messages without resorting to third-party clients or asking for retweets. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.