In social media, spam refers to excessive, irrelevant, or unwanted messages, comments, or posts. It can be done by bots, marketers, or even overenthusiastic users. It usually clutters feeds, inboxes, and comment sections and often comes from bots or fake accounts.
What Does Spam Mean?
- To describe repetitive messages – “Stop spamming my DMs with links. ”
- To refer to the bot activity – “My comments are full of spam accounts.”
- To joke about overposting – “Sorry for spamming your feed with selfies!”
It is common on Instagram, Twitter (X), and Facebook.
Examples
- Repeated comments like “Follow me!” or “Click this link!”
- Fake giveaways that ask you to share personal info.
- Random links to unknown websites.
- Mass tagging of users in unrelated posts.
How to Avoid/Handle Spam
- Don’t click on unknown links.
- Report and block spammers.
- Use privacy settings to control who can message or comment.
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