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How to Block Spammers in Your Twitter Followers using TwitBlock

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 09:40 AM PST

twitblock logoJust after I celebrated my 1000th twitter followers, I was wondering, with the increasing number of Twitter spammers, how many of my Twitter followers are real persons? How many are spams?

TwitBlock could help to spot spammers among your Twitter followers. It has a points system to order your followers with the most likely spam at the top of the list.

How to use TwitBlock to spot a spam?

TwitBlock scan Twitter followers for Spam

TwitBlock use OAuth for Twitter authentication. No login information will be exposed to the site.

After you have approved TwitBlock, it will start scanning your Twitter followers and generate a list with most likely spam at the top.

You can then analyze each Twitter profile and “block & report” the spammer. If the listed profile is not a spam, you can mark it as “not spam”.

Does TwitBlock work?

With the help of TwitBlock, I managed to spot over 60 twitter spammers, blocked them and reported to Twitter (read my previous post: how to report a Twitter spammer) for them to take further action, e.g. suspend account.

Please note that it is important NOT to rely on the TwitBlock point system. If a Twitter user is new, chances are TwitBlock will suspect it is a spam (follow many, no followers).

TwitBlock helps you by generating a suspected-spammers-list and you still need to check each profile to confirm a spam.

Try TwitBlock now and tell us how many Twitter spammers you have blocked.

P.S. TwitBlock also provides a bookmarklet to scan an account at its Twitter profile page.

P.P.S. Follow me at @liewcf

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How to Withdraw PayPal Money to Any Malaysia Bank Accounts?

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 04:02 AM PST

PayPalFor Malaysians. Thanks to PayPal support for Malaysian Ringgit (MYR). Now you can withdraw PayPal money directly to any Malaysia local bank accounts!

Read on to find out how to do that.

A bit background…

In 2004, PayPal starts to accept Malaysian registrations. No withdrawal options for Malaysians that time.

3 years later, 2007, PayPal allows Malaysians to withdraw PayPal money to their credit card, debit card, or prepaid cards.

2 years later, in the middle of October 2009, PayPal started to support Malaysia Ringgit currency and updated the user policy (paypal login required).

Shortly after, the end of October 2009, PayPal officially allows PayPal money withdrawal to Malaysia bank accounts! A feature that we have waited for 6 years!

What’s the big deal?

Now, Malaysians can send & receive PayPal money in Malaysia Ringgit (MYR) currency, and withdraw PayPal money to local bank accounts!

Meaning, you can sell your stuff online and let PayPal handle the payment transactions, local or International! It truly opens a new door to Malaysia e-commerce business!

Note: Malaysians still cannot top-up their PayPal accounts from their bank accounts.

How to add Malaysia bank account to PayPal?

  1. Login your PayPal account. Under “My Account” tab, click “Profile” then click “Add/Edit Bank Account“.
  2. At the new page “Add a bank account in Malaysia“. You need to fill in your name, bank name, bank routing code, and your bank account number.

    add malaysia bank account to PayPal

    Tip: click on the “Details” link to find out your bank’s routing code

  3. After you are done, you will be asked to review the details. Click “Add Bank Account” button if everything is correct.
  4. You are done!

How to withdraw PayPal money to Malaysia bank account?

  1. In your PayPal account, click on “Withdraw” under “My Account” tab. Then, click “Withdraw to your bank account” link under the options.

    Note: It will take 2-3 business days to process the PayPal to Bank transaction. Withdrawal over RM400 is free of charge. If less than RM400 is withdrawn, PayPal will charge you RM3.00.

  2. At the new page “Withdraw funds“, enter the amount in USD you want to withdraw and select the destination bank account.

    withdraw paypal money to Malaysia bank account

    Tip: Click on the “Currency converter” link to check the current PayPal currency conversation rate.

    Click on “Continue” button to review your withdrawal information.

  3. At the next page, make sure everything is correct before you click on the “Submit” button.

    PayPal charge RM15 if the funds are returned because your bank information is incorrect or does not match!

    After you clicked on the “Submit” button. Your withdrawal request is pending to process.

  4. Wait 2-3 business day and the PayPal money should be in your selected Malaysia bank account! Cha-ching!

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My two cents

PayPal is the most popular and most affordable online merchant service in the world. It is secure and safe.

It is FREe to set up a PayPal account to accept online payment (including credit cards). Fees are applied ONLY when you accept a payment.

Now every Malaysians can do e-commerce business at home, in your pajamas!

Click here to sign up your PayPal account, FREE.

Questions about PayPal? Ask in the comment and I shall reply you. :)


Whoops! I have 1000 Twitter Followers!

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 08:00 PM PST

LiewCF 1000 twitter followersJust discovered that I have over 1000 twitter followers now! Follow me now at @liewcf!

Note that I only following 234 Twitter users. I am not those losers who mass-follow other Twitter users and get them follow me back.

I am sure who exactly was the 1000th follower, though. Also, not sure how many of the followers are spams… Not sure how many of them are active and do read my twitter updates…

So, what does it mean?

In short, it means I am an active Twitter user. :P

Well, either people like to read my Twitter updates (@liewcf), or my Twitter feed has enough exposures to attract spammers to follow me. Who knows?

How many Twitter followers you have now?

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