Bot or Not?

@Phoenix_Weather

Examine the facts below, but please only block this account if you are sure it's spam.


Phoenix Weather
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Description: Severe weather alerts for Phoenix, AZ, plus one hourly condition report. For more weather alerts for Twitter users, click on web link above. Feeds by NWS.
URL: http://www.swasalert.com
Joined: Sun May 03 22:38:21 +0000 2009
Updates: 9412, Following: 3403, Followers: 3311.

Ignore factor: 3%

This account follows more people than follow back, but within a reasonable boundary.

Blocked by 3 TwitBlock users

This is equivalent to 0.1% of @Phoenix_Weather's followers.

People get blocked for all sorts of reasons, but the higher this ratio the more likely the account is a nuisance.

Marked as "not spam" by 1 TwitBlock user

Anyone can get their friends to help whitelist them, but we don't think the bots have managed it [yet].

Shares the same photo as 135 other accounts that people have blocked.

Duplicate profile pics across multiple accounts is a trait almost unique to spam accounts.

We maintain a leaderboard of the most re-used photos.

Tweets via API

This account's last tweet was from an unregistered app.

This can happen if you enter your password directly into a bad app. Only use apps that authenticate you via Twitter.com