You’re not alone.
I am losing so much weight on @twitter today! #Spam
— David Clinch (@DavidClinchNews) June 11, 2013
Twitter is struggling to clear out spam-tweets hawking garcinia extract. Compromised accounts and spambots want you to know it will make your “weights” drop faster than any diet.
https://twitter.com/GrahamWJenkins/status/344499231215734784
Dude… make the garcinia extract stuff stop.
— Crissy Page (@Crissy) June 11, 2013
Heh:
If I really wanted to blow up the Twitter, I would've called my new record "Garcinia".
— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) June 11, 2013
But don’t worry, there’s no need to take it personally … or is there?
https://twitter.com/howardlindzon/status/344500711461097473
https://twitter.com/Shaughn_A/status/344500711066845184
So many spam accounts telling me I need to lose weight. Eff you, Twitter robots: I'ma gonna eat this pizza anyways.
— Ryan McGee (@TVMcGee) June 11, 2013
Could the garcinia spam actually have weight loss benefits?
Happy to hear so many of you have lost weight with Garcinia Corbonglia, or something. My new exercise routine is deleting your hacked tweets
— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) June 11, 2013
What's funny is that all the Spammers tweeting "lose weight" are actually working. Hitting the Report for Spam button burns calories right?
— Anthony DiMoro (@AnthonyDiMoro) June 11, 2013
Just in case you’re tempted to try out this magical weight loss elixir:
Wikipedia on garcinia weight-loss pills: "may…destroy testicles after prolonged use." So there's a few ounces of weight loss right there.
— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) June 11, 2013
Twitchy is totally looking out for you.
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