A universal truth about the internet is that if there's anything, and I mean anything, that gains popularity as a communications medium, it will be spammed mercilessly.

Such is the case with Twitter. Currently it's being bombarded with spam. And it's set to get worse.

I have to admit that I've been drawing away from the service for that very reason. Originally I would post a few messages to the service daily. But then I kept getting "followers" there were nothing but spam and it's outright irritating.

It's so irritating in fact that I don't even recommend it now. I used to say, "Hey, try this out. It's better than Facebook and easier to use once you get a client like Twhirl or Tweetdeck." But I don't do that anymore. Not unless you set your account to "protected". But there's no fun in that because you're supposed to use it as a social medium, i.e. it's meant to be public.

Hate to say it, but the guys and girls in the PCMech Forums were right. Twitter is useless. Being the spam farm that it is now and has been proven so, that confirms it.