Comments on: 5 Reasons They May Not Follow on Twitter

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:12:09 +0000

Interesting, and it answered a question that this noob had and that was do the people who I am following but who aren't following me actually seeing that I am replying to some of their posts. Sometimes I feel as though I am talking to myself when I use the @reply as I don't get anything back. I'll keep on answering when I have something to say about their posts. Thanks Jake The Penpoint

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By: Time To Tweet

Time To Tweet — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:54:24 +0000

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By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:01:09 +0000

Paul: That's not a bad idea for a follow up. I think I might do that this week. Thanks for the suggestion!

By: Paul Geraghty

Paul Geraghty — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:57:18 +0000

Hi,

Nods. Agree with them all.

A follow-up posting covering why you stop following would be nice too.

(my pet hate: twitters who go to conferences/events and suddenly tweetx10 per hour for 2 days and drunken nights)

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Sun, 03 May 2009 11:36:47 +0000

Hector: Glad it was able to help! Happy Twittering!

Brian: Thanks for the support! Auto-following, in my opinion, may be the death of Twitter as it just encourages the spammers and other Twitter misuse. Thank you for being one of the human!

By: Brian D. Hawkins

Brian D. Hawkins — Sun, 03 May 2009 10:27:07 +0000

These five reasons are the exact five things I look for when deciding to follow a Twitter follower. I'm fairly new to Twitter but I never auto-follow. I look at each one personally. I Dugg, Stumbled and Retweeted. Great post.

By: Hector Aviles

Hector Aviles — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:06:18 +0000

Thanks for the tips! I'm new to blogging (less than 2 months) and just opened my twitter account. I immediately changed my icon, but the other tips you mentioned are good to keep in mind for us starters. Basically it comes down to including "tweeting" time in your schedule a couple of times a day, a mental switch i haven't made yet.

By: Time To Tweet

Time To Tweet — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:26:53 +0000

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By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:25:54 +0000

Stickycarots: My numbers keep growing too and quite well. I'm no Twitter supserstar but I have far more people than I ever thought possible for me.

Salwa: Agreed completely. Etiquette is part of everything we do, Twitter being no different.

Sjdvda: I agree about the bio but I don't read too much into it if the account is new. I know that my bio wasn't filled out completely for a while. Still, for an established account, absolutely.

Kevin: Good point on the sexy/risque picture. I have to be careful with that though as my practice does attract all kinds of bloggers and photographers so I do have some "sexy" icons that are legit in my follow list. However, you're right that most are spam, especially when their tweets are about interest rates…

I agree completely about unfollowing those that abuse the privilege and the chance to talk. That makes perfect sense.

Patti: I agree that you should unfollow those that send out too many tweets close together. That is annoying but, for me, it is something I tend to notice when they are in my timeline and do an unfollow on later. So, for them, it might seem like I followed back at least initially.

The DM thing is strange but not unheard of, I do have a few are that way. I guess they think all conversation to a person should be private. It's odd but not a deal breaker I suppose.

Jason: Hard to say on that one. I don't know what the original intentions were, just what they seem to be now.

Jeff: I agree, it's one thing to promote and mention your services or your site but another to make it your sole purpose on Twitter. The latter is just annoying and makes me wish there were adblocking software for those kinds of Twitter users…

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By: Jeff Hurt

Jeff Hurt — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:05:37 +0000

I'd like to add one more:

Making Every Tweet A Billboard For Your Services.

Doing that adds no value to the conversation or helps you build any relationships. It comes across as egotistical and self-serving. It is equal to the fail whale!

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:16:42 +0000

Twitter is not being used as it is intended to be or is it?

By: Patti Stafford

Patti Stafford — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:49:11 +0000

I'd like to add too many tweets in a five minute time span to the list. What's more annoying than that many tweets is the fact they're all links.

Another thing I've recently found suspicious is people who reply to you only in a direct message, not in their broadcast tweets. I have one person I follow and I know the person is legit (not a spammer) but this person never @replies to me in a broadcast, it's always in a direct message.

It makes me wonder if this person doesn't want others to know who he replies to- or maybe it's just me he doesn't want his followers being aware of. It's not like these are private messages, most are usually a simple "thank you", but I just find it odd that someone wouldn't do a public 'thanks'.

If someone has been kind to me I want to share the kindness of this person with other tweeters. We all need a little more kindness, right?

Just my two cents worth. Great post Jonathan!

Patti