Comments on: Don’t Follow Me On Twitter

By: Louis Liem

Louis Liem — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:39:49 +0000

I follow people for experiments. If their updates mostly interest me, I keep following them. Similar to RSS subs, I think..

By: REC

REC — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:29:15 +0000

I can see the value in Lisa’s comment.
But then again there are some who have followers in the 20’s and following over a 1000 and have only made 2 or 3 comments. Those are the ones that bother me. I currently follow less than 50 and would be ok to keep it that way.

By: Miles Baker

Miles Baker — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:08:26 +0000

Hey Lisa, thanks for sharing.

I suppose people use it in different ways, and I can see people using it just to get a pulse on what’s going on. Of course rarely is everyone always going to read every single post, but I guess we use it in slightly different ways and I am more intimate with the people I follow and prefer to keep a smaller more manageable group.

I suppose it’s the people who start following only to be followed that I find pointless. However, people who follow and engage like you have done give Twitter a purpose, and it’s definitely a great way to meet new people.

I also like how you refer to it as your ‘Twitter Team’. That’s an interesting outlook on how to use it and something I may consider as well.

Something else that would be nice is if Twitter allowed you to create different ’sets’ and ‘private sets’ somehow instead of always using different profiles, that way you could have your larger less engaged group, and your small more intimate groups, then your family in a group as well, etc.

Thanks again for your comment.

By: Lisa Preston

Lisa Preston — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:40:17 +0000

I personally follow a large number of people - even more than the number who follow me. I ALWAYS check out new followers to see their activity, and if they are related to me in business.
I skim all of my tweets. Occasionally someone says something that engages me, and I tweet back, starting a conversation. Sometimes I might just tweet because I feel like it, starting a few dialogues in the process.
I certainly don’t know every person who follows me, but I am only following them because I really do want to know what they have to say. I try to add value where I can, answer questions, and learn from my “Twitter Team”.
140 characters is not a conversation, it’s a conversation starter. It’s an idea bucket. I get more from half an hour on Twitter just reading than I do from surfing aimlessly…
I may not reply to every tweet, but I am watching.