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Twitter Social Media 101 | HyperLocal Edge | Social Media — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:02:42 +0000

[...] rules of etiquette that you should follow. This has been talked about on several websites like MWGblog, Global Geek News Blog, and WebProNews. You could always Google Twitter etiquette and see more. The [...]

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By: John Martel

John Martel — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:48:50 +0000

Hard to believe I waited this long, but I finally joined Twitter yesterday. Nice to hear how others are handling this issue. So far I’ve decided to follow most of my followers… I simply checkout their Twitter page and often their web site. If I like what they have to offer, I add them. If they are posting about ever little thing 50 times a day with no real value, I don’t.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:06:23 +0000

My problem with the “click to see if they are interesting” approach to people that follow me is that recently it seems that is exactly why they are following me – to get me to click and see their page. I don’t want to go view “ads” a few times a day, so I guess I’ll just start ignoring follows, but then I miss people that I actually do know.

I wish twitter would give more info in the email message, or even better, I would like an option to set the ratio of followers to following, and if it is higher than a certain number, don’t allow them to follow me.

By: Koka Sexton » Lead Story » Everything you ever need to know about Twitter

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:51:28 +0000

[...] As any community will tell you, there are unspoken rules of etiquette that you should follow. This has been talked about on several websites like MWGblog, Global Geek News Blog, and WebProNews. You could always Google Twitter etiquette and see more. The top 3 I will mention are: [...]

By: Chris Christensen

Chris Christensen — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:37:30 +0000

My approach is the same as Shelly’s, every email that someone is following me is a chance for me to audition them. I check out their last dozen posts, their website, their bio.

Towards your initial questions I always assume the person who follows no one and the person who follows everyone but has 1000s of followers are both basically using twitter for broadcasting. I think Jason follows me but I would never assume that he would see what I was twittering in all that noise. Many people who are using a broadcast strategy for twitter actively go out and follow random people just because some percentage of them will follow them in return. This is the get followers by following approach. This approach would not work for me. I find value in the conversation.

By: Craig Patchett

Craig Patchett — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:03:25 +0000

I pretty much follow Steve Holden’s strategy; I follow people I know and check the tweets of people I don’t to see if we have a common interest and follow them if so. Generally I don’t follow anyone who is following a huge number of people. I unfollow people if the signal to noise ratio gets too low and block people if they appear to be spammers.

I also have two Twitter accounts. One I use to broadcast, the other I use to converse. What I’d like to see in Twitter is the ability to send tweets to a group, or limited subset of followers (with replies to those tweets only going to the original group).

By: Victor Cajiao

Victor Cajiao — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:48:50 +0000

I look at the invite and see if they look interesting to follow. I look at their recent Twitters. I make the decision in about 10 seconds. So it’s like the last ten are the elevator pitch as to whether you get followed back. Twitter ID = typicalmacuser by the way.

By: Shelly Brisbin

Shelly Brisbin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:48:46 +0000

When I click through to a new follower’s page, it’s like an audition. If the new person is someone I know, I’ll usually, but not always, follow. If I don’t know the person, and I like what I see, I might give it a shot. Also, I read the bio information. I’m somewhat more likely to follow people from my hometown, or who are podcaster. Just my bias. There are other less quantifiable biases. Deciding whether to follow is ultimately pretty subjective. I follow a bit under half the people (and bots?) who follow me.

By: Jason Tucker

Jason Tucker — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:29:28 +0000

I’d also like to add that the tools that twitter provides to make smart decisions about this are VERY lacking. I’d love to see some relationship data listed when making this decision on weather to follow someone or not. I’d like to see some % of mutual friends listed as part of this relationship data.