Comments on: How to Handle Your Twitter Followers

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By: Darryl

Darryl — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:13:38 +0000

What kind of idiot can’t figure out how to use twitter and who they should accept as followers? I don’t get the insight here.

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:07:22 +0000

Same here. :)

By: xian

xian — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:04:08 +0000

right… and of course I’m aware that I post more often than others might prefer and I would hope they would feel ok about silently dropping me and not just deciding that I’m an obnoxious hog of their incoming tweetfeed….

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:57:54 +0000

Will — Ooh, thank you for the TwitterSync tip. I’ve been looking for more options around that stuff. And thanks for being my new non-stalker. :)

Xian — “Also, some people I unfollow if they tweet too often or in ways that don’t work for me. This is not a vote against them as people or friends but simply in the twitter context.” YES, that’s totally my take on it. Overcommunicators (especially the ones of the shameless self-promotion variety) tend to fall off my radar quickly.

By: xian

xian — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:52:20 +0000

It’s an interesting subject. I can’t feel that the whole thing should be reciprocal, although certainly symmetry is nice where possible.

My rules are similar to yours. People I recognize and want to follow I follow back.

Similarly, when I follow people I don’t necessarily expect them to add me back and I don’t get offended when they don’t.

Also, some people I unfollow if they tweet too often or in ways that don’t work for me. This is not a vote against them as people or friends but simply in the twitter context.

By: Will Budreau

Will Budreau — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:25:02 +0000

I was wondering what etiquettes had developed around following, back-following, etc.. thanks for putting one person’s interpretation out on it.

As with any publicly published content, it’s no surprise that followers will consist of a mix of acquaintances and non-acquaintances.

One comment on facebook twitters – At least using TwitterSync you set it to not re-post any @username replies.. keeps the one-sided conversation part down.

-A new non-stalker of yours