Do You Honestly Read Your Twitter Mentors? Twitter Followers Talk
Yesterday we had a discussion with our Twitter followers. Here is the question:
Do you take time to read the tweets of the people you follow? Do you un-follow someone if they tweet mostly personal info and affiliate links?
Let's see what the followers have in mind (I have eliminated those who haven't posted a clear opinion and edited some of them):
@RawrStar: I follow very few people, so I can read every tweet. I think it's ignorant not to read them all.
@ErinNorton: Yep I read tweets. I think a good mix of personal, self promo, and random links is the best. What do you think of personal & links? [My answer: I stick with lower than 10 per cent of self-promo (affiliate) and almost nil personal info.]
@Campingblogger: Heck yeah, Twitter is like the fruit salad of the Internet.
@Dianatimmons: I read all my follower's tweets. I scan first. I like a balance of subjects, dislike tweets that have TMI (author means Too Much Information) about family stuff.
@Sassyword: I do read a lot of them - I have no opinion or judgment - but that's me. [My answer: I would suggest that you have personal opinions, and @reply them to others to build better community interaction.]
@DavidBThomas: I follow a manageable number of people so I can read their tweets. More interested in interesting observations than personal info.
@Maxi8: Oh yes - adds spice to the day.
@Sdamery: I just want to know "What are you doing?" now... Use blogs for information and discussion...tweets are NOW and they're gone!
@CalgaryRealtor: I think if when they find Google caching their tweets they may think twice before tweeting personal stuff. [My answer: I believe most know that Twitter archives all data, and this data are accessible to search engines.]
@ShinyDesigns: I like a personal touch but not too much. All ads or, worse, magpie will get dropped. Occasional commercial tweets are fine.
@LizS4ra: I try to read all the tweets of people I follow because why follow them otherwise? I don't really follow linkers only though
@Nhprman: I do read followers' Tweets & most of them are legitimately interesting. If not, or if they're 90% personal, I stop following. [My opinion: Very good!]
@D_vsuresh: I do read tweets and even check the links they refer when the topic they mention is interesting.
@Wandabun: I read them here and there, but I don't go back and consume everything someone has tweeted. [My opinion: You may miss a lot]
I suggest all of you carefully follow what your Twitter mentors post. You may miss several important links and points if you don't. Also, why would you follow anyone if you don't really read them? Make also sure that you un-follow all those who are interested in as I said a very big number of personal tweets. That doesn't add value to the community. If you tweet a lot of personal opinions, you are sure to lose followers.
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Copyright © Lenin Nair 2008
Do you take time to read the tweets of the people you follow? Do you un-follow someone if they tweet mostly personal info and affiliate links?
Let's see what the followers have in mind (I have eliminated those who haven't posted a clear opinion and edited some of them):
@RawrStar: I follow very few people, so I can read every tweet. I think it's ignorant not to read them all.
@ErinNorton: Yep I read tweets. I think a good mix of personal, self promo, and random links is the best. What do you think of personal & links? [My answer: I stick with lower than 10 per cent of self-promo (affiliate) and almost nil personal info.]
@Campingblogger: Heck yeah, Twitter is like the fruit salad of the Internet.
@Dianatimmons: I read all my follower's tweets. I scan first. I like a balance of subjects, dislike tweets that have TMI (author means Too Much Information) about family stuff.
@Sassyword: I do read a lot of them - I have no opinion or judgment - but that's me. [My answer: I would suggest that you have personal opinions, and @reply them to others to build better community interaction.]
@DavidBThomas: I follow a manageable number of people so I can read their tweets. More interested in interesting observations than personal info.
@Maxi8: Oh yes - adds spice to the day.
@Sdamery: I just want to know "What are you doing?" now... Use blogs for information and discussion...tweets are NOW and they're gone!
@CalgaryRealtor: I think if when they find Google caching their tweets they may think twice before tweeting personal stuff. [My answer: I believe most know that Twitter archives all data, and this data are accessible to search engines.]
@ShinyDesigns: I like a personal touch but not too much. All ads or, worse, magpie will get dropped. Occasional commercial tweets are fine.
@LizS4ra: I try to read all the tweets of people I follow because why follow them otherwise? I don't really follow linkers only though
@Nhprman: I do read followers' Tweets & most of them are legitimately interesting. If not, or if they're 90% personal, I stop following. [My opinion: Very good!]
@D_vsuresh: I do read tweets and even check the links they refer when the topic they mention is interesting.
@Wandabun: I read them here and there, but I don't go back and consume everything someone has tweeted. [My opinion: You may miss a lot]
I suggest all of you carefully follow what your Twitter mentors post. You may miss several important links and points if you don't. Also, why would you follow anyone if you don't really read them? Make also sure that you un-follow all those who are interested in as I said a very big number of personal tweets. That doesn't add value to the community. If you tweet a lot of personal opinions, you are sure to lose followers.
For getting featured in similar posts, follow me @vjlenin and Ms Laurel @laurelshere.
Copyright © Lenin Nair 2008
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