Comments on: Why I Don’t Follow You Back on Twitter

By: What’s Up Wednesday: Another Twitter QOTD « Beyond the Rhetoric

What’s Up Wednesday: Another Twitter QOTD « Beyond the Rhetoric — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:44:18 +0000

[...] didn’t really realize it until Betshopboy pointed it out, but I haven’t done a Twitter Question of the Day (QOTD) on this blog for some time. As you [...]

By: Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:08:23 +0000

No real reason in particular. I should start doing those again.

By: betshopboy

betshopboy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:36:33 +0000

Speaking of updates, what happen to your QOTD?

Did you stop posing questions, or did I miss them due to the time difference?

By: Thursday Bram

Thursday Bram — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:46:21 +0000

My reasons for not following someone on Twitter match up pretty closely — but I have a new pet peeve. There are tons of Twitter accounts that seem to be nothing but quotes from famous folk. I don’t mind the occasional quote, but if I’m going to follow someone on Twitter, I want to hear what they have to say — not what Abraham Lincoln or Winston Churchill said.

By: Ben Pei

Ben Pei — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:06:14 +0000

Very good pointers there Michael. Basically the same thing that I look out for when following.

By: Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:52:36 +0000

For a user that has 14,000 followers but is only following 20, you have to ask yourself why you are following this person in the first place. If you find them interesting (like @aplusk, for example), then you’ll follow them out of interest rather than with the hope of a reciprocal follow-back.

By: Ray Ebersole

Ray Ebersole — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:28:14 +0000

I agree with the 14,000 followers, I have 957 and follow 959. But I really only watch 100 in specific userlists at any one time.

Like I said, I do have my main feed with everyone open, so if something scrolls by that I want to respond to I can. Of course when you auto follow you get those who spam with 10 tweets in the course of a few minutes, which at that point I unfollow. That is not what I use Twitter for. That type of tweeting is like junk mail.

By: Sydney Arnold

Sydney Arnold — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:20:26 +0000

Or if you have 14,000 followers but you’re only following 20 people. Why should I even try?
Also, this is just personal, I usually don’t follow people that use a lot of bad language in their tweets, probably because I see Twitter as almost a professional platform. Maybe that’s just me because those are the kind of people I follow – professionals.

By: Ray Ebersole

Ray Ebersole — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:17:53 +0000

I follow the John Chow method of following, auto follow with Tweet Later. I am also in the userlist on Twitter Follower.

I then pick who I add to my Seesmic Desktop based on their tweets and my interest. The rest are in the main feed list, so if anything catches my eye I can reply to it.

By: Colin Dean

Colin Dean — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:12:05 +0000

Amen to that! I rarely follow anyone back because they never say anything to me. I will almost always follow someone if that person has contributed something to my knowledge base via an @reply or retweet.