Comments on: Who are you? And why should I follow you?

By: Hellmut

Hellmut — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:23:37 +0000

Awesome, Beth. I have only begun to twitter last week and realized very quickly the norm to reciprocate. The first 48 hours I picked up fascinating friends of friends and they followed me. Then it became impossible to reciprocate because I got spammed by so many followers that I would have to spend too much time to tell the difference between good and dishonest followers. It's really very sad because it takes out all the fun of twittering and meeting interesting new people. I have not figured out yet how to deal with that. Hellmut’s last blog post..One Generation

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:52:09 +0000

Great post, great points. Thanks for the insight into the sometimes mysterious world of twitter! Wendy’s last blog post..Photo Friday - The Park

By: Kristi Faulkner

Kristi Faulkner — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:36:53 +0000

I appreciate your thinking on this, Beth. I don’t know about you, but I don’t really like getting auto-responses at all. They clutter up my inbox and they’re usually just a “thanks for the follow.” What’s the point of that? And of course no one has the time for genuine personal emails to say “thanks for the follow”. So what’s a tweep to do?

By: Beth Harte

Beth Harte — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:16:54 +0000

@CathyWebSavvyPR, hmmm, some I think were not an auto-reply, but I can’t be sure. I’m with you, I like to get an @.

As for the broadcasters you described, I have no time for them…they don’t add any value to my Twitter stream. That said, everyone uses Twitter in their own way.

So glad to have met you too! See you at the next Tweetup! (Thanksgiving! Keep your calendar open.)

By: CathyWebSavvyPR

CathyWebSavvyPR — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:00:29 +0000

Beth,

The “twerson” (singular for tweeple) I found strangest recently was someone who follows only 193 people, has over 1,200 followers and 1,900 tweets. The thing was, it was all broadcasting; not a single @reply to anyone; and few to no links to outside website, blogs interesting info. and it was an individual, not a company (I’ll forgive CNN for not @replying me). He’s probably famous (but not a name I know). I chose not to follow.

One thing I do recognize is that some of those messages you mention are just an auto reply. I’ve thought about setting one up, but haven’t. I take less offense at them than you seem to, but do I appreciate more, those who do take the time to @reply me directly.

Good thought-provoking post and glad we met online and in person.
Cathy