Comments on: Follow Friday Soup http://www.twitip.com/follow-friday-soup/ Twitter Tips in 140 Characters or More Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:03:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marie Kratsios http://www.twitip.com/follow-friday-soup/#comment-45140 Marie Kratsios Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:15:08 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=2031#comment-45140 I agree that sometimes #FF gets a little out of hand, but I have to say that I am happy to recommend those who engage in conversation on Fridays. My one question is,if someone does recommend you in a #FF tweet, is it polite to recommend them back in a #FF tweet or would that be considered a bit self-serving? I agree that sometimes #FF gets a little out of hand, but I have to say that I am happy to recommend those who engage in conversation on Fridays. My one question is,if someone does recommend you in a #FF tweet, is it polite to recommend them back in a #FF tweet or would that be considered a bit self-serving?

]]> By: James Hofheins http://www.twitip.com/follow-friday-soup/#comment-42524 James Hofheins Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:00:25 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=2031#comment-42524 Bradley, Great comment, and yes(!) I do love it when a Follow Friday post is directed at me. I think we all do! James Hofheins Bradley,

Great comment, and yes(!) I do love it when a Follow Friday post is directed at me. I think we all do!

James Hofheins

]]> By: Bradley Will http://www.twitip.com/follow-friday-soup/#comment-42469 Bradley Will Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:37:37 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=2031#comment-42469 What was once a great resource has become a hot mess! Great post on eliminating all the noise with follow Friday. Recommending everyone you trade tweets with and their brother, aunt, and second cousin twice removed really does not make someone want to return the favor. The only #followfriday love I respond to is the unique tweets about me, or like you said, one with maybe 3 people in it. Don't you love it when someone dedicates a #followfriday just to you? If you do, it would be a great idea to do a similar thing. COOL TIP: Record a <a href="http://bubbletweet.com" title="Bubble Tweet" rel="nofollow">for that special touch... ~<a href="http://twitter.com/bradleywill" title="@BradleyWill" rel="nofollow"> What was once a great resource has become a hot mess! Great post on eliminating all the noise with follow Friday. Recommending everyone you trade tweets with and their brother, aunt, and second cousin twice removed really does not make someone want to return the favor. The only #followfriday love I respond to is the unique tweets about me, or like you said, one with maybe 3 people in it. Don’t you love it when someone dedicates a #followfriday just to you? If you do, it would be a great idea to do a similar thing. COOL TIP: Record a for that special touch…

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]]> By: James Hofheins http://www.twitip.com/follow-friday-soup/#comment-41441 James Hofheins Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:08:46 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=2031#comment-41441 Thanks for the comment, Corey. I'm starting to see some changes for the better - I am by no means a perfect tweeter (twit?) but I hope to learn from others, too. James Hofheins Thanks for the comment, Corey. I’m starting to see some changes for the better – I am by no means a perfect tweeter (twit?) but I hope to learn from others, too.

James Hofheins

]]> By: Corey Freeman http://www.twitip.com/follow-friday-soup/#comment-41438 Corey Freeman Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:45:56 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=2031#comment-41438 I've just recently started working with tip #1, and I have to say, seeing others do the same really does add value to #followfriday. While I appreciate the recommendation, it really annoys me to login to twitter on Fridays and find list upon list of recommendations. Hopefully more people will begin to follow these guidelines. I’ve just recently started working with tip #1, and I have to say, seeing others do the same really does add value to #followfriday. While I appreciate the recommendation, it really annoys me to login to twitter on Fridays and find list upon list of recommendations. Hopefully more people will begin to follow these guidelines.

]]> By: James Hofheins http://www.twitip.com/follow-friday-soup/#comment-41357 James Hofheins Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:18:34 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=2031#comment-41357 Linet, You bring up a very important point - the guilt factor. I can't tell you how many times I see multiple mentions of me but feel guilt because I don't reciprocate. Sometimes I can't reciprocate because I'm mobile some Friday's and it's not easy to retweet from my mobile. Thanks to you (and to everyone else) for valuable Follow Friday comments! James Hofheins Linet,

You bring up a very important point – the guilt factor. I can’t tell you how many times I see multiple mentions of me but feel guilt because I don’t reciprocate. Sometimes I can’t reciprocate because I’m mobile some Friday’s and it’s not easy to retweet from my mobile.

Thanks to you (and to everyone else) for valuable Follow Friday comments!

James Hofheins

]]> By: Linnet Woods http://www.twitip.com/follow-friday-soup/#comment-41250 Linnet Woods Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:07:52 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=2031#comment-41250 Love the lentil soup analogy! It had got to the point where I was feeling terrible guilt that so many people were including me in their #followfriday tweets and I hadn't been able to add any new people to my #followfriday web pages on my Twitterhood site, so I was thanking people for their recommendations in groups but even that amounted to the equivalent of spam. Your suggestion of singling out one to three people and giving reasons why one might wish to follow them is a great idea and one which I will definitely adopt. Thanks for putting the whole #followfriday circus into perspective! :-) Love the lentil soup analogy! It had got to the point where I was feeling terrible guilt that so many people were including me in their #followfriday tweets and I hadn’t been able to add any new people to my #followfriday web pages on my Twitterhood site, so I was thanking people for their recommendations in groups but even that amounted to the equivalent of spam.

Your suggestion of singling out one to three people and giving reasons why one might wish to follow them is a great idea and one which I will definitely adopt.

Thanks for putting the whole #followfriday circus into perspective! :-)

]]> By: Tanya Ryno http://www.twitip.com/follow-friday-soup/#comment-41117 Tanya Ryno Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:41:54 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=2031#comment-41117 Thank you! You don't know how many people I have stopped following because they take up my home page on Friday's with tweet after tweet of their Follow Friday recommendations. Not to mention I never follow anyone from a tweet that has a million people in it, however I will take the time to find out about people that have been recommended with a little note about why I should follow them. Cheers! Thank you! You don’t know how many people I have stopped following because they take up my home page on Friday’s with tweet after tweet of their Follow Friday recommendations.

Not to mention I never follow anyone from a tweet that has a million people in it, however I will take the time to find out about people that have been recommended with a little note about why I should follow them.

Cheers!

]]> By: Brad McBride http://www.twitip.com/follow-friday-soup/#comment-41053 Brad McBride Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:48:49 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=2031#comment-41053 Follow Friday has become totally disfunctional do to the ADVARTS who are just collecting tweeps to follow around and scream thier pitch to. I do not participate in selling out my few friends on Twitter to ADVARTS! Unless Twitter wants to go the way of other fads they need to clean up the way people are followed or it really will be (Twitter, that is) just a giant chat room. Follow Friday has become totally disfunctional do to the ADVARTS who are just collecting tweeps to follow around and scream thier pitch to. I do not participate in selling out my few friends on Twitter to ADVARTS!

Unless Twitter wants to go the way of other fads they need to clean up the way people are followed or it really will be (Twitter, that is) just a giant chat room.

]]> By: Jamie Sanford http://www.twitip.com/follow-friday-soup/#comment-41050 Jamie Sanford Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:22:26 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=2031#comment-41050 It has come to the point where I think #followfriday was a spectacular idea but that it completely got out of hand, as described here. I wrote a post about what I think we should focus on - quality retweeting. http://www.jamiesanford.com/2009/06/11/quality-retweeting-is-the-new-followfriday/ Let's put our money where our mouth is and think before we retweet and let those retweets show who we think is great on Twitter. It has come to the point where I think #followfriday was a spectacular idea but that it completely got out of hand, as described here. I wrote a post about what I think we should focus on – quality retweeting.

http://www.jamiesanford.com/2009/06/11/quality-retweeting-is-the-new-followfriday/

Let’s put our money where our mouth is and think before we retweet and let those retweets show who we think is great on Twitter.

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