Comments on: Follow Friday; Too Much of a Good Thing?

By: IG

IG — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:39:47 +0000

interesting to read that the original follow friday was just ONE follower – is quantity overwhelming quality?

By: Mark Clarkson

Mark Clarkson — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:13:57 +0000

Another ‘day’ is #TeacherTuesday. Obviously of limited use beyond certain circles, but would be interesting to see how it rated on your scale.

By: Internet Strategist

Internet Strategist — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:20:04 +0000

Some of us already realize that #followfriday is only as useful as the Tweeple you recommend and WHY you recommend them so we already conform to these tips:

# Limit your recommendations to only the absolute best people.
# Explain why you recommend someone.
# If making multiple recommendations, groups them into logical categories.

From the start it never made sense to just recommend following people for no reason and where those receiving the Tweets have no way of knowing if they’d be interested or not.

Here’s an example of my #followfriday format (in case others are interested):

#followfriday Friendliest blog communities: @dereksemmler @Dennis_Edell @BSwafford @lizstrauss @thinkmaya @AussieSire

#followfriday Must Follows For Serious Bloggers: @problogger @copyblogger @doshdosh @peterleehc @AussieSire @kikolani

#followfriday Must Follows For Social Media: @louisgray @fruchter @adamsinger @doshdosh @chrisbrogan @ariherzog @PRsarahevans

Since my writing spans across all of these various subjects and my followers may not be interested in all of them, it is more helpful if they know which of these Twitter users and bloggers posts about what so they’ll know who they will be most interested in following.

By: Hector A. Henry S.

Hector A. Henry S. — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:27:11 +0000

I take a try of it and its the firt time i heard about it, well i dont know how it funtion and wist to be abble to know soon.

than you for the post.

By: Heike

Heike — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:42:01 +0000

Great article.

I completely ignore #followfriday lists. However, if you are looking for someone who uses this hashtag the right way, check out @LiveYourBrand who includes a detailed explanation with every #followfriday recommendation. She actually knows the people she recommends or at least checks their profiles and past tweets to be able to give a meaningful recommendation. Hers are the best I have seen.

By: carla

carla — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:55:07 +0000

When I do a #followfriday, I usually post why I recommend this person with maybe a link to their blog or website to top it off.

Great topic!

By: Chris J. Politzki

Chris J. Politzki — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:26:48 +0000

I’m curious if there are any SEO advantages anybody sees in participating in Follow Friday?

Are we, in fact, thumbing up the people we’re suggesting others should follow? Creating more links to that Twitterer? Interesting thought as there has been talk of Twitter becoming a Search Engine.

Thoughts anyone?

By: Robert Rowe

Robert Rowe — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:59:29 +0000

Well, thanks for detailed article! If you are like me (I like to personally greet, thank &/or comment to all replies & followers), then this whole #FollowFriday will get the better of you and involve quite some time. So, it becomes a question of managing and being able to genuinely engage with others. …this morning, had to seriously step away from Twitter for a while. And I also caught myself being pulled into it. …recommending left & right. Now, as we know there is no controlling the #FollowFriday, yet I think it is a fad and will soon fade out… Hopefully!!!

By: Steve Woodruff

Steve Woodruff — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:47:27 +0000

Here’s what a bunch of us are doing to improve the meme: http://ow.ly/4wL8

By: Regina

Regina — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:23:24 +0000

I’m guilty of it. Actually, reading this piece gives me more of a history and the reason behind it.

What happened with me is, although I’ve been on Twitter since May 2007, I didn’t really use it in earnest until this March. I was abroad until then and then it just seemed easier to use Facebook.

Anyway, I got on Twitter and I start firing off tweets. Then the next Friday I’m on some list with a tag that says #FolllowFriday. Huh? I run a Google search and I see that a lot of people are doing this. I thank the people who asked others to follow me and then decide to imitate this practice. I’ve been doing it consistently since then. Today, the one I did had a reason for two, but everyone else was just a list.

In my defense, however, last week, my FollowFriday was a CNN themed one. I’m a bit of a news junkie, so I listed all the CNN Twitterers I followed and announced that was the theme. I had that moment of Follow Friday lucidity only once though, so I’ll mend my ways.

So, I’m sorry, please forgive me