Comments on: Improve Your Twitter Network by Avoiding Stereotypes http://www.twitip.com/improve-your-twitter-network-by-avoiding-stereotypes/ 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: John Newman http://www.twitip.com/improve-your-twitter-network-by-avoiding-stereotypes/#comment-12630 John Newman Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:58:16 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1238#comment-12630 @Will R, I certainly agree that unfollowing can many times be necessary. Sounds like the guy you unfollowed was having impulsive tweeter problems when it came to the weather. I only mean to say that it's better to be selective about who gets the unfollow because sometimes keeping somebody on the list can be advantageous. I'm sure you agree. @Lipton, sounds like you have the right idea! If being a lefty has come to be part of your niche then own it! It's when your impulses are entirely outside what your followers have come to expect that it becomes a problem. @Orna Ross, those are some great points! I especially like the bit at the end of your comment about building the strength rather than size of your network. Sounds like we are all about the same thing. (Though it is cool to have lots of followers!) @Will R, I certainly agree that unfollowing can many times be necessary. Sounds like the guy you unfollowed was having impulsive tweeter problems when it came to the weather. I only mean to say that it’s better to be selective about who gets the unfollow because sometimes keeping somebody on the list can be advantageous. I’m sure you agree.

@Lipton, sounds like you have the right idea! If being a lefty has come to be part of your niche then own it! It’s when your impulses are entirely outside what your followers have come to expect that it becomes a problem.

@Orna Ross, those are some great points! I especially like the bit at the end of your comment about building the strength rather than size of your network. Sounds like we are all about the same thing. (Though it is cool to have lots of followers!)

]]> By: LoneWolf http://www.twitip.com/improve-your-twitter-network-by-avoiding-stereotypes/#comment-12380 LoneWolf Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:49:45 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1238#comment-12380 Oh no! I guess my chosen user name was a mistake 8=) At least I'm not a fickle follower. I find it hard to keep up with it all due to technical (dial up access) and time constraints, but I like to engage in conversations on Twitter. Have to be careful not to get caught up in trying to read every tweet though. That's hard for me. One piece of advice I have is don't worry about people who don't follow you. They either didn't really want to follow you in the first place or were just testing out whether you'd be interesting or not. I know that I'm not everybody's cup of tea and there are people that I will unfollow over time because they don't add value to my Twitter experience. Shalom LoneWolf Oh no! I guess my chosen user name was a mistake 8=)

At least I’m not a fickle follower. I find it hard to keep up with it all due to technical (dial up access) and time constraints, but I like to engage in conversations on Twitter. Have to be careful not to get caught up in trying to read every tweet though. That’s hard for me.

One piece of advice I have is don’t worry about people who don’t follow you. They either didn’t really want to follow you in the first place or were just testing out whether you’d be interesting or not. I know that I’m not everybody’s cup of tea and there are people that I will unfollow over time because they don’t add value to my Twitter experience.

Shalom
LoneWolf

]]> By: Lipton http://www.twitip.com/improve-your-twitter-network-by-avoiding-stereotypes/#comment-12319 Lipton Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:15:58 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1238#comment-12319 Hmm tho I do have a political twitter id, I think I will start being more selective about which account to use Hmm tho I do have a political twitter id, I think I will start being more selective about which account to use

]]> By: John Newman http://www.twitip.com/improve-your-twitter-network-by-avoiding-stereotypes/#comment-12290 John Newman Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:18:49 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1238#comment-12290 @MeredithGould, Wow is there really a girl with inside Grey's Anatomy info? My wife would love that! Anyway that's good that you recognize a given tweeter can have good info in more than one area. Sounds like you are not a fickle follower. Also good that you're not worried about unfollows. We all get 'em. @MeredithGould, Wow is there really a girl with inside Grey’s Anatomy info? My wife would love that! Anyway that’s good that you recognize a given tweeter can have good info in more than one area. Sounds like you are not a fickle follower. Also good that you’re not worried about unfollows. We all get ‘em.

]]> By: Hector A. Henry S. http://www.twitip.com/improve-your-twitter-network-by-avoiding-stereotypes/#comment-12270 Hector A. Henry S. Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:08:04 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1238#comment-12270 Good thank you for your consul its great, of course sometime we louse the perceptive of things that whit we louse followers, the principal base to don't louse is don't do what you don't want other to do you. Good thank you for your consul its great, of course sometime we louse the perceptive of things that whit we louse followers, the principal base to don’t louse is don’t do what you don’t want other to do you.

]]> By: Meredith Gould http://www.twitip.com/improve-your-twitter-network-by-avoiding-stereotypes/#comment-12264 Meredith Gould Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:37:48 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1238#comment-12264 I follow that girl who seems to have the inside scoop on Grey's Anatomy because she has other things to report. A few months into Twitter and I'm no longer concerned by unfollows. I'm also a lot more discerning about who I follow in the first place...no matter what Mr. Tweet says about my follow back generosity! I follow that girl who seems to have the inside scoop on Grey’s Anatomy because she has other things to report.

A few months into Twitter and I’m no longer concerned by unfollows. I’m also a lot more discerning about who I follow in the first place…no matter what Mr. Tweet says about my follow back generosity!

]]> By: Lipton http://www.twitip.com/improve-your-twitter-network-by-avoiding-stereotypes/#comment-12255 Lipton Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:15:17 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1238#comment-12255 I started out twittering wrong, following everyone that followed me back.. turns out most of them were much older then my target audience (gamers) and were just internet marketers, so I unfollowed most of them. So I guess a lil guilty of not being picky enough in the beginning, I tend to be a lot more fickle with company twitterers tho. I'll follow StarBucks for a bit, but they get bored of their updates and unfollow etc etc... I am guilty of being very anti-republican tho, but I'm not afraid show it and really only want Liberal followers anyways ;) Also I'm very open about and being know for the far Left guy politically in my blog community. Guess that is part of my online persona, which reflects my true RL persona as well. What I'm doing now is being much more selective about who I choose to follow, to avoid needing to unfollow them in the future. I started out twittering wrong, following everyone that followed me back.. turns out most of them were much older then my target audience (gamers) and were just internet marketers, so I unfollowed most of them.

So I guess a lil guilty of not being picky enough in the beginning, I tend to be a lot more fickle with company twitterers tho. I’ll follow StarBucks for a bit, but they get bored of their updates and unfollow etc etc…

I am guilty of being very anti-republican tho, but I’m not afraid show it and really only want Liberal followers anyways ;) Also I’m very open about and being know for the far Left guy politically in my blog community. Guess that is part of my online persona, which reflects my true RL persona as well.

What I’m doing now is being much more selective about who I choose to follow, to avoid needing to unfollow them in the future.

]]> By: Orna Ross http://www.twitip.com/improve-your-twitter-network-by-avoiding-stereotypes/#comment-12229 Orna Ross Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:44:27 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1238#comment-12229 I'm new to twitter and maybe I'm missing something. But doesn't it depend on why you're using twitter? Why this assumption that we should all be growing our communities willy-nilly? Personally, I am not interested in you-follow-me-i'll- follow-you, whether it's links on/to my blog or tweets. I want to follow only those tweeters i'm interested in reading -- and I only want people following me if they are interested in what I have to say. If somebody unfollows me, fine. I assume I'm not relevant to their needs right now. Cool. Much as we might wish it otherwise, those of us with fulltime jobs offline, and families to raise, can only spend a limited amount of time reading/writing on twitter -- and are less interested in the size of our community (whether followers or following) than in the strength of our connections. I’m new to twitter and maybe I’m missing something. But doesn’t it depend on why you’re using twitter? Why this assumption that we should all be growing our communities willy-nilly? Personally, I am not interested in you-follow-me-i’ll- follow-you, whether it’s links on/to my blog or tweets. I want to follow only those tweeters i’m interested in reading — and I only want people following me if they are interested in what I have to say. If somebody unfollows me, fine. I assume I’m not relevant to their needs right now. Cool. Much as we might wish it otherwise, those of us with fulltime jobs offline, and families to raise, can only spend a limited amount of time reading/writing on twitter — and are less interested in the size of our community (whether followers or following) than in the strength of our connections.

]]> By: luca http://www.twitip.com/improve-your-twitter-network-by-avoiding-stereotypes/#comment-12219 luca Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:50:19 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1238#comment-12219 Very nice article. I wrote a similar one a couple of days ago. http://www.lucafiligheddu.com/2009/02/what-twitter-user-are-you-the-seven-twitterers.html Very nice article. I wrote a similar one a couple of days ago.
http://www.lucafiligheddu.com/2009/02/what-twitter-user-are-you-the-seven-twitterers.html

]]> By: Lord Matt http://www.twitip.com/improve-your-twitter-network-by-avoiding-stereotypes/#comment-12214 Lord Matt Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:36:36 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1238#comment-12214 Always, always do the insane things in a sandbox. I set out to feed an insane number of feeds into one twitter account. So I spent some time themeing up a new account, doing art work for it and setting up the feeds etc. I was right that it was far to much too fast for my regular followers but the strange thing was that the account spent a long time at the top slot as the fastest growing account on twitter. It has 4 to 5 times the number of followers I have... but they all follow the account for a different reason to the more intimate group I know on my main account. I would have hated to loose those long time twitter faces just to get a higher number of followers. Always, always do the insane things in a sandbox. I set out to feed an insane number of feeds into one twitter account. So I spent some time themeing up a new account, doing art work for it and setting up the feeds etc. I was right that it was far to much too fast for my regular followers but the strange thing was that the account spent a long time at the top slot as the fastest growing account on twitter. It has 4 to 5 times the number of followers I have… but they all follow the account for a different reason to the more intimate group I know on my main account. I would have hated to loose those long time twitter faces just to get a higher number of followers.

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