Comments on: 10 Reasons Not to Auto-Follow on Twitter http://www.paulymath.com/2009/09/09/10-reasons-not-to-auto-follow-on-twitter/ Make Money. Do What You Love. Feel Great. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:39:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bharatbuysell http://www.paulymath.com/2009/09/09/10-reasons-not-to-auto-follow-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-7940 bharatbuysell Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:25:37 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1764#comment-7940 follow me and i will follow u http://www.twitter.com/bharatbuysell follow me and i will follow u
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]]> By: How to get a flat stomach http://www.paulymath.com/2009/09/09/10-reasons-not-to-auto-follow-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2540 How to get a flat stomach Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:35:26 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1764#comment-2540 Though I'm not that much of a Twitter enthusiast but I do have a Twitter account. Twitter is no doubt one of hot marketing tool on the Internet today. Thanks for sharing the ideas about how to use Twitter in the right way. Your blog is a real store house of practical information. Though I’m not that much of a Twitter enthusiast but I do have a Twitter account. Twitter is no doubt one of hot marketing tool on the Internet today. Thanks for sharing the ideas about how to use Twitter in the right way. Your blog is a real store house of practical information.

]]> By: Regina http://www.paulymath.com/2009/09/09/10-reasons-not-to-auto-follow-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2546 Regina Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:58:21 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1764#comment-2546 I completely agree and I don’t use autofollow for several of the reasons you mentioned. I don’t think it is useful to follow tons of people because there is no way to keep up with all of them. And I think that the items people post have to be useful to me in some way. When you autofollow you are giving up control. It might take a few days for you to look at who is following you, and if you don't like what they are tweeting, you have to unfollow them, which is worse than not following them in the first place. So I follow people who are in the health and wellness field like myself, as well as those who are in marketing or who tweet about marketing and business topics. If someone is in a field that is not related to those topics, or is tweeting about things that are not related to those topics, I generally don’t follow them. (I do follow some people who live in my city, Santa Fe, even though they don’t fall into these categories because I know them from other places.) It’s nothing personal, and I don’t think people should take it personally when someone doesn’t follow them. It’s just the most efficient way for me to use Twitter. There is also another issue not mentioned yet-- I've noticed that there has been an increase in pornographic posts, along the lines of “Check out my X-rated pix” –and several of those people have "followed" me and I had to block them. I completely agree and I don’t use autofollow for several of the reasons you mentioned. I don’t think it is useful to follow tons of people because there is no way to keep up with all of them. And I think that the items people post have to be useful to me in some way. When you autofollow you are giving up control. It might take a few days for you to look at who is following you, and if you don’t like what they are tweeting, you have to unfollow them, which is worse than not following them in the first place. So I follow people who are in the health and wellness field like myself, as well as those who are in marketing or who tweet about marketing and business topics. If someone is in a field that is not related to those topics, or is tweeting about things that are not related to those topics, I generally don’t follow them. (I do follow some people who live in my city, Santa Fe, even though they don’t fall into these categories because I know them from other places.) It’s nothing personal, and I don’t think people should take it personally when someone doesn’t follow them. It’s just the most efficient way for me to use Twitter.

There is also another issue not mentioned yet– I’ve noticed that there has been an increase in pornographic posts, along the lines of “Check out my X-rated pix” –and several of those people have “followed” me and I had to block them.

]]> By: Simon Stapleton http://www.paulymath.com/2009/09/09/10-reasons-not-to-auto-follow-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2547 Simon Stapleton Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:02:43 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1764#comment-2547 I couldn't agree with you more Paul. The success of Twitter could be its own downfall. If everyone followed everyone else, the value of it becomes so diluted, it becomes pointless. I DO auto-follow, but take a harsh axe to tweeters who are not within my interest or niche. I give the tweeter some grace and a chance to get my attention. Simon I couldn’t agree with you more Paul. The success of Twitter could be its own downfall. If everyone followed everyone else, the value of it becomes so diluted, it becomes pointless.

I DO auto-follow, but take a harsh axe to tweeters who are not within my interest or niche. I give the tweeter some grace and a chance to get my attention.

Simon

]]> By: Chris Peterson http://www.paulymath.com/2009/09/09/10-reasons-not-to-auto-follow-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2548 Chris Peterson Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:11:52 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1764#comment-2548 I agree with you on point # 6 & 7 very strongly. I firmly believe that they would cause a certain loss but this change is definitely worthwhile for all the users in long term to have people who matter & be a person of significance among them. I agree with you on point # 6 & 7 very strongly. I firmly believe that they would cause a certain loss but this change is definitely worthwhile for all the users in long term to have people who matter & be a person of significance among them.

]]> By: Piotr http://www.paulymath.com/2009/09/09/10-reasons-not-to-auto-follow-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2545 Piotr Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:24:25 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1764#comment-2545 Truthful article. I realized myself that many people agressively use twitter as a marketing tool. One suggestion: Instead of decluttering your account you could set up a new one and even protect tweets if you want just an intimate friends circle. I left my twitter account and currently follow only Steve Pavlina, I've added his tweets to a feed reader. Now I've also subscribed to your tweets for a testing period. Truthful article. I realized myself that many people agressively use twitter as a marketing tool.
One suggestion: Instead of decluttering your account you could set up a new one and even protect tweets if you want just an intimate friends circle.
I left my twitter account and currently follow only Steve Pavlina, I’ve added his tweets to a feed reader. Now I’ve also subscribed to your tweets for a testing period.

]]> By: Samuel Van Der Wall http://www.paulymath.com/2009/09/09/10-reasons-not-to-auto-follow-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2544 Samuel Van Der Wall Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:12:08 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1764#comment-2544 You know, when I started to see the Twitter autofollows I thought, "What's the point?" You're right, you can't actually communicate with that many people. So why even try or pretend. You know, when I started to see the Twitter autofollows I thought, “What’s the point?” You’re right, you can’t actually communicate with that many people. So why even try or pretend.

]]> By: Laura Click http://www.paulymath.com/2009/09/09/10-reasons-not-to-auto-follow-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2541 Laura Click Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:18:04 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1764#comment-2541 Great post! Personally, I've never understood why people use auto-follow tools. You're right - it takes away from the experience of social media. The intent is to make real, personal relationships. You can't do that with "auto-bots". I look at my follower list every day or so and follow those that I truly find to be interesting. This seems to work for me. Great post! Personally, I’ve never understood why people use auto-follow tools. You’re right – it takes away from the experience of social media. The intent is to make real, personal relationships. You can’t do that with “auto-bots”. I look at my follower list every day or so and follow those that I truly find to be interesting. This seems to work for me.

]]> By: Kim Reddington http://www.paulymath.com/2009/09/09/10-reasons-not-to-auto-follow-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2542 Kim Reddington Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:19:21 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1764#comment-2542 I absolutely and totally agree with you. My twitter goal is try to keep the people I follow to be people I want to follow. They are either people in my niche, or they are people I want look on as a mentor or to network with. I would have to say that when I joined twitter last winter, people's twitter numbers were lower than they are now, at last the people that I was following. I used to get more from twitter. It was easier for people to notice my tweets, and it was easier for me to see their tweets. As people's numbers go up, it is becoming harder to use twitter in the same way as I originally was. In order to be noticed as much as I was, I need to try harder and tweet more often. There's just too much noise. I absolutely and totally agree with you. My twitter goal is try to keep the people I follow to be people I want to follow. They are either people in my niche, or they are people I want look on as a mentor or to network with.

I would have to say that when I joined twitter last winter, people’s twitter numbers were lower than they are now, at last the people that I was following. I used to get more from twitter. It was easier for people to notice my tweets, and it was easier for me to see their tweets. As people’s numbers go up, it is becoming harder to use twitter in the same way as I originally was. In order to be noticed as much as I was, I need to try harder and tweet more often.

There’s just too much noise.

]]> By: How to Make Money with blog http://www.paulymath.com/2009/09/09/10-reasons-not-to-auto-follow-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2543 How to Make Money with blog Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:56:57 +0000 http://www.inspiredmoneymaker.com/?p=1764#comment-2543 I agree with each point you mentioned above, but paul i am still stick to the rule of Auto-Follow. :-) -Shanker Bakshi I agree with each point you mentioned above, but paul i am still stick to the rule of Auto-Follow. :-)

-Shanker Bakshi

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