Comments on: To follow, or not to follow - That is the question http://www.sebastianjohnsson.com/to-follow-or-not-to-follow-that-is-the-question/ My life, goals and plain randomness. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:11:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: James Moralde http://www.sebastianjohnsson.com/to-follow-or-not-to-follow-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-248 James Moralde Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:50:40 +0000 http://www.sebastianjohnsson.com/?p=375#comment-248 I have been with twitter for a few weeks. I think the fun stopped when I got beyond 200 followers/following. Since I spend only roughly 10 minutes in twitter, I couldn't possible take in all twits. And the more people in there, the less interesting are the twits. Maybe I have not really grasped yet the advantage of twitter for blogging purposes, but for now, I'd say a few tweeters of the same interests would be best. I have been with twitter for a few weeks. I think the fun stopped when I got beyond 200 followers/following. Since I spend only roughly 10 minutes in twitter, I couldn’t possible take in all twits. And the more people in there, the less interesting are the twits.

Maybe I have not really grasped yet the advantage of twitter for blogging purposes, but for now, I’d say a few tweeters of the same interests would be best.

]]> By: Anna http://www.sebastianjohnsson.com/to-follow-or-not-to-follow-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Anna Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:51:56 +0000 http://www.sebastianjohnsson.com/?p=375#comment-147 Unfortunately I think we are not far off from Twitter getting the same rough treatment that Squidoo is feeling. Unfortunately I think we are not far off from Twitter getting the same rough treatment that Squidoo is feeling.

]]> By: Another rant about this mass following thing | SebastianJohnsson.com http://www.sebastianjohnsson.com/to-follow-or-not-to-follow-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Another rant about this mass following thing | SebastianJohnsson.com Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:44:55 +0000 http://www.sebastianjohnsson.com/?p=375#comment-118 [...] I wrote the last post, ‘To follow, or not to follow - That is the question‘, I was completely oblivious about the fact that Twitter actually has enforced a new policy [...] [...] I wrote the last post, ‘To follow, or not to follow - That is the question‘, I was completely oblivious about the fact that Twitter actually has enforced a new policy [...]

]]> By: Sebastian Johnsson http://www.sebastianjohnsson.com/to-follow-or-not-to-follow-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Sebastian Johnsson Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:22:50 +0000 http://www.sebastianjohnsson.com/?p=375#comment-112 @Claire: Thanks for the feedback! @Sharon: Yeah, it's all about finding interesting people. All right, I really do love Sydney - haven't been to Cairns yet. Will probably go there in a while though! @Earle: Yeah, the hard thing is to determine what's noise and what isn't - and it's a no brainer that it's harder to filter it out when you follow quite a bit of people. At the same time, if you follow a lot of people (and thus probably have a lot of followers), when you're saying something a lot of people will listen to what you have to say. I'll probably put some filtering mechanisms into Tweet-o-matic to help out with filtering out what's of value and what's just fluff and noise. @Claire:
Thanks for the feedback!

@Sharon:
Yeah, it’s all about finding interesting people. All right, I really do love Sydney - haven’t been to Cairns yet. Will probably go there in a while though!

@Earle:
Yeah, the hard thing is to determine what’s noise and what isn’t - and it’s a no brainer that it’s harder to filter it out when you follow quite a bit of people.

At the same time, if you follow a lot of people (and thus probably have a lot of followers), when you’re saying something a lot of people will listen to what you have to say.

I’ll probably put some filtering mechanisms into Tweet-o-matic to help out with filtering out what’s of value and what’s just fluff and noise.

]]> By: Earle Ramage http://www.sebastianjohnsson.com/to-follow-or-not-to-follow-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Earle Ramage Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:09:55 +0000 http://www.sebastianjohnsson.com/?p=375#comment-109 Love what Ed said and he is right on spot. I definitely don't follow everyone who follows me. If I did I won't have time for myself or others either. Yeah I might use Twitter in a spammy way; since I use it to promote my blog, but I also use it as a tool to inform those in my group about events, news, stuff about my particular industry and any other interesting things that I may find. I also use it to keep up with other stuff that interest me eg; Open Source. That means I filter who I follow I don't follow you If your topic isn't of value or interest to me. Eg; Why should I follow the "snakelady" who is following me when I have no desire, love, interest or passion for snakes. Why would I need the unnecessary info (aka noise). I might be a snob, so be it, and maybe it will come to bite me in the ass later. However I have more that enough distractions in my life to add any more. I say follow what interest you and whose content has value, not fluff. Love what Ed said and he is right on spot. I definitely don’t follow everyone who follows me. If I did I won’t have time for myself or others either. Yeah I might use Twitter in a spammy way; since I use it to promote my blog, but I also use it as a tool to inform those in my group about events, news, stuff about my particular industry and any other interesting things that I may find.

I also use it to keep up with other stuff that interest me eg; Open Source. That means I filter who I follow I don’t follow you If your topic isn’t of value or interest to me. Eg; Why should I follow the “snakelady” who is following me when I have no desire, love, interest or passion for snakes. Why would I need the unnecessary info (aka noise). I might be a snob, so be it, and maybe it will come to bite me in the ass later. However I have more that enough distractions in my life to add any more.

I say follow what interest you and whose content has value, not fluff.

]]> By: Sharon Strandberg http://www.sebastianjohnsson.com/to-follow-or-not-to-follow-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Sharon Strandberg Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:53:51 +0000 http://www.sebastianjohnsson.com/?p=375#comment-108 Thanks for sharing Ed Dale's video! Haven't formed an opinion about limiting the number of people, but do share the goal of trying to follow interesting & like minded people. Twitter -- birds of a feather, flock together. Thanks for the follow! You're interesting to me because I enjoyed Sydney & Cairns. Thanks for sharing Ed Dale’s video!
Haven’t formed an opinion about limiting the number of people, but do share the goal of trying to follow interesting & like minded people.
Twitter — birds of a feather, flock together.

Thanks for the follow! You’re interesting to me because I enjoyed Sydney & Cairns.

]]> By: Claire Murray http://www.sebastianjohnsson.com/to-follow-or-not-to-follow-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Claire Murray Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:18:37 +0000 http://www.sebastianjohnsson.com/?p=375#comment-107 Hi Sebastian, Enjoyed reading your article and found it interesting (although didn't watch the video). "The more the merrier", I say :-) Keep the articles coming. Kindest, Claire Hi Sebastian,

Enjoyed reading your article and found it interesting (although didn’t watch the video).

“The more the merrier”, I say :-)

Keep the articles coming.

Kindest,

Claire

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