It is refreshing to see others who feel the same way about who to follow on twitter. Today, @jordan_law21 had a great post on his blog, Law21.ca where he talks about Figuring out Twitter.
What caught my attention was a list of “I won’t follow your twitter feed if” Here it is:
- your Twitter account doesn’t show your name or link to a web page
- you’ve been on Twitter for more than half an hour and you don’t have a photo
- you’ve posted hardly any updates before following me
- you’ve protected your updates, giving me no reason to follow you
- your ratio of following-to-followed is more than 5 to 1
- your updates are mostly links to your blog posts or press releases
- more than half your updates are RTs of people I already follow
- not one of your last 20 updates contains a link I feel like clicking on
- you’re selling something (a product, service, cause or belief)
- your posts are political and bitter, or political and smug
- you’re Oprah Winfrey
There are some things you really need to do before you start using twitter. And the list above outlines some of them. Take note of them and make sure you are doing them. Twitter is a great tool if you use it right.
If you have other reasons you don’t follow someone on twitter, make sure to leave your comments here. Lets keep the conversation going.
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