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Is it spammy? I don't know. But I know I'm loving it.
Thank you, The Busy Brain. And yes, I'm following you. :)
Your tweets seem coherent but fun (" Watching the debate makes me hungry! Can you eat Acorns?") Your blog is informative (<a href="http://blog.thebusybrain.com/freeshipping... - Find the Online Retailers Offering Free Shipping!) and you have a sweet family.
It really takes more than just adding people. Others may not have the same results that you've had. Just sayin'.
Good approach however at getting new followers.
Really genius!
Otherwise, I am happy to follow back when people follow me :D
Then again maybe I live in fantasy Twitter Land.
It's "tit-for-tat", not "tic for tac".
Hope this helps. Thx for all the followers.
Following this tactic makes Twitter spammy, something that nobody wants. As someone has mentioned, I hope that someone follows me because they are interested in what I have to say, not expecting a follow-back. I will only follow people back after I read through their tweets, check out their page, etc. The most appealing beauty about twitter is not the micro-blogging aspect, but the social aspect. If you are going to follow someone you have no intention of interracting with, then why do it? They probably aren't interested in your topics either. I think you get the gist here.
Here's a better, strategically refined solution. Visit www.search.twitter.com and search for terms that you write about. See who's tweeting about those topics and engage with them on a 1-on-1 basis. Yes, it may take a little longer, but you may find yourself with a more loyal, and interesting following.
I don't have friends that use Twitter! I'm the sole geek in my group of friends. Twitter to me is a place to meet new people, and network! Networking is about communicating with people you have NEVER spoke to before! Guess what...!?
All these posts, all these people, I had NEVER seen or heard from before today! I think that is cool!
I also love the fact that this is generating a lot of feedback, both "Pro" and "Con" to this idea! It doesn't bother me that people have a negative opinion. That's their right! I did this experiment on a whim less than 40 hours ago, and it has become quite insane! WAAAAY More than I ever thought it would be!
It has continued its growth because there is a large group of growing people out there who seem to Love the idea... Otherwise it would have stopped DEAD in its tracks! Right!?
Meeting new people is fun, but how will you meet all the people who friend you O_o? isn't it somewhat overwelming? Just curious about what you think about this.
2. Do you get a commission for each exclamation point, or do you just have a supply that needs using up before the expiration date? o.O
Karma is a bitch
What you are doing is a mockery of Twitter. And you ARE actually harming something. You are lowering the quality of this medium, which with all its downsides still has a quality way above the par compared with the other social networks.
You might believe that this new influx of followers is helping you, you might believe that you are increasing your exposure, but all that you are managing to do is to transform yourself into a noise source.
As a credit to you though, this entire controversy does have a positive effect on your business, due to the debate it encouraged. This positive effect however will be short lived and none of it will pass on to the users foolish enough to follow your advice.
Karma is still a bitch.
Where's the bad Karma you speak of?
Click On "Settings"
Click On the "Account" tab
Enable the "Protect my updates" checkbox
Click Save
Finally... If you don't want to be a part of all this, although I will miss you, feel free to UNFOLLOW me!
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I LOVE the discussion!
For one, i feel slightly "used" in that those of us who've decided to politely follow folks back, are suddenly getting connected with people who are just in it to jack up their numbers. No big deal, just, meh.
But more to why I say "missing the point" it's a matter of maybe not thinking through the results of this. Will the follower numbers you end up with really serve your goals in the end? Maybe so, maybe likely, no.
The slow organic growth of a network here lets you get to know people. I've found the periods of rapid growth caused me to miss a lot of genuine opportunities to really meet people within the streams. Jumping into 600 streams at once, I really have to wonder how many people adding those 600 will ever really *see* any of those 600. How much incremental traffic will it really drive, and how many of those Twitter connections will last if they were done "just to connect" instead of because there was some interest in the contents and or person.
Again, while my basic reaction to the technique is to (sadly) shake my head, I have to give you some credit for sharing the idea and hearing out the responses.
But, my intent WAS to meet people like Shawn, and yourself! True PEOPLE you wouldn't mind saying hi to on the street without fear of getting a sales pitch thrown in your ear!
Simple really. You either choose to follow or not. Yes, you'll get a few emails saying you've got new followers, but that is how the system is designed. You can always do what I do, check 'em out and if they're "not worth it" don't follow 'em and delete the email.
You're building a wonderful network of spammers. Worse - you're teaching a network of people who want to use a cool new tool how to act like the sleazy used car salesperson at a party.
Have you ever been to a networking event, where someone cruises through the entire room in 7 minutes, hands a biz card to everyone, and considers themselves "networked"? (While the room laughs behind his back)
This is exactly what you're teaching your readers to practice. Twitter doesn't work like the old-school internet tools. You don't 'win' by having more followers. The value of twitter is in the value of what you share, and how you share it. It's certainly not about tweeting every time you've written a blog post.
If I'm on your list, please remove me.
BTW - I can see just fine! Thanks for stopping by!
I truly don't have an opinion about the merit (or lack of) that many of your respondents seem to have. Boy, people sure get worked up over trivia, don't they? It's been an interesting social experiment; not the first time it's been done either. Some social media trainers are even advocating the 'mass-follow' approach to broadening one's twitterverse. I agree with the advice to those who wish to maintain a closed social circle...enable 'protect my updates.'
I read what people post, and want to be reading only what is of interest to me.
When someone follows me i read their profile and what they have tweered about to see if I want to follow thew,
You followed me and without me even knowing that this little experiement was going on, I followed you back. Over two days I got quite a few new followers because of this little stunt, but then I go to send you a direct message today to ask you about your domain name that amazon wants to buy and I see that you have unfollowed quite a number of people, including myself. What is the point if not to be some kind of popularity contest for yourself? I understand you are a marketer, but if you are just out to mess up the dynamics of the system then I think the experiment had ill intentions.
I find it to be a huge twitter foul to follow and then unfollow for the sake of gaining followers alone.
If anyone agrees or disagrees with me you can find me on twitter @michaelcummings
Use Twitter Karma to do it automatically - http://dossy.org/twitter/karma/
Or Manually by going through your "Following" list and remove anyone who doesn't have the "Direct Message" link under their username.
ALSO, keep in mind - If you are on my list of followers, you will continue to get followed as new people discover this concept.
the problem....... no quality followers.... most of the people you add this way just end up being and feeling spammy/spammed..
BE SMART
i think its just better to follow the “Tit-for-Tat” people.... say some smart stuff... actually a bunch of smart stuff... and the followers will come on their own.
;))
I don't think your intent was evil, but I have to question your goals. Yes, Twitter is different for everyone, and I doubt we're using it as it was first intended. If jacking your numbers was the goal, well you succeeded. However, in skimming through theses comments, it seems like you may have alienated some people who were more valuable to you than "one more follower."
I haven't checked out your tweets, or read any other posts than this one (linked from a Tweep of mine), so I don't know how valuable each of your tweets are. I'm guessing you're fairly clever, so maybe they're worth checking out.
Yes, this will undoubtedly increase your # of followers, but unless you're providing them with valuable tweets, they'll leave and what are you left with? Better to grow your following naturally, over time through quality tweets and following the right people...whether or not they follow you back.