Twitter Quid Pro Quo? Screw That. Just Say NO!
Jun 4th, 2009 by admin
There has been a lot of buzz recently about use and misuse of Twitter and its so-called demise in the making. Quite frankly, I’m sick of the offenders; you know, those who follow 978,456 people for the sole purpose of trying to sell them on making more money online or getting rich overnight. Or those who proudly proclaim that they have found a way to ‘game’ the system. So I’m going to go against all the Kings and Queens of Twitter and all those so-called marketing experts out there who say it is imperative to ‘FOLLOW EVERYONE WHO FOLLOWS YOU ON TWITTER’. My advice… Just say NO!
Here are some things to ask yourself before choosing to follow someone on Twitter:
- Do you know this person, company or group?
- How do you know them?
- Are they reputable?
- Do they abuse Twitter (or other social networking-type sites)?
- What is their ratio of following to followers?
- Are their tweets and/or profile/bio legit, offensive, etc.?
- Will following them tarnish your reputation or cause someone to cringe when they see this person on the list of people you are following?
- Are their tweets insightful, offer good ideas, etc.?
At the end of the day, it sure feels better to be a leader – not a follower. What that means is never, ever feel obligated to follow everyone who follows you. Always think about your reputation and credibility. There are some real losers on Twitter. You follow them and they might just bring you down, too. And there is a higher purpose – Twitter itself! Let’s not foster a reputation of it being a low-quality, spam ridden site that has little value. I LOVE Twitter, and very much want to see it succeed. So how do we do our part to help secure its future? One tiny step…
Twitter Quid Pro Quo? Screw That. Just Say NO!
Hi - yes you are right on topic here - I have been in to Twitter for a while now and like you I check all who want to follow me and better still if they start and take over my page with to many tweets I simply un-follow - this keeps my page a great place to interact and find what I’m looking for - and every day some-thing comes in to view that helps me online and then i can share with other like-minded folks to do better with there marketing efforts once I’ve tested what-ever I’ve seen and liked out - Twitter is a cool tool that’s for sure …
Wilson Cowden
Amen!
You said it! Even with Tweetdeck, your Twitter stream is much too valuable to be bombarded by all the get-rich-quick spam.
Right on! I have a twitter account that I solely use for personal stuff and I hate it whenever I get spam, the offenders actually tweet back whenever I tweet. I have no choice but to block them altogether.
Cha
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I have been searching for information like this for more than a month now. Glad I persisted.
It’s posts like this that make me appreciate blogs so much. Your feed has a new subscriber!
Good post. I followed everyone who followed me but I don’t do that anymore.
You are right admin. Now-a-days people have lot of craze about twitter. And they even think that they should have thousands of followers in order to get profit from their twitter account. Its better to have few legit followers than more non-legit followers.
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Yes, you are very true. I have a twitter account and I hate to get any spam. I was really looking for such information which will be really helpful to me in managing my twitter account. Thanks a lot.
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