A good friend of mine pointed out to me that I am in the top 1000 twitterers based on my number of followers at Twitterholic.com (#934 as of the date of this post). My twitter ranking may go up but more than likely it will go down. Why? Because twitter is a way to engage others and sheer numbers is not the answer to building a relationship.
Actually I have found that following to many people has made it more difficult to cut through the noise and find opportunities for engagement. People are able to get through the clutter of MLM spammers and habitual link droppers and enjoy doing it, I have a hard time doing it even using tweetdeck to help manage the noise.
One of my downfalls in enjoying my twitter experience as much as I possibly can is the refusal to drop people I am following if they are following me. That has now changed. If they are pushing the latest greatest make money online or MLM product I am dropping you like a bad habit. If they use the aberration ” TweetMyBlog” as their only source of “connecting” they are gone.
This blog post may also cause others to stop following me as well. I can live with it and if it pushes me out of the top 1000 life will go on.
I would love to hear your tips on cutting through the twitter..
BTW .. Follow me on Twitter if you don’t fit the demographic above.
Hi Paul,
Initially, I thought “cool” – that’s gotta be good for something, besides an atta-boy. But, after reading your comments, it does make sense that this could be a difficult way of creating and or maintaining any kind of meaningful contact?
I’ve only been doing the twitter thing for a short time and see how it could quickly grow out of control. Thanks for the insights, you will surely help me and others manage this stuff as we all move forward…
d.
Congratulations! I’m following you. Found you from Andy Warner.