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	<title>Who is Paul Rushing &#187; twitter</title>
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		<title>I Made the Twitter Top 1000 &#8211; and&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Rushing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A <a title="0boy aka JD Rucker" href="http://twitter.com/0boy">good friend of mine</a> pointed out to me that I am in the top 1000 twitterers based on my number of followers at <a title="Paul Rushing Twitter Ranking" href="http://twitterholic.com/paulrushing/">Twitterholic.com</a> (#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.</p>
<p>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 <a title="MLM Spammer in Action" href="http://twitter.com/MiltonCai">MLM spammers</a> and habitual link droppers and enjoy doing it, I have a hard time doing it even using <a title="Tweetdeck.com" href="http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/">tweetdeck</a> to help manage the noise.</p>
<p>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 &#8221; <a title="SCAM ALERT" href="http://imscamalert.com/2008/07/22/tweet-my-blog-why-oh-why/lead-story">TweetMyBlog</a>&#8221; as their only source of &#8220;connecting&#8221; they are gone.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>I would love to hear your tips on cutting through the twitter..</p>
<p>BTW ..  <a title="Paul Rushing on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/PaulRushing">Follow me on Twitter</a> if you don&#8217;t fit the demographic above.</p>
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