Long time my friends. Today we’re gonna talk about Twitter! So, if you’re not a twitterer you can skip this tutorial, but I’d suggest you to start Twittering! Just go to www.twitter.com and make an account!
***UPDATE: Old method no longer applicable since Twitter changed their design slightly.
Anyway let’s get back to Twitter users now. Don’t you just feel used when a person follows you, you follow him back, because you are kind, grateful, or you just want to connect with as much people as possible, and after a thorough analysis you find out that the person has unfollowed you for no reason?
I say for no reason because most of the times it is for no reason. They just want to get a lot of followers and follow as less as possible. They have this need of having many followers which probably makes them feel important.
I don’t like this kind of persons.
I always tried to fight this situation; one way was to store the e-mail notification I got from twitter that someone would follow me in my inbox, and have it as a reference afterwards when I’d do a check-up of my “following list” and see who has unfollowed me. That proved inefficient over time, where I’d get more and more followers and the number of e-mails would increase
But there’s an easier way.
You go to the “following list” and you should be able to see all the people you’re following. The ones that don’t allow you to “direct message” them are those who don’t follow you but you’re following them.
So, unless you have followed them because they’re famous (famous people usually don’t follow back) or because you wanted to, but the other didn’t find anything useful from your tweets so no follow back for you, then that person is one from the category I described earlier.
Another kind of category I hate is the one who send automated direct messages! Oh man, that’s called spamming and should be made illegal!
But I haven’t figured out a solution for that yet!
If you have, make sure you post it in the comments below!
***Update 15/04***
There is a website where you insert your username and e-mail address and they inform you when you have lost some followers and due to what tweet! Visit the website here.
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Nice, I was looking for something like this!
I just LOVE your blog design. *sweet* !!!
I have found that a handful of people “unfollow me” when I start cracking jokes OR comment on something unsavory (political, slightly naughty image, even LOL Cats).
This perplexes me because I’m sure a ton of my “followers” enjoy professional shop-talk, SEO banter, inspirational “#quotes” – blah, blah, blah, but don’t they have a sense of humor, too? Really?
Here’s the thing, life is more than just quotes, news, and professional updates. Sometimes a hearty “…OMG, that was the best hot-dog I EVER ate at a ballgame; see [pic]” tweets DO apply to real life in real time.
It appears that each time I cut loose and cut-up with fellow tweeters, I loose 3-5 tweeples. The numbers come right back, but that’s not the point.
I could care less about numbers. I use Twitter to communicate, have fun, share professional info, joke, laugh, and chat.
Twitter was a real blessing after my recent surgery where I was stir-crazy from being home bound for so long. It was like a window to the world for me…and extremely entertaining.
Everything is better when you get to share it with others.
I just wonder why so many tweeps don’t “get it” that humans are not stuck in one mode. We laugh, cry, giggle, poke fun, get serious, get motivational…on a time-stream continuum.
Why “unfollow” someone for telling a joke?
Here’s an example: A local Facebook friend of mine (and professional Home-Ec101 Blogger) tweeted a funny picture. It was two male Barbie Dolls holding a package of mixed nuts. I RT’d that pic and *poof* lost 5 followers in 30 seconds. (I’m only assuming they were offended. That’s why I searched for and found your blog; to help me figure out these anomalies).
Here’s the new deal for me. I am going to put a disclaimer in my profile that says “don’t follow me if you lost your sense of humor.” Werd.
@Laurel: Very true! I stopped bothering about ppl unfollowing me for what I say… It’s pointless! It’s better to have 10 followers that you connect with that 1000 who are unknown and don’t give a damn about you (except in the case of marketing where more is better :p). I’m sorry that this post wasn’t helpful because Twitter changed its design and this method cannot be applied anymore! Thanks for your comment and I hope to see you around!
I just want to see who it is so that i can keep updated. i might want to ask them why.
@Elijah: yeah the thing is that this technique is dated now, because they’ve changed the design. I’ll have to find another way to see who unfollowed you on Twitter. Also you could do it the old method, have it send e-mails when someone follows you and keep those emails; when you get a lower follower number, check with your email (or create a list with usernames following you) and see who’s missing from the follower list. That’s the guy who removed you! :p
Good luck!
I don’t like it when people follow everyone who follows them.
If I come across a person who seems funny/entertaining or whatever I will usually follow them on a trial/probation period of a week or so. Then I will decide if I should unfollow them or not.
When people follow me back just because I started following them it makes me feel bound to them. I feel guilty, and end up continuing to following them , even though I might not want to.
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I don’t think that people should worry about followers so much. The only reason I ever check my followers is to see if they are ‘real people’ or just businesses following me in the hope that I will follow back.
If I see a twitter account that follows thousands of people, never @ replies anyone, and only tweets links about their own product, I tend to block them. Clearly these people are not reading my tweets, so why bother having them follow me?
Not that there is anything wrong with using twitter for that….I just want all my followers to be genuine people!
@xpoc: well said Rob! Followers shouldn’t matter, but they do; it’s impregnated in our genes! Social proof and recognition! Makes us feel important!
In the long run, having 100 real people that you can interact with is far better than having 1702 and 1000 of them be “businesses”…
Thanks so much!
Thoroughly enjoyed this article!
You are right and I too use the DM technique, although it is hard to do that on all 11.000 + of my followers! Lol!
I feel it is only right to follow back!
So follow me and I most certaintly will follow you back.. within just a few hours actually!
http://twitter.com/PrayMaddyMcCann