Comments on: Has #FollowFriday on Twitter jumped the shark?

By: vegasgeek

vegasgeek — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:29:05 +0000

I totally understand the way that you are using #followfriday. And, I don't even think it's wrong, really. I am far from a Twitter Purist. I've been called out for sending sponsored tweets from time to time. But really, if that pisses off a user on two, I'm not going to stop to try and please everybody. Believe me, you can't do it!

I say don't be rude. Stick with what is working for you. (Even though it's uncool)

By: Lollie Shopping

Lollie Shopping — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:16:04 +0000

Honestly, at this point, my #followfridays are the result of other people sending me #followfriday love. I feel rude if I don't tweet a #followfriday back to them. It's like etiquette has come into play here. I'm on cloud 9 when my favorite fashion label or the CEO of a fashion brand tweets a #followfriday to me. It's like total validation. But my own #followfridays are my way of sending love back to the person who recommended me. And I know I'm annoying my non-fashion friends – you Twitter purist-types (which I say with love and affection), but I can't be rude to those who give me a shout out, you know? So, what's a fashionista who is worried about coming off as rude to do? I know I'm part of the problem. But at this point, I'd rather be part of the problem and not be rude until one of you finally makes it "uncool" to participate in #followfriday. So…, when are you going to rescue me?

By: Pat Steer (Gaelen)

Pat Steer (Gaelen) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:23:33 +0000

Actually, I followed a new person last Friday — on a friend's #ff recommendation, and (as others noted) after checking out their tweet stream and profile. And I have UNfollowed those whose idea of effective #ff is a dozen auto-tweets filled with nothing but names. I don't automatically follow, and I do keep my follow-stream targeted to people whose tweets enrich my day. I usually recommend two or three people on #ff, and its other incarnations #traveltues and #woofwed (travel and dog training related twitterers.) But many times, my lone #ff tweet goes something like "I follow these folks becuz they're real people:" and I include the link to my follower-stream. If people want to check out some interesting folks, good. If not, no problem. And I do now and then single out someone with whom I've had a really interesting conversation that week.
It isn't the idea of #ff that has jumped the shark — but some folks' execution of the game on Fridays leaves a lot to be desired.

By: vegasgeek

vegasgeek — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:51:54 +0000

It goes back to common sense not being so common… That phrase is so universal. It just fits so many places…

By: vegasgeek

vegasgeek — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:51:12 +0000

I don't usually go as far as unfollowing, though I can definitely relate! But, in a conversation I had today at lunch, we've decided that if we had to give up 1 day a week of twitter, that day would definitely be Fridays.

By: vegasgeek

vegasgeek — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:50:03 +0000

If a friend recommends somebody to me via FollowFriday, I'm going to check out their feed and probably their website and if they look like somebody I'd be interested in following, I'll follow them. What I'm not going to do is just automatically hit the follow button on every person who somebody says I should follow. If I was going to do that, I may as well just turn back on the auto follow program that I tried out a while back. No thanks!

By: vegasgeek

vegasgeek — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:46:55 +0000

Mikey, that is a great article at techcrunch! I get a kick out of the people who watch for the trending topics on twitter and then send a tweet with a totally unrelated link, but include the trending hash tag. It's brilliant, really. :-/

The reason so many accounts have so few followers is because people have created scripts that generate twitter accounts and then go follow 20 people. Nobody would ever follow these accounts. They create thousands of them to boost people's numbers. Back when Ashton Kutcher was reaching 1 million followers, somebody figured out that a decent percentage of his followers were these bogus accounts.

Listen, I'm not above sending out tweets to promote things I've got going on, but, I also use twitter to communicate with dozens upon dozen of people on a daily basis. There's room for doing both on Twitter, it just has to be done with a little common sense. Which, as it turns out, aint so common.

By: vegasgeek

vegasgeek — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:46:55 +0000

By: vegasgeek

vegasgeek — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:12:08 +0000

Gayla, I couldn't agree with you more! Social Media is all about the interaction. If there isn't somebody on the other end ready to respond to questions, why are you there at all? It makes no sense. If I just wanted your company's info, I'd check out your website.