Comments on: Why I Don’t Follow You on Twitter

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:20:06 +0000

Awesome list. I’m afraid I probably RT too often.

By: Tricia Meyer

Tricia Meyer — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:17:51 +0000

Guess this means my Twitter avatar isn’t hot enough.

I actually do almost the exact same thing that you do. I first look at what comes in the email and do a quick evaluation based on the bio listed and follower counts. Then if I am still interested I click and look at the quality of the Tweets such as too many sponsored as, all links, all retweets, etc. I also look to see if you are actually responding to other people.

I’m much more likely to follow someone if they respond to a Tweet of mine than if they just start following me. If someone responds to something I say and it is actually interesting, I ALWAYS go check out their profile and will often follow them back if they meet the criteria listed above.

By: David D Ochoa

David D Ochoa — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:55:36 +0000

Hey, I was thinking of writing this one.

I am following 14 people, and 92 are following me. I still use the web interface, and my time is precious to me. Due to the reasons stated above, I have unfollowed two-thirds of people. It’s not a numbers game to me.

By: Deborah aka Loxly

Deborah aka Loxly — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:00:44 +0000

Excellent advice! I can’t possibly follow everyone that follows me and I actually don’t have the time (or inclination) to even go check everyone’s profile. If you follow me and are a real person, send me an @ message and we’ll go from there Oh and if you @ spam me just to get my attention, you’re blocked and reported.

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:00:01 +0000

I agree with you, Eric and I’m the same way. I try to read every tweet from the people I follow. If their tweets aren’t particularly useful – i.e. nothing but RT’s or unimportant (to me) links, I typically end up unfollowing them.