This is why the number of followers means nothing to me. It's much like blogging, I would rather have five fun followers who really give a shit what I say and respond than 500 who may or may not read and who I will never know. I'm there to make some friends and have some fun, I'm not selling anything and I don't need "followers" to feel important. Good for you Chuck for seeing that, although I should have checked first to see that you didn't dump me first. :)
jenx67
· 10 months ago
Did you see that interview with the Twitter CEO on CSPAN Sunday? He said 900 followers (his number) was too many. I am really beginning to understand Twitter so much. Not to sound pompous, but I've always understood it to a degree, but it is so difficult for me to explain it's value to the few clients I have in my humble PR shop. One thing the CEO said was that he was more interested in what the coffee shop tweeted once a day - than 15 tweets about nothing from someone he knew.
I have started to follow a 90-10 rule. Have you heard of this? 90 percent of your tweets need to give something of value to the Twitter community - and 10 percent can be about what you had for breakfast, etc. Since I've been doing this - for just a week or so, my Twitter experience has become much more interesting.
I was following over 200 people. I pared it down one day to 68. Now, I'm up to 83. People who issue 15 tweets in a row - I usually stop following them. It's annoying. I also like peeps who are funny. Today, a high level exec I follow tweeted: "It's time to make the donuts." Stuff like that makes me laugh - and stay. But, I really love valuable links and tidbits of helpful info.
One more thing - I hate the language of "followers" - I wish it said "People who are interested in what I might say" (too long, I know) - b/c followers has always implied kool-aid drinking souls...i'm weird, though. hahahah
jenx67
· 10 months ago
also - he said there was probably going to be an ipo - and CHUCK! I'm getting in on this one, b/c I missed out on Google. I only had $2,500 to invest and declined - if I had, I'd have about $50,000 today. =(
Monica O'Brien
· 10 months ago
Heh. I was wondering why you stopped following me, and thought I might have offended you with my opinions about Ford's twitter efforts. Thanks for sharing - I'll be interested to see how this experiment turns out. And I will try to remember not to unfollow you, but I sometimes use Twitter Karma to clean up my profile. Best!
Chuck Westbrook
· 10 months ago
@Ben We have almost nothing in common in many respects, but I feel like I know you because you're just after friends and fun. It shows because we talk back and forth, so of the 900 people, you are one of the ones I am most familiar with.
@Jen Thanks for relaying the interview. The idea of delivering value through Twitter is interesting. I don't just toss out updates, but I don't go for hard value either. I try to amuse, entertain, and interest, and that's what I look for in return. That's value for me on Twitter. Good luck with the Twitter IPO :)
@Monica It definitely wasn't because of what you said about Ford, and it's most emphatically nothing personal in your case. Your approach to Twitter is a bit high-volume for me right now. I hope we can keep talking through gchat though.
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Good for you Chuck for seeing that, although I should have checked first to see that you didn't dump me first. :)
I have started to follow a 90-10 rule. Have you heard of this? 90 percent of your tweets need to give something of value to the Twitter community - and 10 percent can be about what you had for breakfast, etc. Since I've been doing this - for just a week or so, my Twitter experience has become much more interesting.
I was following over 200 people. I pared it down one day to 68. Now, I'm up to 83. People who issue 15 tweets in a row - I usually stop following them. It's annoying. I also like peeps who are funny. Today, a high level exec I follow tweeted: "It's time to make the donuts." Stuff like that makes me laugh - and stay. But, I really love valuable links and tidbits of helpful info.
One more thing - I hate the language of "followers" - I wish it said "People who are interested in what I might say" (too long, I know) - b/c followers has always implied kool-aid drinking souls...i'm weird, though. hahahah
@Jen Thanks for relaying the interview. The idea of delivering value through Twitter is interesting. I don't just toss out updates, but I don't go for hard value either. I try to amuse, entertain, and interest, and that's what I look for in return. That's value for me on Twitter. Good luck with the Twitter IPO :)
@Monica It definitely wasn't because of what you said about Ford, and it's most emphatically nothing personal in your case. Your approach to Twitter is a bit high-volume for me right now. I hope we can keep talking through gchat though.