Comments on: Making My Twitter Experience Better By Unfollowing http://www.timetotweet.com/making-my-twitter-experience-better-by-unfollowing/ The home of Twitter Addicts | From Twitterscripts.net Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:08:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Manage Multiple Twitter Accounts With Splitweet http://www.timetotweet.com/making-my-twitter-experience-better-by-unfollowing/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Manage Multiple Twitter Accounts With Splitweet Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:37:49 +0000 http://www.timetotweet.com/?p=501#comment-98 [...] is that the latest @replies to your account are shown down the right hand side of the page. This is exactly what I am looking for as I essentially tweet from one account but check the latest @replies for the [...] [...] is that the latest @replies to your account are shown down the right hand side of the page. This is exactly what I am looking for as I essentially tweet from one account but check the latest @replies for the [...]

]]> By: Most Twitter Users Don’t Care Who They Follow, They Only Care Who Follows Them http://www.timetotweet.com/making-my-twitter-experience-better-by-unfollowing/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Most Twitter Users Don’t Care Who They Follow, They Only Care Who Follows Them Fri, 22 May 2009 11:08:03 +0000 http://www.timetotweet.com/?p=501#comment-60 [...] Follows Them AUTHOR : Kevin  FILED UNDER: Twittering 22 May, 2009 // 2 days ago I made a big change in the way I use Twitter and unfollowed everyone but the people I actually interact with through Twitter (I unfollowed close [...] [...] Follows Them AUTHOR : Kevin  FILED UNDER: Twittering 22 May, 2009 // 2 days ago I made a big change in the way I use Twitter and unfollowed everyone but the people I actually interact with through Twitter (I unfollowed close [...]

]]> By: Kevin http://www.timetotweet.com/making-my-twitter-experience-better-by-unfollowing/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Kevin Thu, 21 May 2009 10:16:47 +0000 http://www.timetotweet.com/?p=501#comment-52 Thanks Tracey. Glad you you liked the article. I appreciate the RT too :) If you are new to blogging, drop by my <a href="http://www.bloggingtips.com/forums/" rel="nofollow">blogging forums</a> and say hello :) Thanks Tracey. Glad you you liked the article. I appreciate the RT too :)

If you are new to blogging, drop by my blogging forums and say hello :)

]]> By: Tracey Smith http://www.timetotweet.com/making-my-twitter-experience-better-by-unfollowing/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Tracey Smith Thu, 21 May 2009 03:28:03 +0000 http://www.timetotweet.com/?p=501#comment-51 Your article came at a great time...one of my tweeps just posted asking what was a good twitter follow rule and I tweeted her the link to this article! Hopefully it will help her too. Your article came at a great time…one of my tweeps just posted asking what was a good twitter follow rule and I tweeted her the link to this article! Hopefully it will help her too.

]]> By: Tracey Smith http://www.timetotweet.com/making-my-twitter-experience-better-by-unfollowing/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Tracey Smith Thu, 21 May 2009 03:20:32 +0000 http://www.timetotweet.com/?p=501#comment-50 Great article and great philosophy. I've kind of had this approach from day one on Twitter and I've only been on here about 4 months now. I just don't have time to wade through hundreds of tweets that have no meaning to me so if they don't interest me I un-follow. I love your posts though as I'm also somewhat new to blogging and get a lot of good tips...keep em coming! Great article and great philosophy. I’ve kind of had this approach from day one on Twitter and I’ve only been on here about 4 months now. I just don’t have time to wade through hundreds of tweets that have no meaning to me so if they don’t interest me I un-follow.

I love your posts though as I’m also somewhat new to blogging and get a lot of good tips…keep em coming!

]]> By: Kevin http://www.timetotweet.com/making-my-twitter-experience-better-by-unfollowing/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Kevin Thu, 21 May 2009 01:33:29 +0000 http://www.timetotweet.com/?p=501#comment-49 Yes I think you are right, for most people at least, as I think that there will always be people who are obsessed with their follower number I think a lot of people made the mistake I made and followed someone back because they thought it was rude not to. Perhaps if Twitter introduced some sort of category function into Twitter then we culd follow a little bit more people without being overwhelmed. Which is what happened to me. Seriously, the last few weeks I have checked my Twitter dashboard and asked myself 'Who are these people?'. Not in a bad way, I just honestly had no idea who the people filling up my twitter dashboard were. You have a good blog there Paul. I've subscribed so that I can keep track of future posts :) Yes I think you are right, for most people at least, as I think that there will always be people who are obsessed with their follower number

I think a lot of people made the mistake I made and followed someone back because they thought it was rude not to. Perhaps if Twitter introduced some sort of category function into Twitter then we culd follow a little bit more people without being overwhelmed.

Which is what happened to me. Seriously, the last few weeks I have checked my Twitter dashboard and asked myself ‘Who are these people?’. Not in a bad way, I just honestly had no idea who the people filling up my twitter dashboard were.

You have a good blog there Paul. I’ve subscribed so that I can keep track of future posts :)

]]> By: Paul http://www.timetotweet.com/making-my-twitter-experience-better-by-unfollowing/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Paul Thu, 21 May 2009 00:59:50 +0000 http://www.timetotweet.com/?p=501#comment-48 Little plug, I wrote a post recently on <a href="http://www.cranefactory.com/twitter-hype-backlash" rel="nofollow">Twitter and the Gartner Hype Cycle</a>. So what we're possibly seeing with experiences like yours Kevin is Twitter (at least for some people) starting to emerge from the "trough of disillusionment" and moving into the "slope of enlightenment", as early adopters that became frustrated with the "follower count frenzy" going on start to realise the real value of Twitter - building strong relationships with those you follow and who follow you. Its something I routinely check, that I'm only following people or newsbots that I find genuinely valuable on a consistent basis. Some people have taken this approach from day 1, eg @DivineWrite's experience as described <a href="http://www.twitip.com/why-following-too-many-people-will-cost-you/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Hopefully what it will mean in the next 12 months is less of the "media darling" status that attracts a combination of wide-eyed amazement and dismissive attacks from the press and more of Twitter just becoming a well known, useful and productive tool that people naturally use for socialising on the web. Little plug, I wrote a post recently on Twitter and the Gartner Hype Cycle.

So what we’re possibly seeing with experiences like yours Kevin is Twitter (at least for some people) starting to emerge from the “trough of disillusionment” and moving into the “slope of enlightenment”, as early adopters that became frustrated with the “follower count frenzy” going on start to realise the real value of Twitter – building strong relationships with those you follow and who follow you.

Its something I routinely check, that I’m only following people or newsbots that I find genuinely valuable on a consistent basis. Some people have taken this approach from day 1, eg @DivineWrite’s experience as described here.

Hopefully what it will mean in the next 12 months is less of the “media darling” status that attracts a combination of wide-eyed amazement and dismissive attacks from the press and more of Twitter just becoming a well known, useful and productive tool that people naturally use for socialising on the web.

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