Its very likely that you’re reading this post because of either of the following two reasons.
Reason 1. You tweet so much, just like me.
Reason 2. You unfollowed me because I tweet too much.
If you’re neither one, and is a random follower – means a lot to me. Why ? Read on and you’ll know.
Recently, I was talking to a friend whom I met at a Tweetup. After an interesting conversation, I came to know about the inconvenient truth. That he had unfollowed me soon after three days of following. My friend actually hid the truth from me first, but later, had to admit it. He in fact, was puzzled how I’d take it. Whether I’ll feel offended, sad, or not.
To be honest with you, when someone unfollows me, it doesn’t hurt, as my friend was thinking (not that I’m arrogant) but I kind of agree with the guy that he made a right decision. I mean, when someone unfollows me there must be a reason. And after consulting with many people who’ve unfollowed me,
Number 1 – High Frequency of Tweeting.
Because I tweet so much and clog their timeline.
Number 2 – Unacceptable content.
Because I tweet content that’s offensive to him/her.
Apart from these two facts, there is no worthwhile reason why someone is unfollowing me (or you).
People unfollowing you because of your twitter frequency is actually, not a fault or a mistake.
But a “wavelength incompatibility” with you and your follower. In my case, I tweet so much because I’m a constant and rapid learner.
I tweet about things that I often read and study about online. And I can’t possibly stop it. And Twitter is like a blueprint of my learning curve. All those links and stories are all reading material for me, and I share them with the world on Twitter. Luckily there are lot of people who find it interesting, and unfortunately there are a others who think its too much. I don’t blame them, but its quite understandable that not all can find your tweets interesting.
From experience I’ve learned that when I’m clogging someone’s timeline (some of them reporting it graciously), its primarily because they are following very few people on Twitter. When you follow less people the updates too are less that show up. In these cases, what I suggest is to “open up” and follow more meaningful people. Some people don’t like the idea and still follow very less people, while some find the fun at following more tweeps. In the first case, they’re doing a mistake of following me, so I simply ask them to pull me off their timeline so that I don’t end up as the villain
So there you have it. I think you are the best judge to decide how frequently you tweet. Also, it depends on how you want to use Twitter. Some use it as a communication device or an IM tool, while some use it for networking. In my case, its a networking tool with lots of information passing around, so me being a information magnet, can only devour it all and not let it fly by.
So everyone on Twitter has the right to decide whom to follow, what he tweets and when. Obviously if you’re committing grave mistakes, people will dump you, otherwise you keep going and a few will always unfollow.
What are your thoughts ?
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I used to have this feeling of guilt initially. I used to think of it as a sin to tweet so much and talk too much.
But then, its my profile, I didnt ask anyone to follow me, so if am not interesting to them, they can always unfollow.
So I started tweeting a lot. found a lot of cool buddies that way which I would never have made if I had kept quiet.
I use it more like a communication tool, and a “cool-link” gathering machine.
Most people already know how to manage the people they follow. Now that there are lists, its even more easier for those who do it from the web interface.
I would say, Tweeting is my birth right and no one can question it. lol
If tweeting too much is a mistake, then we will end up in hell
What did you do to the guy who unfollowed you? If it was me, I would have bought him some coffee and probably would have taught him how to manage the mass tweeters (with lists or tweetdeck groups) and obviously give him 10 good reasons why he should follow me again
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Where did you got this content? I feels like De Javu when I read the title of this post. It’s really strange….
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Arun Basil Lal
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Why did you say that? Obviously he wrote it himself.
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Mani Karthik
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That’s what I was thinking
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Mani,
I used to follow you, and many people like you who are always on twitter. I am not following you anymore as you and people like you consume too much of timeline. I tweet from my mobile and it is no easy place to read all the tweets, and open the links too.
I was religiously on twitter for couple of months, read every tweet in my timeline, marked favorites, read them later.
But alas! too much time is spent to find very little useful stuff.
I am still on twitter, and following more people, but unfollowing just 10 people like you have saved my timeline filled with internet links.
I am not blaming though. I am not a computer geek, I am a doctor. Hence, I cannot be virtually in front of desktop, reading all the tweets and opening all the links to find them if they are really useful.
No offence. You are doing a great job on twitter for the people who are into internet, socail media etc. But for the people like me who are there to celebrate Tendulkar’s century, or to tell people which movie not to watch, or to share a simple joke, or just tell the world I am bored.
Twitter has many uses and many type of users. Your goals are very high and to reach every corner of the world. Good luck!
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Arun Basil Lal
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Buddy,
I think you should try mastering the art of scanning. I follow a lot of people, and see many tweets and links. But I just scan them and pick the best ones. Its like licking the cream of the cream-biscut.
I dont think anyone reads everything I write or any link I post, still every link get some attention from someone. Thats the point.
Happy Tweeting buddy!
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