Comments on: Should I unfollow everyone on twitter? http://www.justinparks.com/should-i-unfollow-everyone-on-twitter/ For Marketing and Social Media stuff Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.justinparks.com/should-i-unfollow-everyone-on-twitter/#comment-800 Anonymous Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:10:00 +0000 http://www.justinparks.com/?p=1323#comment-800 why 'follow' (essentially listen) to anybody you don't know or care what they have to say? And why allow just anybody to follow you unless you are some Jesus figure talking to the masses. Get a blog, that's the best way to talk blinding to people who don't care. twitter is shit and has no future. the concepts of listening to and talking with people will remain, twitter will die when everybody in marketing (the only people that use it) move on. i deleted my account 18 months ago. why ‘follow’ (essentially listen) to anybody you don’t know or care what they have to say? And why allow just anybody to follow you unless you are some Jesus figure talking to the masses. Get a blog, that’s the best way to talk blinding to people who don’t care.

twitter is shit and has no future. the concepts of listening to and talking with people will remain, twitter will die when everybody in marketing (the only people that use it) move on.

i deleted my account 18 months ago.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.justinparks.com/should-i-unfollow-everyone-on-twitter/#comment-2598 Anonymous Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:10:00 +0000 http://www.justinparks.com/?p=1323#comment-2598 why 'follow' (essentially listen) to anybody you don't know or care what they have to say? And why allow just anybody to follow you unless you are some Jesus figure talking to the masses. Get a blog, that's the best way to talk blinding to people who don't care. twitter is shit and has no future. the concepts of listening to and talking with people will remain, twitter will die when everybody in marketing (the only people that use it) move on. i deleted my account 18 months ago. why ‘follow’ (essentially listen) to anybody you don’t know or care what they have to say? And why allow just anybody to follow you unless you are some Jesus figure talking to the masses. Get a blog, that’s the best way to talk blinding to people who don’t care.

twitter is shit and has no future. the concepts of listening to and talking with people will remain, twitter will die when everybody in marketing (the only people that use it) move on.

i deleted my account 18 months ago.

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]]> By: DGentryhttp://www.justinparks.com/should-i-unfollow-everyone-on-twitter/#comment-788 DGentry Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:46:11 +0000 http://www.justinparks.com/?p=1323#comment-788 FYI, there is one lingering aftereffect of mass-unfollowing everyone: Twitter keeps some state around that you once followed that person. If you follow them again you appear down in the middle of their followers list where you were originally, not at the top where a new follower would normally appear. This can cause some consternation, the person will be notified that you followed but it will look like you unfollowed _again_. "Follow but immediately unfollow" is a bit more personal than mass-unfollowing.<br><br>More details here: <a href="http://jetsam.geekhold.com/inconsistent-twitter-follower-sort-ordering-n" rel="nofollow">http://jetsam.geekhold.com/inconsistent-twitter...</a><br><br>I suspect Twitter does this deliberately. If unfollow+follow moved you to the top of the followers list, the bots would all do it to try to get more people to follow back. Bots are enough of a problem already, without letting them completely take over the service. FYI, there is one lingering aftereffect of mass-unfollowing everyone: Twitter keeps some state around that you once followed that person. If you follow them again you appear down in the middle of their followers list where you were originally, not at the top where a new follower would normally appear. This can cause some consternation, the person will be notified that you followed but it will look like you unfollowed _again_. “Follow but immediately unfollow” is a bit more personal than mass-unfollowing.

More details here: http://jetsam.geekhold.com/inconsistent-twitter…

I suspect Twitter does this deliberately. If unfollow+follow moved you to the top of the followers list, the bots would all do it to try to get more people to follow back. Bots are enough of a problem already, without letting them completely take over the service.

]]> By: DGentryhttp://www.justinparks.com/should-i-unfollow-everyone-on-twitter/#comment-787 DGentry Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:46:11 +0000 http://www.justinparks.com/?p=1323#comment-787 FYI, there is one lingering aftereffect of mass-unfollowing everyone: Twitter keeps some state around that you once followed that person. If you follow them again you appear down in the middle of their followers list where you were originally, not at the top where a new follower would normally appear. This can cause some consternation, the person will be notified that you followed but it will look like you unfollowed _again_. "Follow but immediately unfollow" is a bit more personal than mass-unfollowing.<br><br>More details here: <a href="http://jetsam.geekhold.com/inconsistent-twitter-follower-sort-ordering-n" rel="nofollow">http://jetsam.geekhold.com/inconsistent-twitter...</a><br><br>I suspect Twitter does this deliberately. If unfollow+follow moved you to the top of the followers list, the bots would all do it to try to get more people to follow back. Bots are enough of a problem already, without letting them completely take over the service. FYI, there is one lingering aftereffect of mass-unfollowing everyone: Twitter keeps some state around that you once followed that person. If you follow them again you appear down in the middle of their followers list where you were originally, not at the top where a new follower would normally appear. This can cause some consternation, the person will be notified that you followed but it will look like you unfollowed _again_. “Follow but immediately unfollow” is a bit more personal than mass-unfollowing.

More details here: http://jetsam.geekhold.com/inconsistent-twitter…

I suspect Twitter does this deliberately. If unfollow+follow moved you to the top of the followers list, the bots would all do it to try to get more people to follow back. Bots are enough of a problem already, without letting them completely take over the service.

]]> By: DGentryhttp://www.justinparks.com/should-i-unfollow-everyone-on-twitter/#comment-1913 DGentry Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:46:00 +0000 http://www.justinparks.com/?p=1323#comment-1913 FYI, there is one lingering aftereffect of mass-unfollowing everyone: Twitter keeps some state around that you once followed that person. If you follow them again you appear down in the middle of their followers list where you were originally, not at the top where a new follower would normally appear. This can cause some consternation, the person will be notified that you followed but it will look like you unfollowed _again_. "Follow but immediately unfollow" is a bit more personal than mass-unfollowing. More details here: http://jetsam.geekhold.com/inconsistent-twitter-follower-sort-ordering-n I suspect Twitter does this deliberately. If unfollow+follow moved you to the top of the followers list, the bots would all do it to try to get more people to follow back. Bots are enough of a problem already, without letting them completely take over the service. FYI, there is one lingering aftereffect of mass-unfollowing everyone: Twitter keeps some state around that you once followed that person. If you follow them again you appear down in the middle of their followers list where you were originally, not at the top where a new follower would normally appear. This can cause some consternation, the person will be notified that you followed but it will look like you unfollowed _again_. “Follow but immediately unfollow” is a bit more personal than mass-unfollowing.

More details here: http://jetsam.geekhold.com/inconsistent-twitter-follower-sort-ordering-n

I suspect Twitter does this deliberately. If unfollow+follow moved you to the top of the followers list, the bots would all do it to try to get more people to follow back. Bots are enough of a problem already, without letting them completely take over the service.

]]> By: Engaging Your Community Pt. 4: Chris Brogan | Viralogy Bloghttp://www.justinparks.com/should-i-unfollow-everyone-on-twitter/#comment-786 Engaging Your Community Pt. 4: Chris Brogan | Viralogy Blog Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:04:29 +0000 http://www.justinparks.com/?p=1323#comment-786 [...] followed back everyone who has followed him on Twitter, but that is a tactic that some speculate might not last too much [...] [...] followed back everyone who has followed him on Twitter, but that is a tactic that some speculate might not last too much [...]

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