Comments on: How to waste my time on Twitter

By: Tudortweet

Tudortweet — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:36:13 +0000

Nice one. The celebrity tweeters get ‘the followers they deserve’

Then there’s other clusters like the one you propose

I like the idea of a self-managing system for Twitter now I’ve done a few ‘hair cutting jobs’.

By: Alex, Blogsessive

Alex, Blogsessive — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:03:57 +0000

Sylvia, Andy, for regular people it’s funny. THe sad part is that even with a comment policy certain people fail to abide some common sense rules of conversation. It’s why that is there.

Thanks for stopping by and adding your comments folks!

By: Andy Michaels

Andy Michaels — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:41:57 +0000

@Sylvia Hahaha! If you didn’t mention it, I probably wouldn’t have noticed either! I’m really loving this blog!

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:05:41 +0000

OMG! I’m LOL’ing at the “let’s play nice” comment underneath the submit button.

I never noticed it until now. duh!!!

OMG! That is freaking funny!!!

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:04:41 +0000

Talk about a personal touch.

Even with the venting, I really enjoy that post.

By: Alex, Blogsessive

Alex, Blogsessive — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:20:27 +0000

@Adrian – I don’t thing anyone with a clear mind would thins you’re an ass for taking care of your account.

@Tom – My Twitter cleaning is long overdue and I’m sure communication will improve on my side too. Glad it worked well for you!

@Dan – Social Media has been abused by so many people that forgot about the “social” component, no matter the channel.. Twitter or YouTube.

@Alina – Let’s all be Gurus and reach IM nirvana!

Thanks for your comments folks!

By: Alina Popescu

Alina Popescu — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:49:02 +0000

I for one am simply amused by how easy it easy to become a guru these days! You just say you are and if you’re lucky, there will be hundreds and hundreds of people to believe you beyond any doubt…

And those landing pages? C’mon, the only urge I feel is to get out of there, and do it fast!

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:46:54 +0000

I also agree, however I’m not a major fan of twitter. Sure it’s the latest craze for networking etc, but it’s been to abused and there are way to many nonsense accounts being created for the purpose of backlinks. Personally I prefer Youtube.

By: Tom - StandOutBlogger.com

Tom - StandOutBlogger.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:49:28 +0000

I totally agree with your point! I started off using twitter with the goal to get as many followers as possible, but found I got overwhelmed and couldn’t communicate with anyone (and wasn’t getting any results). Then I really trimmed the people I was following to about 200 and have had amazing results and good communication.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:43:56 +0000

Well said! I’ve been meaning to address this for quite some time. It’s the reason why I recently started to use Twitter in a less conventional way:

1. I only follow a select few that I cycle from time to time. Got something interesting to say? I’ll hear you! You don’t? Maybe I’ll check you out later.

2. I block not only the obvious spam and “marketing gurus”, but also most accounts that don’t have a person’s name and bio, as well as people who have nothing in common with me. I’m just doing them a favor.

From time to time I check followers and see what they are saying. If they aren’t saying much lately or they’re talking crazy stuff, they might get blocked.

It may sound like I’m being an ass, but I like to rule my twitter account with an iron fist and I got no complains so far!