Its the question which has been haunting me for the last 5 days. Yes, believe me or not - its a matter of concern for me. And I believe it can be a matter of concern for anyone. You must be wondering what am I talking about. Well, just have a look at the number of followers I having in my twitter account. see it just below the email feed subscriber widget on top right hand side of this page. Just before writing this post, I had my twitter followers to 500. And just 5 days back, the number was below 150. All of a sudden I am having over 500 followers. Well, to get so many followers is a plus for me. But the real problem is that I am getting follower every 10-15 minutes. My mailbox is almost full of twitter notifications. And most of the followers are unknown to me. Yes to be honest, leaving 100 to 150 followers, rest all are unknown to me.
Yes, who are they - David, Michael, Adam, Daniel, Sonia, Mike, blah..blah :( Dear, I don't know most of you. Why are you following me? What did you find so special in me? What is wrong with you people? Do you like me or what? Please let me know about it once. To make matter worse, just few hours back, I got twitter follower notification from Bitne...naah, she was not britney spears. But she was britney*uck videos..Shocking, isn't it? Now, why on earth she wants to follow me? Can anyone please explain it to me? Am I so sexy? But I must say..the pic was very nice :)
Hehehe..jokes apart. The bottom line here is that I want to use Twitter for my benefit just like anyone of you would do. I would love to have as many followers as possible. But the important thing for me is that the person should be at least known to me. Simply following me doesn't make sense to me. Or a food for thought - Is it all spam? Are most of my followers spammers? Well, can be a possibility. Anything can happen today. I think they are all spammers.
What do you people say ?
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May 15, 2009 4:10 AM
Hahaha, 500 followers and counting. This is good my friend. You are now becoming popular and even being followed by bitney*uck videos. That's great for sore eyes 8-)
Anyway, I do not believe that everyone is a spammer. The Twitter phenomena has just gotten everyone racing for numbers and not quality.
My advice is to use Tweetdeck, group your favorite and known people and that's it. Take advantage of the others to retweet your Tweets. I follow 11K people and 12K+ follow me. You think I can handle all of them? One thing is for sure, if you use it properly (quality Tweets) it can drive some serious traffic to your blog.
BTW, You owe me an autograph, you lucky you:)
May 15, 2009 11:44 AM
Hey DiTesco, to be honest..I don't want anyone to be my follower. It is simply going against my wish. I would like to know anyone first before being my follower. Believe me or not, my mailbox is exploding these days with twitter notifications. Its just too much for me>:o bty, I didn't get it - You owe me an autograph, you lucky you *DONT_KNOW*
May 15, 2009 3:19 PM
Three reasons:
1. Traffic
2. Traffic
3. Traffic
May 15, 2009 3:30 PM
Traffic ?? I can understand it but is it the right way to do it. Just following anyone in tons=-O
May 15, 2009 3:43 PM
I'm just stating my view as to why I think so many people are following you (and each other). You're a good and sincere writer and the information you offer is valuable, however, you have to remain realistic about most other people's agenda.
May 15, 2009 4:03 PM
Thank you so much for this appreciation. But still I feel that its all automated. Anyways, let it be so..no problem as such:)
May 16, 2009 3:30 AM
It is a problem... even I am getting unknown followers... at times, they do post links and since tweets have short urls, you will never know which site you actually land up! =-O
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May 16, 2009 9:11 AM
Hi Hemal, thanks for your visit. really appreciated. Well, I am not getting it sometimes. It is going on continuously for the last 5 days. I don't have problems with my followers. But the problem lies in deciding - whether I should follow them or not:-P
May 16, 2009 12:15 PM
I disable my twitter notifications a while ago.
They follow you so they send you their ad links for you to click. That's gross!!!
But now I just accept their invitations and I dont click their twits or ads.
May 16, 2009 12:15 PM
great post
May 16, 2009 12:44 PM
Thanks :)
May 16, 2009 12:45 PM
Yes, its happening the same way with me too. I think I should follow them if not click on their ads;)
May 16, 2009 2:20 PM
hi
blog walking
nice to be here
May 16, 2009 6:11 PM
Thanks Shimi8-)
May 16, 2009 11:02 PM
So you must be a celebrity by now, success has got its side effects too. You sounded as though you're enjoying your status bro'. You should be grateful.
May 17, 2009 2:27 AM
"You lucky you was a joke"... Everyone following you means you were becoming popular, like a rock star or a celebrity.. In that case I wanted your autograph.
OK, more serious stuff. You do know that you can change your Twitter settings to allow people to follow you for those whom you only wish to approve. Turn that filter on and you should see less "SPAMMY" followers.
May 17, 2009 10:34 AM
Did u earn lot of money by placing the Adsense here?
May 17, 2009 10:40 AM
Dear, adsense has been a total disaster for me. very unlucky:'(
May 17, 2009 10:43 AM
Hey thebluesman, thank you so much for your visit. hahaha..No, I don't have a celebrity feeling though I am enjoying it a lot;)
May 17, 2009 10:45 AM
IC..dear, I tried changing my settings but still I get a request to let others follow me. And being an emotional guy..its very difficult for me to say "No":-P
May 17, 2009 3:10 PM
Hi Aswani, I'm new to twitter. You said you use Twitter for your benefit. What benefits do you get from Twitter? I realized all these social media activities can take up so much time. I find it hard to give quality comments and reviews, and most importantly, make genuine friendships and know people in depth if I focus just on the numbers.
May 17, 2009 7:00 PM
Hey, thanks for the visit. Well, I can understand you problem. Infact, its the same case with me. These social networks are keeping everyone busy and tired. About twitter benefit - Well,if used properly,it can reward you with a lot of traffic and also help you in making you and your site more and more popular:)
May 17, 2009 9:23 PM
Thanks Aswani for a nice post. Hope i can learn more from your ways of twitter followers. thanks a lot. thanks for commenting also.Your news update widget looking very informative. I will be more grateful if you can suggest some tips to make my blog more popular.
May 17, 2009 10:07 PM
Thanks Reetha for dropping by this blog and leaving your valuble comment. It is highly appreciated. Ok, you want to make your blog more popular? My one and only tip - Content. Work on it seriously and see how it works out for your blog8-)
May 18, 2009 6:12 AM
Hey I get followers on Twitter and I can't even remember the last time I twittered. I think people want to network and they are hoping you will follow what they have to say.
May 18, 2009 9:21 AM
Thank you sister for your comment. I agree to what you have said:)