Comments on: 3 things that confuse me about twitter http://blog.audioconnell.com/2009/10/22/3-things-that-confuse-me-about-twitter/ where the worlds of voiceover, marketing and advertising collide! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:20:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: peter o'connell voiceover http://blog.audioconnell.com/2009/10/22/3-things-that-confuse-me-about-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-4438 peter o'connell voiceover Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:55:21 +0000 http://blog.audioconnell.com/?p=2797#comment-4438 Hi Brian: I think for some people, garnering followers will always be a priority on line; my theory for that is because they've have less success with that task in real life - again, just a theory. And you know I had my first porno follower the other day. Sent me an @ message, couldn't tell anything was amiss from the name, I clicked on it and dove for the delete key when the screen popped up. And then I promptly laughed heartily. Most fascinating in your response is how you've created a disciplined tweet equation. I'm not quite there yet - my rule is to stay out of conversations with folks I don't really know. But I like the way you think. Best always, - Peter Hi Brian:

I think for some people, garnering followers will always be a priority on line; my theory for that is because they’ve have less success with that task in real life – again, just a theory.

And you know I had my first porno follower the other day. Sent me an @ message, couldn’t tell anything was amiss from the name, I clicked on it and dove for the delete key when the screen popped up. And then I promptly laughed heartily.

Most fascinating in your response is how you’ve created a disciplined tweet equation. I’m not quite there yet – my rule is to stay out of conversations with folks I don’t really know. But I like the way you think.

Best always,
- Peter

]]> By: Brian Haymond http://blog.audioconnell.com/2009/10/22/3-things-that-confuse-me-about-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-4436 Brian Haymond Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:18:49 +0000 http://blog.audioconnell.com/?p=2797#comment-4436 Great topic, Peter. I'll start with my "peeve". When I see someone has, let's say, 17,647 followers and is following about that many, I don't know that I will ever follow them. Or those sites that say "get more Twitter followers". I'm not in a contest with this thing. I've heard the news media speak of a video on YouTube as having been viewed 1 million times, and I understand that milestone, but the idea of "trying" to get as many followers as you can, that irks me a bit. Other thoughts: I block "followers" sometimes...I'm not interested in spammers or porno folks following me. I don't follow everyone, or most, who follow me. I certainly hope I'm not trampling good Twitter manners under foot. I'm shocked anyone would follow me in the first place and not sure why they do. I never follow for the sake of following. I read every tweet and, thus I follow only a relatively small number of folks. Also, I personally try to follow a self-imposed 80/10/10 rule, whereby 80% of my tweets are in direct response to Twitter's question of: "What are you doing?". Then 10% is committed to offering, hopefully, helpful information to those who follow and then the final approx. 10% is fun/friendly interactions. Great topic, Peter. I’ll start with my “peeve”. When I see someone has, let’s say, 17,647 followers and is following about that many, I don’t know that I will ever follow them. Or those sites that say “get more Twitter followers”. I’m not in a contest with this thing. I’ve heard the news media speak of a video on YouTube as having been viewed 1 million times, and I understand that milestone, but the idea of “trying” to get as many followers as you can, that irks me a bit.

Other thoughts:

I block “followers” sometimes…I’m not interested in spammers or porno folks following me.

I don’t follow everyone, or most, who follow me. I certainly hope I’m not trampling good Twitter manners under foot. I’m shocked anyone would follow me in the first place and not sure why they do. I never follow for the sake of following. I read every tweet and, thus I follow only a relatively small number of folks.

Also, I personally try to follow a self-imposed 80/10/10 rule, whereby 80% of my tweets are in direct response to Twitter’s question of: “What are you doing?”. Then 10% is committed to offering, hopefully, helpful information to those who follow and then the final approx. 10% is fun/friendly interactions.

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