jobmob.co.il— Twitter power users have many thousands of people following their tweets. Here are their tips and insight to gaining so many followers.
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I made no claim to expertise. But the purpose of social broadcast media, like Twitter, is to have a dense, interconnected, highly forwardable thicket of communication. Power users serve as hubs of such networks, rapidly channeling information to tens of thousands of people. Complaining that popular twitterers are defeating the purpose of social media is like complaining that popular bloggers are ruining blogging. It's completely absurd.Yes, I know. Power users boo! That's the Digg mantra, right? But they serve a purpose, here and elsewhere. Keep burying me if you'd like, but none of you has explained why you think power users are a bad thing.
I am being turned off by Twitter because they lose my Tweets.about 6 hours worth of tweets a few days ago, and a couple of tweets today.I feel short changed - mentally.You want followers: start by being famous
There's a myth currently being propagated by Twitter's power users that in order to "get Twitter" or "get something out of it", you have to automatically follow everyone who follows you and acquire as many users as possible. If you suggest that auto-following is counter-productive, you'll be accused of "not getting Twitter".People with tens of thousands of followers are either one of the following: a) a celebrity, b) someone with a product to sell, or b) a f**king idiot. If you're a celebrity, then fair enough. You're famous, you already have a huge fan base, so tens of thousands of followers to to be expected. If you've a product to sell, then fair enough. Congratulations on getting tens of thousands of gullible lemmings to follow you, thus getting your Twitter profile (and, by extension, a link to your product) indexed in Google tens of thousands of times. If you're not a celebrity and don't have a product to sell, but still felt it necessary to follow tens of thousands of people in order to get reciprocal followers in return, then congratulations on being a f**king idiot.I like Twitter. I use it a lot, but only to converse with a bunch of like-minded people about subjects that interest me. If someone shows a history of solid, intelligent tweeting on subjects I like, I'll follow them and won't give a s**t whether or not they choose to follow me in return. If someone chooses to follow me, I vet their profile. If the words SEO, marketer, anaylist, expert, networking, social media or any derivative thereof appear in their profile AND their history shows no evidence of any similarity of interests, I'll BLOCK them. Nope, not ignore them just to keep my follower count inflated. I'll block them so they don't get the benefit of my tweets, nor the benefit of them appearing in my follower list and therefore earning themselves another Google index.If we follow everyone who automatically follows us, where's this all going to end? Let's say you don't have a product to sell and you're not a celebrity. How many followers do you REALLY need in order for Twitter to be useful to you? 100? 1,000? 10,000? 100,000? Where do you draw the line? Because sooner or later the chaff is going to far outnumber the wheat. At some point it's going to be all noise and no signal.People are obsessing a bit too much about follower counts at the moment. In ten years time, it probably won't matter. Twitter will evolve to a point where follow counts become meaningless, with more emphasis being placed on how widely distributed your tweets become. We care about other people when we're in small groups, but the larger that group becomes, the more anonymous it becomes too. You can't maintain a personal two-way connection with 10,000+ people. The sooner people on Twitter realise that, the sooner we can get on with talking about the content of tweets and not the number of followers we have. In the end, it simply doesn't matter.
ginnipigMar 19, 2009
great 47 people i care nothing about...
ribby18Mar 19, 2009
HAHA, that's exactly what I thought!!!
Closed AccountMar 19, 2009
Twitter needs to fix their damn SMS system. I'm not getting any updates, nor does it "nudge me" when I haven't updated in 24 hours.
jdoorjamMar 19, 2009
I made no claim to expertise. But the purpose of social broadcast media, like Twitter, is to have a dense, interconnected, highly forwardable thicket of communication. Power users serve as hubs of such networks, rapidly channeling information to tens of thousands of people. Complaining that popular twitterers are defeating the purpose of social media is like complaining that popular bloggers are ruining blogging. It's completely absurd.Yes, I know. Power users boo! That's the Digg mantra, right? But they serve a purpose, here and elsewhere. Keep burying me if you'd like, but none of you has explained why you think power users are a bad thing.
adrianwajMar 19, 2009
I am being turned off by Twitter because they lose my Tweets.about 6 hours worth of tweets a few days ago, and a couple of tweets today.I feel short changed - mentally.You want followers: start by being famous
sonanceMar 21, 2009
There's a myth currently being propagated by Twitter's power users that in order to "get Twitter" or "get something out of it", you have to automatically follow everyone who follows you and acquire as many users as possible. If you suggest that auto-following is counter-productive, you'll be accused of "not getting Twitter".People with tens of thousands of followers are either one of the following: a) a celebrity, b) someone with a product to sell, or b) a f**king idiot. If you're a celebrity, then fair enough. You're famous, you already have a huge fan base, so tens of thousands of followers to to be expected. If you've a product to sell, then fair enough. Congratulations on getting tens of thousands of gullible lemmings to follow you, thus getting your Twitter profile (and, by extension, a link to your product) indexed in Google tens of thousands of times. If you're not a celebrity and don't have a product to sell, but still felt it necessary to follow tens of thousands of people in order to get reciprocal followers in return, then congratulations on being a f**king idiot.I like Twitter. I use it a lot, but only to converse with a bunch of like-minded people about subjects that interest me. If someone shows a history of solid, intelligent tweeting on subjects I like, I'll follow them and won't give a s**t whether or not they choose to follow me in return. If someone chooses to follow me, I vet their profile. If the words SEO, marketer, anaylist, expert, networking, social media or any derivative thereof appear in their profile AND their history shows no evidence of any similarity of interests, I'll BLOCK them. Nope, not ignore them just to keep my follower count inflated. I'll block them so they don't get the benefit of my tweets, nor the benefit of them appearing in my follower list and therefore earning themselves another Google index.If we follow everyone who automatically follows us, where's this all going to end? Let's say you don't have a product to sell and you're not a celebrity. How many followers do you REALLY need in order for Twitter to be useful to you? 100? 1,000? 10,000? 100,000? Where do you draw the line? Because sooner or later the chaff is going to far outnumber the wheat. At some point it's going to be all noise and no signal.People are obsessing a bit too much about follower counts at the moment. In ten years time, it probably won't matter. Twitter will evolve to a point where follow counts become meaningless, with more emphasis being placed on how widely distributed your tweets become. We care about other people when we're in small groups, but the larger that group becomes, the more anonymous it becomes too. You can't maintain a personal two-way connection with 10,000+ people. The sooner people on Twitter realise that, the sooner we can get on with talking about the content of tweets and not the number of followers we have. In the end, it simply doesn't matter.
findhostcouponsMar 22, 2009
I am going to become an active Twitter user soon, thanks upick for submitting the story!
alpa76May 14, 2009
I think you also talk crap. These are very good advice.
quickbiddingcomNov 13, 2009
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quickbiddingcomNov 13, 2009
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sonuparasharFeb 18, 2011
I am new on digg i want to get follower. How can i get it.