Comments on: The Rules of Following [Twitter] http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009/02/18/the-rules-of-following-twitter/ Thought and Ideas from a Guy with a Blog Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:38:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael Perlman http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009/02/18/the-rules-of-following-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Michael Perlman Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:52:53 +0000 http://blog.adam-jackson.net/?p=68#comment-153 Although I don't have a strict "algorithm" for choosing who to follow like you do, I tend to keep my friends list pretty short to avoid introducing too much noise to my timeline. I believe Robart Scoble said several times that you are defined by who you follow, or what interests you, not by who follows you (or in his case, how many people follow him) which only shows how popular a person is. <a href="#comment-96" rel="nofollow">@frimmin</a>: It clogs up your timeline with tweets directed specifically at other people that are part of conversations you don't care about at all. Although I don’t have a strict “algorithm” for choosing who to follow like you do, I tend to keep my friends list pretty short to avoid introducing too much noise to my timeline. I believe Robart Scoble said several times that you are defined by who you follow, or what interests you, not by who follows you (or in his case, how many people follow him) which only shows how popular a person is.

@frimmin: It clogs up your timeline with tweets directed specifically at other people that are part of conversations you don’t care about at all.

]]> By: frimmin http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009/02/18/the-rules-of-following-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-96 frimmin Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:06:56 +0000 http://blog.adam-jackson.net/?p=68#comment-96 What's wrong with using the setting not to receive @'s from people you're not following? That's what I do, and it makes Twitter a lot better for me. What’s wrong with using the setting not to receive @’s from people you’re not following? That’s what I do, and it makes Twitter a lot better for me.

]]> By: femaleprodigy http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009/02/18/the-rules-of-following-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-81 femaleprodigy Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:48:58 +0000 http://blog.adam-jackson.net/?p=68#comment-81 I've learned this recently and I've been cutting about 200 people a day for the past 2 days. I have an app to see all the @ replies and I see them all. I don't have to follow anyone to see what they say to or about me. Some days I do a lot of @ing and others I don't ..okay most days I do a lot of @ing and if someone doesn't follow me, I understand and thats OK! I'm not going to kill myself because of it! lol Adam, You are a great follower and you shouldn't have to worry about what others have to say.. Keep doing what you are doing because you must be doing something right! lol! I’ve learned this recently and I’ve been cutting about 200 people a day for the past 2 days. I have an app to see all the @ replies and I see them all. I don’t have to follow anyone to see what they say to or about me. Some days I do a lot of @ing and others I don’t ..okay most days I do a lot of @ing and if someone doesn’t follow me, I understand and thats OK! I’m not going to kill myself because of it! lol

Adam, You are a great follower and you shouldn’t have to worry about what others have to say.. Keep doing what you are doing because you must be doing something right! lol!

]]> By: Dred242 http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009/02/18/the-rules-of-following-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Dred242 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:15:42 +0000 http://blog.adam-jackson.net/?p=68#comment-76 Hey Adam, I totally see your point when it comes to followers flooding your stream with replies to their followers. I have nowhere near as many followers as you (following 210 / followed by 193) but from time to time one of them will get into an extended conversation with one of their followers that seems to go on for hundreds of replies in a row. I think someone called it a Tweet-Storm or Tweet-Flood maybe? In the past year or so twitter has turned into a bit of a chat-room 'eh? I still love the simple premise of twitter asking "What are you doing?" or in my case "What are you doing or thinking of?"....I for the most part try to stick to just answering that question. Hey Adam,
I totally see your point when it comes to followers flooding your stream with replies to their followers. I have nowhere near as many followers as you (following 210 / followed by 193) but from time to time one of them will get into an extended conversation with one of their followers that seems to go on for hundreds of replies in a row. I think someone called it a Tweet-Storm or Tweet-Flood maybe? In the past year or so twitter has turned into a bit of a chat-room ‘eh?

I still love the simple premise of twitter asking “What are you doing?” or in my case “What are you doing or thinking of?”….I for the most part try to stick to just answering that question.

]]> By: admin http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009/02/18/the-rules-of-following-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-75 admin Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:30:50 +0000 http://blog.adam-jackson.net/?p=68#comment-75 Maybe I should have titled this, "My rules of following" but I've spent nearly 2 years and 35K tweets figuring this out. For the record, I've sent and received nearly 7.5K DMs. so I'm pretty fanatical about this system. -Adam Maybe I should have titled this, “My rules of following” but I’ve spent nearly 2 years and 35K tweets figuring this out. For the record, I’ve sent and received nearly 7.5K DMs. so I’m pretty fanatical about this system.

-Adam

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