Comments on: Reasons I Follow People on Twitter – or Not. Plus My #FollowFriday Recommendations http://www.bkmacdaddy.com/blog/main-reasons-i-follow-people-on-twitter-or-not-plus-my-followfriday-recommendations This is the "unofficial" blog of Brian K. McDaniel, the "BKM" in bkmacdaddy designs. Here you will find resources related to web & graphic design, social media and more! But mostly you will wander around inside the head of Brian. Buckle up and hold on... Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:51:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Brett Widmann http://www.bkmacdaddy.com/blog/main-reasons-i-follow-people-on-twitter-or-not-plus-my-followfriday-recommendations/comment-page-1#comment-2177 Brett Widmann Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:38:40 +0000 http://bkmacdaddy.com/blog/?p=95#comment-2177 Big fan of your posts and your tweets. This is a pretty resourceful little post that made me think about how I tweet. Fact: @jasondefra used to be my neighbor until he moved to the other side of town. We also went to the same university and share the same major. Funny guy with a great personality and a good friend. Keep the content rich and fresh, as always. Brett Big fan of your posts and your tweets. This is a pretty resourceful little post that made me think about how I tweet.

Fact: @jasondefra used to be my neighbor until he moved to the other side of town. We also went to the same university and share the same major. Funny guy with a great personality and a good friend.

Keep the content rich and fresh, as always.

Brett

]]> By: Keith Barineau http://www.bkmacdaddy.com/blog/main-reasons-i-follow-people-on-twitter-or-not-plus-my-followfriday-recommendations/comment-page-1#comment-1463 Keith Barineau Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:38:25 +0000 http://bkmacdaddy.com/blog/?p=95#comment-1463 OOPS! I mean "people that are NOT replying or RT at all" ... i.e. not engaging followers. OOPS! I mean “people that are NOT replying or RT at all” … i.e. not engaging followers.

]]> By: Keith Barineau http://www.bkmacdaddy.com/blog/main-reasons-i-follow-people-on-twitter-or-not-plus-my-followfriday-recommendations/comment-page-1#comment-1462 Keith Barineau Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:37:41 +0000 http://bkmacdaddy.com/blog/?p=95#comment-1462 No, I totally agree and understand using URL shorteners in tweets. I should have clarified that I'm just referring to people that are replying or RT at all, and all they have is a short sentence with a bit.ly link on the end. Anyway - cool, I didn't even notice you were in Tallahassee. Thx for the follow. No, I totally agree and understand using URL shorteners in tweets. I should have clarified that I’m just referring to people that are replying or RT at all, and all they have is a short sentence with a bit.ly link on the end.

Anyway – cool, I didn’t even notice you were in Tallahassee. Thx for the follow.

]]> By: bkmacdaddy http://www.bkmacdaddy.com/blog/main-reasons-i-follow-people-on-twitter-or-not-plus-my-followfriday-recommendations/comment-page-1#comment-1461 bkmacdaddy Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:30:01 +0000 http://bkmacdaddy.com/blog/?p=95#comment-1461 Thanks for the blog visit and comment, Keith. Just followed you since we're Tallahassee neighbors. One thing on the bit.ly links: url shortening is absolutely necessary on Twitter due to the 140-character limit. Just look at the URL for this blog post! It would never fit! Plus, many people use bit.ly or other shorteners to track their links and provide click-through analytics. I do this for my blog posts to see how many clicks I get on my tweets and compare that data with Google Analytics, since there have been studies and articles written pointing out the discrepancies between the two. Third, Twitter itself automatically shortens all links using bit.ly's service, so there's not really any way around that. Just wanted to help you see that everyone who's using a URL shortener is not necessarily spamming you. Thanks again - and looking forward to getting to know you via Twitter and maybe even at a Tally Tweetup sometime. Thanks for the blog visit and comment, Keith. Just followed you since we’re Tallahassee neighbors.
One thing on the bit.ly links: url shortening is absolutely necessary on Twitter due to the 140-character limit. Just look at the URL for this blog post! It would never fit! Plus, many people use bit.ly or other shorteners to track their links and provide click-through analytics. I do this for my blog posts to see how many clicks I get on my tweets and compare that data with Google Analytics, since there have been studies and articles written pointing out the discrepancies between the two. Third, Twitter itself automatically shortens all links using bit.ly’s service, so there’s not really any way around that.
Just wanted to help you see that everyone who’s using a URL shortener is not necessarily spamming you.
Thanks again – and looking forward to getting to know you via Twitter and maybe even at a Tally Tweetup sometime.

]]> By: Keith Barineau http://www.bkmacdaddy.com/blog/main-reasons-i-follow-people-on-twitter-or-not-plus-my-followfriday-recommendations/comment-page-1#comment-1460 Keith Barineau Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:22:56 +0000 http://bkmacdaddy.com/blog/?p=95#comment-1460 Another thing I look for is do they actually engage other people. If I see their recent tweets, and ALL of them are quotes, news articles or things about themselves or their business... well, what fun is that? I want to follow someone that is going to be engaging... respond to people, be SOCIAL. Also - a big red flag is someone that has a screen full of bit.ly short URLs on the end of each of their tweets. Are they trying to send me to some teeth whitener site, a get rich quick site, etc? It just screams deceptive when they're not engaging people, and all they have is short URLs. Another thing I look for is do they actually engage other people. If I see their recent tweets, and ALL of them are quotes, news articles or things about themselves or their business… well, what fun is that? I want to follow someone that is going to be engaging… respond to people, be SOCIAL.

Also – a big red flag is someone that has a screen full of bit.ly short URLs on the end of each of their tweets. Are they trying to send me to some teeth whitener site, a get rich quick site, etc? It just screams deceptive when they’re not engaging people, and all they have is short URLs.

]]> By: Charles Lau http://www.bkmacdaddy.com/blog/main-reasons-i-follow-people-on-twitter-or-not-plus-my-followfriday-recommendations/comment-page-1#comment-1047 Charles Lau Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:07:23 +0000 http://bkmacdaddy.com/blog/?p=95#comment-1047 Thanks Brian! I have followed @SharonLandon and @CreativeOpera. Actually wanted to follow @dambold but he protected his tweets and I don't know what he's going to tweet since he's a total stranger to me... I respect your thoughts in this post! Enjoy your weekend! Thanks Brian! I have followed @SharonLandon and @CreativeOpera.
Actually wanted to follow @dambold but he protected his tweets and I don’t know what he’s going to tweet since he’s a total stranger to me…

I respect your thoughts in this post! Enjoy your weekend!

]]> By: meg http://www.bkmacdaddy.com/blog/main-reasons-i-follow-people-on-twitter-or-not-plus-my-followfriday-recommendations/comment-page-1#comment-823 meg Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:56:49 +0000 http://bkmacdaddy.com/blog/?p=95#comment-823 ((i can't wait to have my site ((finally)) completed, so that i can do the same.. :) you make some very good points!)) ((i can’t wait to have my site ((finally)) completed, so that i can do the same.. :) you make some very good points!))

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]]> By: bkmacdaddy http://www.bkmacdaddy.com/blog/main-reasons-i-follow-people-on-twitter-or-not-plus-my-followfriday-recommendations/comment-page-1#comment-104 bkmacdaddy Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:29:01 +0000 http://bkmacdaddy.com/blog/?p=95#comment-104 Ruhani, What can I say, buddy? YOU ROCK! :) Ruhani,
What can I say, buddy? YOU ROCK! :)

]]> By: bkmacdaddy http://www.bkmacdaddy.com/blog/main-reasons-i-follow-people-on-twitter-or-not-plus-my-followfriday-recommendations/comment-page-1#comment-103 bkmacdaddy Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:28:33 +0000 http://bkmacdaddy.com/blog/?p=95#comment-103 No apologies necessary, Luis. I'm not opposed to #FollowFridays' original intentions and really appreciate the mention. It's the abuse of it that is bothersome to me and apparently many others. Thanks for visiting the blog! No apologies necessary, Luis. I’m not opposed to #FollowFridays’ original intentions and really appreciate the mention. It’s the abuse of it that is bothersome to me and apparently many others. Thanks for visiting the blog!

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