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How Twitter Reminded Us That People – Not Numbers – Are What Matter + My Weekly Recommendations

This morning as I was going through my routine of catching up on RSS feeds and all the latest design, social media and tech news, I came across the story from Mashable that explained how Twitter decided to clean up spam and bot accounts last night. The article revealed how the result for most Twitter users would be a drop in follower count. Like most who read it, I quickly put down my coffee and checked my own statistics. I have to admit I was shocked and even disappointed to see that overnight I dropped from over 5,200 followers down to the 4,700 range! My initial frustration evaporated quickly though, when I thought about the fact that the 500 or so accounts that had been deleted from my numbers were actually programs or autofollows or other garbage that truly were not of any interest to me anyway. This got me thinking yet again about the whole numbers game most of us tend to get caught up in with our social media accounts and how we like to achieve milestones and statistics and such.

In the end, I am very thankful to Twitter for the reminder that having over 5,000 followers means very little if the followers are not real people. Or if they are uninterested in interacting with you. Or if they even pay attention to anything you have to tweet about at all. How wonderfully fitting that Twitter chose to perform this liberating act of housecleaning on the eve of yet another #FollowFriday, the day on Twitter where increases in follower count become a primary focus for so many.

So in continuing with my new weekly Friday tradition, and in honor of the REAL people on Twitter who are worthy of your time and energy to find and follow, here are this week’s recommendations of people I follow who I truly believe you will discover add value, laughter, learning and just plain fun to your Twitter experience. Please also take the time to go back to previous Friday recommendations and find other great people I have met and come to appreciate very much (links are at the end of the post.) Enjoy!

@jwoon888 – Justin Woon

Justin is a really outgoing, friendly guy who has great taste in wine (read: same as me), is into design and engages with others daily. One of my favorite new follows!

@adamsconsulting – Diana Adams

Diana is a sweet lady who always seems to be talking with someone, sharing great stuff and taking an interest in people’s real lives. Her young son just started tweeting too!

@davemcevers – Dave McEvers

Dave is one cool dude who’s also into good wine. He’s a kindred spirit who’s into connecting with REAL people and connecting REAL people with each other. A genuine class act!

@ecoblips – Danielle Lanyard

Danielle is a clever, witty, social accountability lady who keeps me laughing and on my toes. She also likes to tease me about pursuing my hot wife. Watch out!

@VincentHunt – Vincent Hunt

A true inspiration, leader and icon in the Twitter community. Always on the upswing, just a few tweets from Vincent and anyone is ready to take on the world! A genuinely nice guy too!

@angbowen – Angie Bowen

Angie is a really nice, gifted designer and writer who I am finding out I have a lot in common with. She has recently taken over as an editor at Fuel Your Creativity and has a great blog of her own.

@JarvisA – Jarvis Addison

Jarvis is another cool designer guy who I just recently met. He’s genuine, funny and shares great design and tech resources.

@iamtiff – Tiffany Reed

Tiffany is a gifted designer who is consistently fun and funny on Twitter. I really dig her design style and I even forgive her hatred of lima beans.

@JohnLusher – John Lusher

John’s a class act. Original #PositivePosse member, he is always uplifting and a powerup for my mornings. A genuine guy who connects for real.

@freelancesquad – Tamara S. Johnson

Tamara is funny, talented and friendly. She gave me a hard time about not yet making this list, so I HAVE to add her on so you all can enjoy her too!

I hope you enjoy this week’s recommendations and by following them get to know them as I have.

If you think I should be recommending you and are disappointed that I haven’t yet, let me know! Don’t be shy! I follow over 2,000 people so each week I’m recommending those that I interact with or learn from the most. Say hello, drop a comment, or shoot me an email and complain (nicely) and you could be on next week’s list! It worked for Tamara!

If you ever decide you would like to recommend me to your followers or to anyone else, would you please take a second and use the great tool called Mr. Tweet? I think it’s an excellent resource for finding great people to follow on Twitter, and the more people recommend you the easier it is for others to find you. Cheers!

Categories Social Media, Twitter #FollowFridays | Tags: #FollowFriday, bkmacdaddy designs, Brian McDaniel, philosophy, recommendations, Social Media, Tallahassee, Twitter

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Love that you put your recommended followers in a list on your blog for reference. Tickled that I was already following quite and few and greatly appreciate the recommendations to connect with the others. Keep up the good work!

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