Comments on: The day Twitter died

By: Ching Ya

Ching Ya — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:57:39 +0000

I think most of us have the similar feelings towards the auto-DMs. I thanked most of my followers personally –although not all due to time constraint, always felt sorry about that. However, never too crazy about auto-DMs with promo links and such. Feels like somebody knocking on the door, you opened it with excitement then found out it’s the salesman. =P

RT is both a sharing tool and networking feature. Since you’ve explained well with it, I’m not gonna go deep into that. Overall, well written.

@wchingya
social media/blogging

By: Cathy Sterling

Cathy Sterling — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:25:00 +0000

Great post~ I didn’t really fall for the title, new you were roping me in ~ but that’s OK! LOL!
I was one of those newbies who actually wanted to DM everyone and thank them. I would read their bio, or if nothing really there, read their blog or web page, to find something I could comment about to even make the DM more personal! I worked really hard at being “social”! That is until, after spending a day Thanking everyone, tweeter informed me that I had over extended my limit of DM’s for the day, bet no one else EVER got that message! LOL! Now I am a seasoned TW user!
Now, I send a general post at the end of the day thanking all my new followers, however if someone DM’s me or replies to me I respond to those as soon as I see them.

I will say that what I don’t like is someone who follows me, and then immediately unfollows me just to drive up their numbers. I give people about a week to follow me and then clear out the ones that are not following me prior to follow Friday!

I always open the link 1st before I send it! Always!

As time goes on a get a little more educated, a little more savvy and a lot more informative regarding Twitter and its use as a tool in the Social Media arena!

By: Gabriella

Gabriella — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:51:31 +0000

Thanks Sal… I have been changing some things I do on twitter. For example I don’t do #FollowFriday as much… I have been busy on Friday’s (go figure) To be honest with you I don’t see that much of a change on those days so keeping up with “rules & regulations” is to stay unpredictable.

By: Sal

Sal — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:56:37 +0000

Gabriella,

Great post. I agree, especially about the robots. I hate the cold feeling of Twitter. Me, I am a warm guy, or at least I would like to think so. Interaction is a good thing and the people who Auto DM just tweak my last nerve.

As for the RT, that is a great point. You have to give a little, and there isn’t anything wrong with expecting a little in return…that is, as long as you are returning the favor when the tables are turned. It makes for a very social atmosphere.

Nicely done!

By: LJP

LJP — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:14:19 +0000

Clever title, you got me as well. I am still learning the Twitter thing – I get a lot of new followers each day and I need to read a few more of these articles to become more familiar with Twitter. I can imagine when you get to a certain number of followers the “thanks for the follow” stuff might get a bit irritating. I will be interested to read your article about deciding not to follow your Twitter followers…

By: Gabriella

Gabriella — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:09:29 +0000

I have been hearing more and more Mobile applications for Twitter. I am getting an iPhone so I can’t wait to try it. I no longer do Dm’s unless it’s useless noise to everyone else. Sometimes conversations happen and DM’s are great for that. You really can get to know someone or at least follow a thought in 140 or less characters.

By: Simon Mason

Simon Mason — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:32:38 +0000

To me DMs are for taking the conversation to the next level – if I have engaged with someone through Twitter I might DM them to ask for a e-mail or Skype address to carry on in private and with more space.

I find about a quarter of the people I follow send an auto DM. This is good and bad. Bad because it can fill my DM column with rubbish I don’t want, good because if someone sends me a spammy link it says to me “Hi I’m an idiot who wants to sell you junk, please unfollow me now.”

Good point about the RTs as well – I think most active users check links before they RT them, this makes them a useful filter – hopefully the real rubbish mostly won’t get RTd.

By: sean

sean — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:30:14 +0000

I fell for the title on twitter! Great post. I too have done everything, personal DM’s(not robot)
But have never RT’d

Just set up twitter on blackberry and
Find I am tweeting three times as much,

I enjoy the interaction tweets but most seem intent on self promotion, which is OK from time time.

Thank you for a great post!

Sean