Why I Follow You on Twitter (or emergency)
Posted on July 29, 2008
I just finished going through a stack of email notifications for my new Twitter followers and it prompted me to let followers know how I decide whether or not to follow in return.
Some Twitter users believe that etiquette dictates that one return the favor by following anyone who follows you. As much as I’d like to always return the favor of following, I just can’t. I can only read so many tweets so I just can’t follow everyone.
At least once a week I go through my Twitter notifications and look at the profiles of everyone who is following me. Here’s how I decide whether or not to follow you:
- If I know you personally or have developed an online relationship with you through some other online venue, I’ll follow you.
- If I don’t know you, but your profile and tweets reveal who you are, and you are someone I think I can relate to either personally or professionally, I’ll follow you.
- If you interact regularly with someone I already follow, I’ll probably follow you.
If I don’t follow you, please don’t hesitate to ask me to reconsider after you update your profile or when you start tweeting more. Or if you think I overlooked the notification or made a mistake because you meet one of my decision criteria above drop me a line. I can be persuaded to change my mind.
If you are following me, thank you. I appreciate it.
If you aren’t following me and you’d like to see what I tweet about, you can find and follow me here. If I don’t meet your expectations, you can always stop following me. (Don’t worry, I won’t feel bad about it.)
How do you decide who to follow on Twitter?
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