Weeding Out The Twits on Twitter
For the past five months I have become increasingly addicted to Twitter. Aside from the fact that there are some really phenomenal people out there in the Twitter world, it is often a source of great amusement for me. Not that I tweet anything of value, but every so often I come across tweets that make laugh or think, “I so did not want to hear about that!”
Are you tired of tiny/short URLs? Well you’re in luck. Try JumboURL to enlarge your URLs today! This frightens me.
I have a chicken sitting in my sink ready for dinner. What are you feeding your chicken for dinner and why do you keep it in your sink??
So, so stoked to go to the gym. Oh, yeah. And I love poking myself in the eye with sharp objects.
I have really bad gas. We’re all really pleased to know that.
LOL. You are totally interesting. Can’t wait for your next tweet.
I don’t know if this is rushing things a bit…but here goes. I love you Twitter. Does your wife know?
Good Night. For real this time. Honest. It’s OK, I’m addicted to Twitter, too.
What really gets me going are the Direct Messages (if you’re an true Tweeter, you know these as DMs) that are automated. This is when I start to realize I need to weed out my garden of tweeters. Some people are just clueless when it comes to “Social Networking”. Here are a few examples:
Thank you for following me. Google my name and find out everything you want to know about me. Oh NO, thank YOU! I’ve been holding my breath…waiting for the day I could Google you and find out more.
Hi! Since you decided to follow me, I’m following YOU back! Actually, you followed me first, but I’ll let your incorrect statement slide because you are using an automated greeting that’s about as warm as being naked in the snow.
Hope you find my tweets interesting! So far I’m really thrilled. Can they GET any better??
Thanks for following me. Feel free to connect and use my tool. What? This is very forward of you.
So, how do we decide who we should un-follow or are some “tweeters” just in it for the numbers? Personally, I am bored to tears by the all-business-no-pleasure tweeters. (Well, except for the guy who wants me to connect with him and use his tool. For free, no less!) I also don’t care if I have 20 followers or 10,000 as long as they are great people who I can connect with for something other than a webinar on how to rock the social media world with your flipping SEO nonsense.
It all comes down to this:
I’m a Gemini. I bore easily. Say something. If you’re silent, how can I hear you? (That was flipping profound, wasn’t it???) But please, say something other than “triple your followers in one day with my e-Book”. I can’t continue to follow you if your idea of being social is shoving your million dollar money making scheme (which doesn’t work) down my throat. I’d rather choke on out-dated milk.
Have a picture. I don’t know why you want to look like this:
If you can get on the computer, you can upload a picture of yourself. At least post a picture of a donkey or something. Anything but the dreaded…and creepy…brown box. I don’t follow creepy brown boxes.
Update. This is Twitter, not the dome of silence. However, don’t Tweet link after link after link with zero conversation. I will then call you a link whore and stop following you.
Put a shirt on. You heard me. I know you’ve got great abs (or someone else’s because Photoshop is relatively easy to use) or a big set of hooters, but I’m not impressed. Especially since your only updates say, “I’m on my way to the gym”. I don’t believe you because fifteen minutes later, you tweet the same thing. So, stay in your basement eating chips and show me a real picture. Or make your avatar a bag of chips. I like that, too.
Let me know you’re human. I’m positive you have a life outside of being a brilliant Social Media Expert. The key to keeping it “real” in social media is to be diverse. No one wants to listen to your business shit all day long.
On the topic of “keeping it real”…it’s OK not to be perky 24/7 on Twitter. If your day just absolutely blows, chances are there are 200 other people following you who had a crappy day. Not that we want to be negative all day, but it’s amazing the moral support that’s out there on Twitter. I don’t believe for one second that you have your “warm smile” on every minute of the day. Positive is good. Overdoing it is nauseating.
I’m positive people weed me out on Twitter because I’m a constant source of nothing. Sometimes good cheer, sometimes a shitty day. Most total blabbering nonsense. However, I’m just a real chick living life with both a smile and a smirk. I want to follow real people…not robots.
So, maybe it’s time to start weeding out your followers and introducing yourself to some new ones? Or maybe you’re lucky enough, like me, to have have the best followers out there. That is simply because I read bio’s, say hello and don’t follow people who look like they aren’t going to enhance this social media life we all seem to be involved in.
Thanks to @Twitter_Tips for inspiring this post!
I cant stand when someones update spans like 6 tweet blocks
I feel the same about you. I love most, no, all you post. It has actually help improve my life. I enjoy social media. I have even benefited in financial and business matters. Thank you for all your help. Your 100% correct, There R amazing people on twitter, you R 1 of em’
Hugs
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Today I got yet another GREAT automated Direct Message:
“Are you following me?”
who’s asking……
Hey – those are all Tweets from me!
You said it! I hate the auto DM’s. I hate having someone follow me who has never twittered I can’t figure that out. Also, I don’t mind people marketing their businesses on twitter, especially the moms, but if that’s ALL you twitter about, I’m not interested. Twitter about mom shit, well you know what I mean.
One of these days, I am going to really get the hang of Twitter…
Will you be mt Twitter mentor? LOL!
I’m right there with ya, my Gemini sister. I don’t understand how people keep track of and get to know 1,000+ people.
My biggest peeve is twits who post things like: “Only, 7 more people to go before I hit 900 followers!” Then a while later: “Come on people! Help me get to my 1,000 follower goal!”
I’m sorry, but I am sooo not interested in being collected like a baseball card.
When someone follows me, before I follow them back, I go to their profile link and read a page of their tweets to see if I’m interested in what they do or what they have to say. If I don’t find either something we have in common or something they do or say that I find interesting, I don’t follow them back.
I like finding new people to follow by reading interesting tweets between them and the people I already follow.
DB, you definitely hitting the twit on the head with your post. I like a girl who calls it as she sees it!
Nice post. Some of the auto DM that I get I can not for the life of me figure out what they are trying to say. I like to talk or type to a person but I understand that some may be new and do not know they should have a picture on. Plus some may be scare to put their picture on here.
Some after I follow them will used their ass as a picture, I do not need to see that and I un-follow all of those.
I come in and read your blog every once in awhile. lol. PS. this is crumcake from twitter. lol
I followed your tweet linkz to this post.
It’s very funny, and absolutely true, and when you are really following a great deal amount of people, you need to make a point and start reading what people are talking about.
That’s how I get here.
Followed you from your Tweetstream.
I enjoyed this post. “Use my tool.” Now that’s just funny.
About the photo: I’ve gotten a TON of feedback recently about my Twitter photo. It’s me wearing a pair of red horns. This was supposed to be a place holder, because I didn’t want the brown box avatar. I put that photo up in October. And I had several people comment about my “horns” last week at Blissdom and a few additional comments this week on Twitter. I think the photo has “stuck.” Ha!
LMAO @ your response to the ones who tell you to Google them. How big are their egos!?
So true! And the creepy brown box thing kills me the most, at least pretend like you are TRYING to make an effort!
http://twitter.com/savorytv
Yikes….in response to SarahPUFFY…I’m one of those people who tweet like crazy. It’s mostly because I’m responding to multiple tweets—I don’t like NOT replying…and replying via DM seems sort of too private.
Very funny, but unfortunately very true. I prune every once in a while to weed out alot of the personas you described. Of course, the auto DMer’s get removed right away!
Great advice!
Here’s your chocolate, enjoy. I agree with you of course. My big thing is people who suddenly are following me, thank you very much, but you are following 1000 twitters, how did you know I was out there? I am also too insecure, if someones leaves me I wonder what I did to upset them. Was it the headache I had last night? Maybe I shouldn’t have posted it…
Its all to much for me…. So I just go pull out my handy dandy notebook and try to find clues….:)
But I must admit, I am addited to both twitter and facebook….
May I add one, “check out my rating @ url, I am a Twitter Elitist.”
Dude, you send out text messages in 140 characters or less about business related stuff, it ain’t that big of a deal.
I’ve never tried twitter, now you peaked my interest. Maybe I’ll give it a try over the weekend.
So true! I have been on twitter for a few days only and I have been crazed with automated DM’s and followers! Not like u though … I love to keep up with your tweets!! Keep it up, u r hilarious!
Enjoying Twitter is definitely a result of quality not quantity. I finally started dropping people who had nothing valuable (or balanced) to say and I’m enjoying Twitter so much more. I enjoy following a wide variety of people and opinions, but some people are beating the same issue to death! I heard you the first 100 times – move on in life!
And thanks for making it more fun! You’re great on Twitter!
the lamest DM “thanks for following” reply included a URL for a survey the sender wanted the recipient to fill out detailing why the recipient followed. Uh, no…
Neat, a fellow Gemini. You said it better than I could. But let’s not forget those people that twitter SO much that you can’t even be bothered to read the ones that are actually important. I’ve actually had to un-follow people cos of that. Its weird.
Umm..say…what’s the name of the guy with the..umm..tool? Might want to follow him.
Great post Cheryl,from another Gemini.
I agree. Not a Gemini, but I live in MO, so, as they say -SHOW ME- not your abs- but that you have something interesting to add!
I’m pretty random on Twitter (I go there when I don’t have a clear enough head to write a post!) hope I don’t bore!
I agree! I’m relatively new to Twitter and have found some great people as well as some freaks.
Some Tweets are hilarious, some are interesting while others are just plain boring. But I’m also a Gemini who gets bored easily.
I didn’t like Twitter at first but now I’m addicted. I only follow a handful of people whose tweets make my day better. You are one of those people, Blondie.
Damn. After reading this post, I’m still not sure if that ‘tool line’ in my DM is a good thing or not…
As always funny AND insightful. Love the truth of this post.You said it first for us all!!
HAR! Great Post!
Happy Valentine Day, Daily Blonde! I agree with the picture part! Anonymity is one thing but why would you want to be anonymous on Twitter??
Cheers!!
You hit the nail on the head once again with this post…right on.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. This had to be said and I am glad you said it!
Twitter is great when it’s above the mundane, otherwise some things CAN be kept to yourself!
Love the post!