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Why I Won’t Follow You Back on Twitter

by Alison Rothwell on 15 July 2009


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Automatically, that is…

I don’t subscribe to those automatic “follow back” pieces of software, I prefer to decide whether I follow peeps or not. If I’m not following you, this might be why…

  • Are you offering me a way to earn $10,000 a day, or recruit 10,000 Twitter followers in 24 hours? And that’s the only thing you ever talk about? I prefer not to be spammed!
  • Do you send Tweets out all the time asking for more followers? I am not a number….
  • Do you have a photo, or at least a logo on your Twitter page? Unless I know you IRL I like to follow people who I can picture. Same goes for having a website I can go and and have a gander at.
  • Have you said hello? Seriously, Twits who say Hi, join in a conversation or make a comment are the kind I like to follow. For me, Twitter is about conversation, about getting to know people and networking.

So, if I’m not following you, and nothing above rings a bell, then tweet me and jog my memory!

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Rachel Lewis 15 July 2009 at 9:12 am

I totally agree. I use Twitter to keep in touch, I don’t want to be bombarded with rubbish. I like to know what my friends are doing and what news and information is coming from the organisations I support.I periodically cull my followers if they haven’t made an attempt at contact.

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Carole M 15 July 2009 at 12:44 pm

I was getting so many of these spam followers I decided to make mine a private account. I’m not much of a tweeter though as I never know what to put. I guess I worry too much about what people might think.

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