Comments on: 3 ways to prevent being ‘unfollowed’ on Twitter http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/10/20/3-ways-to-prevent-being-unfollowed-on-twitter/ Education. Technology. Productivity. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: philbaumannhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/10/20/3-ways-to-prevent-being-unfollowed-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-1399 philbaumann Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:30:19 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1412#comment-1399 Good advice on using Twitter intelligently. (First time at your blog.)<br><br>One thing I'd add is not to take being un-followed personally. People un-follow for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes people just scale back their fellowship for better management. Othertimes, some tweets just aren't in your area of interest.<br><br>If you decide to use a service like Qwitter, don't use it for vanity purposes. It may help you give you feedback about the effects of your tweeting, but don't take it too seriously.<br><br>Twitter's a remarkable permission-based way to connect with other people, develop a human-based RSS reader or just have fun. People follow and un-follow all the time. If you use Twitter intelligently and with a good purpose, the number of followers doesn't matter. Good advice on using Twitter intelligently. (First time at your blog.)

One thing I'd add is not to take being un-followed personally. People un-follow for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes people just scale back their fellowship for better management. Othertimes, some tweets just aren't in your area of interest.

If you decide to use a service like Qwitter, don't use it for vanity purposes. It may help you give you feedback about the effects of your tweeting, but don't take it too seriously.

Twitter's a remarkable permission-based way to connect with other people, develop a human-based RSS reader or just have fun. People follow and un-follow all the time. If you use Twitter intelligently and with a good purpose, the number of followers doesn't matter.

]]> By: philbaumannhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/10/20/3-ways-to-prevent-being-unfollowed-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-5433 philbaumann Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:30:00 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1412#comment-5433 Good advice on using Twitter intelligently. (First time at your blog.) One thing I'd add is not to take being un-followed personally. People un-follow for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes people just scale back their fellowship for better management. Othertimes, some tweets just aren't in your area of interest. If you decide to use a service like Qwitter, don't use it for vanity purposes. It may help you give you feedback about the effects of your tweeting, but don't take it too seriously. Twitter's a remarkable permission-based way to connect with other people, develop a human-based RSS reader or just have fun. People follow and un-follow all the time. If you use Twitter intelligently and with a good purpose, the number of followers doesn't matter. Good advice on using Twitter intelligently. (First time at your blog.)

One thing I’d add is not to take being un-followed personally. People un-follow for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes people just scale back their fellowship for better management. Othertimes, some tweets just aren’t in your area of interest.

If you decide to use a service like Qwitter, don’t use it for vanity purposes. It may help you give you feedback about the effects of your tweeting, but don’t take it too seriously.

Twitter’s a remarkable permission-based way to connect with other people, develop a human-based RSS reader or just have fun. People follow and un-follow all the time. If you use Twitter intelligently and with a good purpose, the number of followers doesn’t matter.

]]> By: Jon Hoffhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/10/20/3-ways-to-prevent-being-unfollowed-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-5432 Jon Hoff Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:25:00 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1412#comment-5432 I am still figuring twitter out. I am using it to post my latest blog post to. I tried to write something to twitter in the middle of a lecture the other day on my phone and thought 'what am I doing!'. I suppose even though I am following a lot of people I don't really feel part of a community. But I am going to perserve. I am still figuring twitter out. I am using it to post my latest blog post to. I tried to write something to twitter in the middle of a lecture the other day on my phone and thought ‘what am I doing!’. I suppose even though I am following a lot of people I don’t really feel part of a community. But I am going to perserve.

]]> By: Doug Belshawhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/10/20/3-ways-to-prevent-being-unfollowed-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-1395 Doug Belshaw Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:26:10 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1412#comment-1395 I understand your sentiments, Karyn, but if we're in the business of<br>influencing others, then it's important who follows us. It's also<br>important that we 'hang on' to them. At least, to my mind... :-) I understand your sentiments, Karyn, but if we're in the business of
influencing others, then it's important who follows us. It's also
important that we 'hang on' to them. At least, to my mind… :-)

]]> By: Jon Hoffhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/10/20/3-ways-to-prevent-being-unfollowed-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-1398 Jon Hoff Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:25:00 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1412#comment-1398 I am still figuring twitter out. I am using it to post my latest blog post to. I tried to write something to twitter in the middle of a lecture the other day on my phone and thought 'what am I doing!'. I suppose even though I am following a lot of people I don't really feel part of a community. But I am going to perserve. I am still figuring twitter out. I am using it to post my latest blog post to. I tried to write something to twitter in the middle of a lecture the other day on my phone and thought 'what am I doing!'. I suppose even though I am following a lot of people I don't really feel part of a community. But I am going to perserve.

]]> By: shefihttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/10/20/3-ways-to-prevent-being-unfollowed-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-1397 shefi Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:11:23 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1412#comment-1397 I teach EFL, and in one class, I have students make blogs. One of the problems teaching Japanese students is that they part of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_context_culture" rel="nofollow">a high-context culture</a>: they tend to assume they are writing for a narrow audience of people who share the same culture, and so they do not write for an international (low-context) audience. As part of training them to think of their audience (after reminding them that ANYONE with an internet connection can read their blog, not just people in Japan or familiar with Japanese culture), I gave them 3 blogging tips which I stole from <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/timferriss/~3/350414222/" rel="nofollow">Tim Ferriss's blog post about Twitter and blogging. </a> You may find it relevant. I teach EFL, and in one class, I have students make blogs. One of the problems teaching Japanese students is that they part of a high-context culture: they tend to assume they are writing for a narrow audience of people who share the same culture, and so they do not write for an international (low-context) audience. As part of training them to think of their audience (after reminding them that ANYONE with an internet connection can read their blog, not just people in Japan or familiar with Japanese culture), I gave them 3 blogging tips which I stole from Tim Ferriss's blog post about Twitter and blogging. You may find it relevant.

]]> By: shefihttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/10/20/3-ways-to-prevent-being-unfollowed-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-5431 shefi Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:11:00 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1412#comment-5431 I teach EFL, and in one class, I have students make blogs. One of the problems teaching Japanese students is that they part of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_context_culture" rel="nofollow">a high-context culture</a>: they tend to assume they are writing for a narrow audience of people who share the same culture, and so they do not write for an international (low-context) audience. As part of training them to think of their audience (after reminding them that ANYONE with an internet connection can read their blog, not just people in Japan or familiar with Japanese culture), I gave them 3 blogging tips which I stole from <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/timferriss/~3/350414222/" rel="nofollow">Tim Ferriss's blog post about Twitter and blogging. </a> You may find it relevant. I teach EFL, and in one class, I have students make blogs. One of the problems teaching Japanese students is that they part of a high-context culture: they tend to assume they are writing for a narrow audience of people who share the same culture, and so they do not write for an international (low-context) audience. As part of training them to think of their audience (after reminding them that ANYONE with an internet connection can read their blog, not just people in Japan or familiar with Japanese culture), I gave them 3 blogging tips which I stole from Tim Ferriss’s blog post about Twitter and blogging. You may find it relevant.

]]> By: Doug Belshawhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/10/20/3-ways-to-prevent-being-unfollowed-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-1396 Doug Belshaw Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:26:12 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1412#comment-1396 I understand your sentiments, Karyn, but if we're in the business ofinfluencing others, then it's important who follows us. It's alsoimportant that we 'hang on' to them. At least, to my mind... :-) I understand your sentiments, Karyn, but if we're in the business ofinfluencing others, then it's important who follows us. It's alsoimportant that we 'hang on' to them. At least, to my mind… :-)

]]> By: Doug Belshawhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/10/20/3-ways-to-prevent-being-unfollowed-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-5430 Doug Belshaw Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:26:00 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1412#comment-5430 I understand your sentiments, Karyn, but if we're in the business of influencing others, then it's important who follows us. It's also important that we 'hang on' to them. At least, to my mind... :-) I understand your sentiments, Karyn, but if we’re in the business of
influencing others, then it’s important who follows us. It’s also
important that we ‘hang on’ to them. At least, to my mind… :-)

]]> By: Doug Belshawhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/10/20/3-ways-to-prevent-being-unfollowed-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-5429 Doug Belshaw Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:26:00 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1412#comment-5429 I understand your sentiments, Karyn, but if we're in the business of influencing others, then it's important who follows us. It's also important that we 'hang on' to them. At least, to my mind... :-) I understand your sentiments, Karyn, but if we’re in the business of
influencing others, then it’s important who follows us. It’s also
important that we ‘hang on’ to them. At least, to my mind… :-)

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