Comments on: Twitter Observations

By: Blake

Blake — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:35:48 +0000

Brody, you’re saying that Billy (and others) are cleaning up who they actually follow more than their followers, right? Basically disabling the auto-follow. What’s your take on cleaning out/blocking those who follow you too?

Second question: I notice that Billy tweets in “text speak”. With over 65k followers I guess that works for him, but just curious as to strategy there. Is this just his easiest mode of shooting out a quick tweet over “proper grammar”?

By: race_12_1

race_12_1 — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:09:28 +0000

I can understand how the label would see that, but even with 1 follow they are getting more bang for the buck then an ad, after all twitter is free! Does it matter if he has massive numbers of followers who will never go buy his record, or is it better to have the right followers who will? When marketing is free you still have to be wise how you use it.

I don’t twitter to market myself, so I have a protected account, that means no porn, no sales, no real estate companies, no spam, all because they don’t bother to ask for a follow.

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:55:35 +0000

I do the same as a lot of people on here. I follow people I want to period. I also check out who follows me, if they are spam, porn etc they get blocked and reported as such. I do check out who some of the people I follow are following, I have found some awesome people to follow that way

By: Kelly (Race_12_1)

Kelly (Race_12_1) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:48:15 +0000

It matters not if you are a housewife in the middle of nowhere Nevada, the most famous person in the world, or somewhere in the middle–your followers list should reflect the values you want to portray. You choose who your friends are in real life, and you should do the same online. Twitter is an online network that reflects the kind of people you would choose to associate with if you had the opportunity to do so.

If you are allowing spammers, money making schemes, and porn accounts, to follow you on twitter, what does that say about what kind of attention you like to get? If that is how you choose to find your following online what does that say about how you would choose your friends in real life? Or in the case of someone famous-who you would allow to be part of your crew, your company, your surrounding?

By: annie

annie — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:23:17 +0000

I opened a Twitter account a while back but never did find “my experience” with it. So, I finally deleted it. Now that you’re telling me about the spam issues and maintenance work involved, I am quite sure I won’t be starting up another account any time soon! FB will do for me!

By: DeeDee

DeeDee — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:09:43 +0000

I am a person who works with opt-in email marketing (the kind people sign up for…not SPAM) at the company I work for. It is good practice in email marketing to make sure that the list of emails you are sending to is sent to frequently (but not too frequently), and that your list is up-to-date and contains people that care about what you send them.

In my opinion, the same goes for Twitter, especially if you are using it for business — update often (but not to the point of being obnoxious) and make sure the people who follow you are following you because they are interested in you or your brand.

By: Joe Grant

Joe Grant — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:16:11 +0000

Since my comments this morning I’ve had to remove two porn followers from my list. This last one was the first one that I’ve ever gotten with an explicit picture. Yikes! Glad my kids weren’t looking over my shoulder when I checked my followers after seeing my number increase! I learned today that I can DM @spam and shoot these directly to twitter. I will do this from now on will all spam. Maybe twitter will get tired of me spamming them with spam?!

I also may have to un-follow some folks that I enjoy following because their followers list is ripe with this kinda crap.

By: Shellie (baylormum)

Shellie (baylormum) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:16:07 +0000

You’re always looking to take technology to the next level. I have been fascinated by all these things, that a year ago didn’t exist for me. I hate having my tweets set to private, but I don’t have the patience to go through the list & constantly groom! I am selective. For me it’s not about the numbers. I do have regrets to some degree that artists can’t see my tweets. That took some getting used to, but I’m ok with that.

So do you think I’ll get tweets in WA? Tee, hee, hee!

By: Pokinatcha

Pokinatcha — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:03:06 +0000

Remember your post on your how you choose who you follow on Twitter? I liked it & it got me thinking about how I follow people. I did a whole lot of deleting & blocking. Since then I’ve stayed on top of my followers list. Unfortunately, the only people who try to follow me now are spam/porn people!

I followed Billy to support you and it’s been fun to watch him evolve his online presence. I’m not devastated that he unfollowed everyone.

I do think bands/musicians like MercyMe should be aware of who is following them & clean the smut up. They wouldn’t allow that stuff on their blogs. It should be about the quality of fans not the quantity. They’re the ones talking the bands up & getting others excited about what’s going on.

Btw, if MercyMe unfollows me I’ll be devastated!

By: Brody

Brody — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:28:05 +0000

Nate.
Billy’s “Following” bank has been empty for about an hour and a half. I’m pretty sure he’ll have more that 5 in the next couple days.