Comments on: Why My Twitter Train is Stopping

By: Lorren Van Fossen@

Lorren Van Fossen@ — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:28:21 +0000

I am not much comfortable with Twitter, but this makes sense. To follow the person who can add some value to your stream, But i found twitter as a best hideout for spammers lol .

By: Tim Allik

Tim Allik — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:23:09 +0000

Hi Ari,

In retrospect you were exactly correct in your approach to following followers on Twitter last May – while I was apparently suffering from a temporary mood disorder due to the shitty weather.

These days I’m being much more discriminating about who I follow, especially after I got followed by more than 600 fake followers a few weeks ago due to a rogue affiliate hacker (this knucklehead ending up costing the business virtually all of its Twitter accounts). I’d say 9 out of every 10 people who follower me these days are spambots.

Along with spammers, I’m also trying to weed out the tweeters that file too much useless information.

Starting from scratch was an innovative approach.

By: David@POP Displays

David@POP Displays — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:49:52 +0000

It’s amazing how at one point we are totally addicted to Twitter, then concider it useless. Then find it relevent again. I’ve gone through this cycle several times now.

By: Twitter

Twitter — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:46:57 +0000

“Twitter is being sued for patent infringement. Surprised? OK, probably not, but you’d think the plaintiff would at least wait for Twitter to actually make money before striking. According to TechCrunch: ‘Twitter is being sued … by TechRadium, a Texas-based technology company which makes mass notification systems for public safety organizations, the military, and utilities.’ The abstract to patent #7130389 describes it: ‘A digital notification and response system utilizes an administrator interface to transmit a message from an administrator to a user contact device. The system comprises a dynamic information database that includes user contact data, priority information, and response data. The administrator initiates distribution of the message based upon grouping information, priority information, and the priority order.’ Two other patents are involved as well.”

- source slashdot

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By: Eren Mckay

Eren Mckay — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:27:27 +0000

Hi Ari,
I believe there is no right or wrong use of twitter- just what works for each individual person ( of course except for spammers- they are definitely using it in the wrong way).
It’s just like organizing. Some people swear by one method while others just can’t seem to make it work in that way.
We have to tailor everything we use to work for our specific situation, personality type and also for our goals.
For example I feel really bad if I don’t follow people back. Some I choose not to follow back simply because I don’t see anything in common with that person and I don’t even think they would enjoy my tweets. That’s just me and I don’t think everyone has to do things a specific way.
In your case it just seemed better to follow certain people that are relevant to what your goals are and that’s great too.
Tweetdeck is a tool that has helped me keep up with specific people.
Anyways – this is a very insightful post!
All the best,
Eren
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The Social Media Drinking Game | danny brown — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:19:09 +0000

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