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I follow 544 people on twitter that do not follow me back.
No, I didn’t go through over 1,000 Twitter users I was following to figure this out. I used FriendorFollow.com, a site that tells you who out of those you are following, are not following you back.
I used friendorfollow.com for the first time today after Brian Cousins @reply to me. Being a novice tech-geek and twitter-fiend, I immediately went to the site to see how many people I followed weren’t following me back. Did I care? Not really, but there was a part of me that needed to know.
As I skimmed across the profile pictures, I became deeply distressed. There were people who weren’t following me who I had tweeted with and a few I had even met in real life! Even though it sounds silly, I considered unfollowing all 544 unfollowers. I even whined via tweets about how I was discouraged by my unfollowers, and began to populate the #onetweetstand hashtag I had created earlier in the week.
Then it hit me: this isn’t a popularity contest. Will I cry myself to sleep if these 544 unfollowers never follow me back on twitter? Most likely, no. Then why the hell do I care? Bottom line: I don’t.
The people that follow me have their reasons, as do those who decide not to follow me. As long as I continue to share in the mutually beneficial relationships derived from my twitter community, I really don’t give a flip about those who decide not to partake (unless your name is Chris Brogan *wink*).
I promptly exited out of friendorfollow.com and do not plan on returning anytime soon.
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February 25, 2010 4:32 pm
what a great article. I agree. Although it is good for seeing who is following you, that you maybe didn't know about that you could start following them. An interesting tool
February 25, 2010 9:20 pm
I try to do bi-weekly flushes of my followers. If they aren't active on Twitter within 24 hrs. then they get the boot. Even if we're not connecting right now, doesn't mean we won't down the line. I try to be really selective in who I choose to follow and I assume my followers do the same, but of course it's their prerogative.
I'm definitely going to check out FriendorFollow. Thanks for the recommendation!
May 18, 2010 6:42 am
We often latch on to the authors we love. We realize this is a tough business, and we don’t want them to starve. We want them fat and happy, sitting on cushions stuffed with hundred dollar bills. But what’s the best way to help them?
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People who aren’t in the writing and publishing business often have skewed ideas of how the business works. I’ve had to educate more than one eager friend
burj khalifa tower or family member who thought the best way to promote Infoquake was to walk into Barnes & Noble and turn the book facing out on the shelf so it covers up David Eddings’ titles next door. I tell them to please stop doing this, because David Eddings sends armed hooligans to ding up my car with cricket bats every time he finds one of my books in front of his.
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So now let me educate you, o blog reader, on some ways you can help pimp your favorite author, and some ways you should not pimp your favorite author
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