Comments on: Curiousity Killed the Cat and Your Twitter Followers http://www.jennifervangrove.com/2008/10/18/curiousity-killed-the-cat-and-your-twitter-followers/ Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:03:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Van Grove http://www.jennifervangrove.com/2008/10/18/curiousity-killed-the-cat-and-your-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Jennifer Van Grove Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:47:00 +0000 http://www.jennifervangrove.com/?p=306#comment-530 Vincent, thanks for your comment. In general I think the action of unfollowing itself is harmless and necessary at times - as you point out. The problem I forsee with sites like Qwitter is that I might be curious to see who is unfollowing me so I sign up for the service, get the unfollow notifications, and start to contemplate what I did or said. The lure of the information being made available tugs at our curiosity and need to know, but is possessing that knowledge a good thing? It probably just depends on the person. Vincent, thanks for your comment. In general I think the action of unfollowing itself is harmless and necessary at times – as you point out. The problem I forsee with sites like Qwitter is that I might be curious to see who is unfollowing me so I sign up for the service, get the unfollow notifications, and start to contemplate what I did or said. The lure of the information being made available tugs at our curiosity and need to know, but is possessing that knowledge a good thing? It probably just depends on the person.

]]> By: VincentWright http://www.jennifervangrove.com/2008/10/18/curiousity-killed-the-cat-and-your-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-529 VincentWright Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:33:01 +0000 http://www.jennifervangrove.com/?p=306#comment-529 Hi, Jennifer,<br>Like Natsha, I also received the link to your article from Mark Carter. There is more than one type of reason to unfollow someone on Twitter so, here's just a couple of quickies:<br><br>1. The 2000 follow limit - I prefer following people who follow me - that way we can also DM each other - But, if I'm at 2K, that means I have to take a quick scan to see who's not following me and who might not be generating too much conversation, any way... So, I unfollow, not necessarily because of a disagreement bur, rather, for more strategic purposes - better relationships.<br><br>2. Non-reponsiveness. If I've followed someone and responded to one of there tweets and my response required a response, I'll wait awhile but, if after a week or so, they never respond, that's not the type of relationship I'd want to use one of my 2K slots for.<br><br>If the 2K limited weren't so strictly enforced, I'd probably have slightly different unfollow philosophy.<br><br>Keep STRONG, Jennifer!!<br>Vincent Hi, Jennifer,
Like Natsha, I also received the link to your article from Mark Carter. There is more than one type of reason to unfollow someone on Twitter so, here's just a couple of quickies:

1. The 2000 follow limit – I prefer following people who follow me – that way we can also DM each other – But, if I'm at 2K, that means I have to take a quick scan to see who's not following me and who might not be generating too much conversation, any way… So, I unfollow, not necessarily because of a disagreement bur, rather, for more strategic purposes – better relationships.

2. Non-reponsiveness. If I've followed someone and responded to one of there tweets and my response required a response, I'll wait awhile but, if after a week or so, they never respond, that's not the type of relationship I'd want to use one of my 2K slots for.

If the 2K limited weren't so strictly enforced, I'd probably have slightly different unfollow philosophy.

Keep STRONG, Jennifer!!
Vincent

]]> By: Natsha Gomer http://www.jennifervangrove.com/2008/10/18/curiousity-killed-the-cat-and-your-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Natsha Gomer Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:42:41 +0000 http://www.jennifervangrove.com/?p=306#comment-527 Hi Jennifer,<br>I received the link to your article from Mark Carter. I checked Quitter out and probably won't sign up. I can see the appeal though as I guess it's a way of managing part of your Twitter community. In some cases there may be no reason for an unfollow, in others there may be a reason and therefore some interesting learning.<br><br>Let's see how it catches on! Hi Jennifer,
I received the link to your article from Mark Carter. I checked Quitter out and probably won't sign up. I can see the appeal though as I guess it's a way of managing part of your Twitter community. In some cases there may be no reason for an unfollow, in others there may be a reason and therefore some interesting learning.

Let's see how it catches on!

]]> By: SIGEPJEDI http://www.jennifervangrove.com/2008/10/18/curiousity-killed-the-cat-and-your-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-521 SIGEPJEDI Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:18:29 +0000 http://www.jennifervangrove.com/?p=306#comment-521 Have you seen <a href="http://tweepletwak.com?">http://tweepletwak.com?</a> If not, I think you should. Follow + DM me and I will send you an invite code <a href="http://twitter.com/SIGEPJEDI">http://twitter.com/SIGEPJEDI</a> - What Qwitter is doing is very minor compared to <a href="http://TweepleTwak.com">TweepleTwak.com</a> Have you seen http://tweepletwak.com? If not, I think you should. Follow + DM me and I will send you an invite code http://twitter.com/SIGEPJEDI – What Qwitter is doing is very minor compared to TweepleTwak.com

]]> By: bryan bro. http://www.jennifervangrove.com/2008/10/18/curiousity-killed-the-cat-and-your-twitter-followers/comment-page-1/#comment-516 bryan bro. Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:32:45 +0000 http://www.jennifervangrove.com/?p=306#comment-516 I have been affected by the "Unfollow" via a girl I met on twitter and was involved with. After I left what she thought was a rude tweet about a fat person she not only broke it off with me but also "Unfollowed" me - which at the time seemed more of a bigger deal. Of course now I could care less. I think this site is interesting and has potential. I have been affected by the “Unfollow” via a girl I met on twitter and was involved with. After I left what she thought was a rude tweet about a fat person she not only broke it off with me but also “Unfollowed” me – which at the time seemed more of a bigger deal. Of course now I could care less. I think this site is interesting and has potential.

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