NinjaShortbread212
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From: Edinburger, Scottyland
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ORIGINAL: adambatman82
Jeez.  Nobody asked you to justify-decisions-at-your age-to-someone-you-don't-even-know: we were having a civilised conversation on a public message board. There's really no need to be so aggressive.
Were we? Really? All I did was mention an app that lets you unfollow folk. I think you are being ever-so-slightly extreme/ sensitive in saying that I was being "aggressive" but OK.
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ORIGINAL: adambatman82
Not really
There are a couple of different types of business on twitter -
1. Those massive companies that use it as a platform to hawk their wares and stay in touch with their customers (from a CS perspective). They tend to have far more followers than users they themselves follow. Using the notorious Cineworld tweeter as an example, they follow just 206 people, yet have a massive 21,923 followers.
2. The smaller, independent business that use twitter for the same reasons above, but also to court new trade. They would, typically, directly advertise their wares to who they deem to be a potential customer, based on specific criteria (locale, by seeking out people who have tweeted about a specific service/item etc.) A good example of this would be my local independent cinema who follow 853 people, but have a much closer followee base of 3500 people.
I would strongly disagree here and would say that actually enough of them do use the app. From my personal experience of Twitter and from building a "relationship" with certain followers, I've found that a good few of them (and in particular some entrepreneurs) heavily rely on using the "Friend or Follow" app to control there followings.
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ORIGINAL: adambatman82
But fair isn't fair when it comes to business, and the idea of unfollowing people if they specifically don't follow you strikes me as a little childish, especially when a business twitter account is essentially one big advert. Surely from the perspective of a business it would make more sense to follow as many people as possible, regardless of whether or not they followed you back, in the event that one day they mentioned something of note to whatever trade it is that you're plying? For example, and answering your "why should I keep following someone if they choose to unfollow me" point, if I were a roofer, I would constantly be on the lookout for people who had problems with roofs etc. To ignore those that don't follow you back is little more than cutting your noise off to spite your face.
When I said "fair is fair", I meant that if someone unfollows you, why should you keep following them? You do realise that an unfollower can't read your tweets so therefore won't see you advertising whatever it is you're trying to sell and I often do do a big follow of people on Twitter. I then see how many of them will follow me back in roughly a fortnight or so and the rest either probably won't follow me back, if they haven't in that timeline or aren't on it that much, therefore both are of no use to what I'm trying to attain. Essentially, all you're doing is removing people who have "lost interest" in following you. No biggie! But to use the word "childish" to me is a little bit silly and I thought you could have done better than that. Surely "strategic" would have been a more fitted option but I can tell that you wouldn't have wanted to have flattered me. Also, I do actually put a little thought into who I follow, I target like minded individuals but a healthy bunch of other folk in different occupations, walks of life etc also. "Tweet Adder" helps me with that one! 
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ORIGINAL: adambatman82
You're saying that in one breath, but in the other you admit to unfollowing people who don't follow you back. 
Am I? Really? No, actually, my point is that I'm not in it for the gain in a pretentious way. I take my Twitter account serious. I have received enough job offers and have enough people talking about and posting my links in the right fields, to know that I'm not just in it for the superficial "win".
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ORIGINAL: steffols
Ninja, can I ask, what is it that you get out of Twitter if you follow that many people? I've met a few people on Twitter who have found my tweets through public timelines etc and we've struck up conversations which I think is fantastic. I follow 152 people I think it is and I like to think I know at least half of that numbers personalities and tweeting habits, which makes Twitter for me a great network for knowing people and getting to know people. What is it you get out of Twitter by following so many people?
What I "get out" of Twitter is exposure. As an artist and also people in the industry taking notice of me. I certainly know all the familiar Tweeters who follow me and speak to them on a daily basis, pretty much. Sharing art related news etc. I never bring personal matters onto my page and keep it strictly business. Word of mouth is great but if you're promoting yourself or a product, you want to be thinking about the long haul. You then really do need to aim for a bigger audience. The amount of followers I have and that I'm aiming to have is for exposure and I can safely say that you definitely get that with a bigger audience.
I hope this has answered your questions steff.
< Message edited by NinjaShortbread212 -- 10/2/2012 3:12:59 AM >
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