Comments on: My Twitter Policy: How You Can Join “The 200″

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:19:04 +0000

I really need to develop some sort of plan like this. Even with lists, I think I’m following way too many people and need to trim down that list. But, it’s hard because right now I’m following people for so many different reasons. I’ve got the NP folks; the recruiters and job search folks; handful of friends that are actually on Twitter; etc.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:00:41 +0000

Just did my Twitter Spring Cleaning and took out all the twash! (type intended). Appreciate your follow and vice-versa plus I don’t have to hear your Boston accent and you don’t have to hear my Savannahian charming drawl.

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:27:13 +0000

I think the key Sue Anne is to really look at your followers to see first who can add value and, second, who’s really tweeting that value. We all know a lot of people that COULD add a lot of value but they just don’t tweet enough. Dump them. Then there are people who tweet a lot but their tweets just aren’t bringing a enough value. Get rid of them! Finally, there are people who tweet value but it’s duplicated value. And what I mean is that they are just saying what others are saying. Do you really need two people telling you the same thing?

By: Joe Waters

Joe Waters — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:34:32 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Kevin. I think you’re right about eventually having to adopt Twitter lists. I have plans to reach out to more nonprofits about my 6fcm program and I think I’ll need to segment them by area or something.

But I do think it is worth scrutinizing the people we follow to to really see who we should follow and shouldn’t. And this applies if we follow 100 people or 10,000.

By: joewaters

joewaters — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:26:47 +0000

Deal!

By: Kevin B. Gilnack

Kevin B. Gilnack — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:20:06 +0000

I agree with a lot of the criteria you describe, and especially in avoiding critics, spammers, losers, and egotists. However, I've found far more than 200 people who are legit, conversational, and above all else, share great content.

I have a lot of diverse interests (I think my nonprofit folks are getting sick of all of my attention to MAPoli lately), which makes it hard to keep single-topic followers; however, I've found Twitter lists or simple Tweetdeck groups are critically important for helping filter the folks who share great content on a range of topics.

I slice & dice my followers up by the type of things they teach me and where they are from, so that even if they don't spend all day on Twitter sending many tweets to avoid being lost in the stream, I still catch them.

Just a suggestion in case you consider following back more people and still want to be able to get to know them, or find content of interest.

By: Maggie Keenan

Maggie Keenan — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:32:05 +0000

Just did my Twitter Spring Cleaning and took out all the twash! (type intended). Appreciate your follow and vice-versa plus I don't have to hear your Boston accent and you don't have to hear my Savannahian charming drawl.

By: Joe Waters

Joe Waters — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:18:07 +0000

By: @sue_anne

@sue_anne — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:18:03 +0000

I really need to develop some sort of plan like this. Even with lists, I think I'm following way too many people and need to trim down that list. But, it's hard because right now I'm following people for so many different reasons. I've got the NP folks; the recruiters and job search folks; handful of friends that are actually on Twitter; etc.

By: @rossmevans

@rossmevans — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:02:51 +0000

Thanks Joe! It's an honor just to be in the mix…even if it's just for the next couple of days