I liken it to a huge party where everyone can hear you. If you get RT’ed then everyone at the party next door can hear you too. I try to only speak the words I would be comfortable speaking if I were standing on a platform at a party with a microphone.

To be clear I never said I unfollow those who haven’t tweeted in three days, I said that I do not follow people who haven’t tweeted in three days. There’s a difference. I also respect those that take some time off from time to time for whatever reason.

A lot of people say they don’t like large numbers because they cannot connect with all of them. My point is that you can connect with more people than you do now. When I followed 100 people I didn’t connect with all of them all the time. When it gets to be too much then I might change the strategy.

Thanks for your comment. :)

Fantastic timing! You’ve highlighted many relevant points, most of which I agree with, and addressing a few points I’ve been pondering lately.

I admit, I’m always a bit deterred by the high follower numbers of people who add me, and in relation to what they are tweeting about may decline to follow back.

I like to connect with people who may share the same interests, or those who I simply find particularly fascinating/unique/quirky, inspiring or provide good information- they cover a fairly wide range,(though I find it a huge task to be able to connect if I follow high numbers of people) That said, I’m passionate about sharing good information with others…so this is where I question my method…how do I know that I won’t impact someone even though they may not fit my criteria?

Thanks for the though provoking post, the only one I would disagree with would be unfollowing after three days! I highly encourage technology free days or even weeks! (good for your health!)Three months I would definatley consider though LOL

In Kindness Always!

Thanks so much for the kind words and I am excited that this post has helped you in some way.

I teach cooking classes to children and focus on sustainability and using food/cooking as a means to help the less fortunate. I offer lots of tips on how to help families cook with their children, spend quality time together, and do things that they can all be proud of. I have been enjoying your tweets and website recently and am so happy that I found you. It always makes me so happy to see other organizations doing so much to engage children in improving the world.

I just started looking at my twitter friends who have similar philosophies as I do and am looking at the people who they follow – and who follows them. I am finding some amazing people that way!

I’m going to check out the links you recommended too. Thanks for the tips!

1) Absolutely if they can give it. I would say do not force this though. A photographer can give out tips that might help novices which is great. Don’t be coy with your knowledge. I have always shared as much as I can and recommend that to others. But when I see people searching the web for articles and retweeting them thinking that’s adding value it doesn’t really do that if that’s all they do.

2) That ties in nicely with my number 2 – don’t spam. Sometimes people do it without knowing it. Look at someone’s profile and ask them a question about something that interests you. Nothing is more flattering than someone asking you a pointed question about something you are involved with.

3) Absolutely. That’s why I recommend adding a name even if you are a business. We connect with the person first, then find out about what the business does later.

Thanks for adding the great points to this blog post. You have also proven a point I made earlier. I just discovered I was not following you for whatever reason. I just checked out your profile, and now I am following you. I would like to see ‘Molly Williams’ instead of ‘Craft Interactive’ on your profile though. Are you game for that? :) -Gabe