Comments on: Why Follow So Many People On Twitter? http://phoneboy.com/2191/why-follow-so-many-people-on-twitter VoIP, Mobile Phones, Telecom, and Technology Made Simple Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:57:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Vlad http://phoneboy.com/2191/why-follow-so-many-people-on-twitter#comment-25948 Vlad Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:31:38 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/2191/why-follow-so-many-people-on-twitter#comment-25948 I fully agree on Twitter becoming a mere method of self-promotion for some. But in my opinion Jaiku is different. If you keep the number of people you follow to a decent level, there are countless interesting conversations going on. Which anyone can join. I fully agree on Twitter becoming a mere method of self-promotion for some. But in my opinion Jaiku is different. If you keep the number of people you follow to a decent level, there are countless interesting conversations going on. Which anyone can join.

]]> By: PhoneBoy http://phoneboy.com/2191/why-follow-so-many-people-on-twitter#comment-25940 PhoneBoy Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:22:41 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/2191/why-follow-so-many-people-on-twitter#comment-25940 @nicole: it's looking like a good marketing tool if you got an engaged fanbase. @deannie: Even so, there is no way to process all that data. You lose bits. I witnessed it first hand with Jason Calacanis on live chat. @jp: you have a point. I'm guessing intimacy doesn't happen on Twitter for people that follow thousands. @nicole: it’s looking like a good marketing tool if you got an engaged fanbase.

@deannie: Even so, there is no way to process all that data. You lose bits. I witnessed it first hand with Jason Calacanis on live chat.

@jp: you have a point. I’m guessing intimacy doesn’t happen on Twitter for people that follow thousands.

]]> By: jp http://phoneboy.com/2191/why-follow-so-many-people-on-twitter#comment-25939 jp Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:02:11 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/2191/why-follow-so-many-people-on-twitter#comment-25939 It seems to me that in the end the numbers game falls into two camps. The first group looks as the number of people in their sphere and questions whether they one can handle the communications necessary as a reasonable friend/acquaintance. The second can never have enough numbers to satisfy their business or ego. Intimacy will be elsewhere for this group. It seems to me that in the end the numbers game falls into two camps. The first group looks as the number of people in their sphere and questions whether they one can handle the communications necessary as a reasonable friend/acquaintance. The second can never have enough numbers to satisfy their business or ego. Intimacy will be elsewhere for this group.

]]> By: deannie http://phoneboy.com/2191/why-follow-so-many-people-on-twitter#comment-25938 deannie Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:27:50 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/2191/why-follow-so-many-people-on-twitter#comment-25938 I would agree that this is exactly why those guys follow so many folks. Scoble also indicated in a recent post that it helps him keep up with trends when he sees patterns of conversation; certainly an interesting way of seeing trends. I would agree that this is exactly why those guys follow so many folks. Scoble also indicated in a recent post that it helps him keep up with trends when he sees patterns of conversation; certainly an interesting way of seeing trends.

]]> By: nicole http://phoneboy.com/2191/why-follow-so-many-people-on-twitter#comment-25937 nicole Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:54:12 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/2191/why-follow-so-many-people-on-twitter#comment-25937 twitter seems like a fun and interesting thing to follow, but doesn't it take quite a bit of time away from actual work time? twitter seems like a fun and interesting thing to follow, but doesn’t it take quite a bit of time away from actual work time?

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