I was wondering about that too - whether I'm just noticing because I'm hanging out at more writing places or if it is getting worse.
Good point, and I'm a sinner first, and a sinner last.humblenations said:I was just saying this the other day to a friend in the real word. Twitter is not being used properly. How can you have 25,000 following you and you follow the same - it just won't work! You couldn't read anything any one else says and no one is listening to you.
Twitter depresses me. At first I thought it was fun and spent a bit of time there, now I maybe drop in once a day for a few minutes and when I do it's nothing but annoying "buy me" tweets. I honestly don't understand how writers can tweet their books over and over again. I got peeved one day and actually counted the tweets of a few authors and they were sending over 50 tweets a day with most of them variations of "buy my book" or even more annoying quotes of other people saying how great their book is.maritafowler said:I've been feeling the same way about Twitter recently because it's become a big self-promo medium.
I enjoy the tweets of some authors and other folks, but the PlzRT, Freebie, and buy me are getting old.
This. I even go a step further -- I check a feed and only follow if I'm interested or entertained by the things they say. We're not obligated to follow back. Amusingly, I was once followed by someone whose Twitter description said they'd unfollow anyone who didn't follow back. I was SORELY tempted to message this person directly and suggest they go ahead and unfollow me.Becca Mills said:You can do it on the front end: when someone follows you, really examine their feed before following back. If it's spammy, don't follow back.
Good lord. I've seen the opposite in people's descriptions ("I follow back!") but never the preemptive threat of unfollowing. Heh.Fredster said:This. I even go a step further -- I check a feed and only follow if I'm interested or entertained by the things they say. We're not obligated to follow back. Amusingly, I was once followed by someone whose Twitter description said they'd unfollow anyone who didn't follow back. I was SORELY tempted to message this person directly and suggest they go ahead and unfollow me.