I unfollowed the so-called 'power users' a long time ago. People like Chris Brogan, Scoble, Guy Kawasaki, etc. There was too much noise and not enough signal.
For my own uses, I couldn't possibly follow 1000 people. I would much prefer to follow a smaller number of people and be able to read all their tweets. I currently follow around 300, most of whom tweet a handful of times each day. Following 1000 people who update dozens of times each day doesn't seem like it's scalable. You would either have to ignore 90% of what you saw, or spend the majority of your day watching Twitter.
The fact that Twitter employees use Twitter in the same way that most of their users use Twitter is not worth complaining about. It's exactly what you would expect. The fact that a handful of people (ab)use Twitter and take it to extremes doesn't mean that anyone else needs to.
This sort of article is exactly why tech reporting gets a bad rap.
The author appears unfamiliar with how Twitter actually works pragmatically.
Anyone following more than 100-200 folks on Twitter is likely in the category of "Filthy Marketer."
Anyone routinely posting more than 3-4 times a day is likely also in the FM category, or is a babbler begging to be unfollowed or banished to Facebook.
The Twitter employees are using the tool in its most elegant fashion.
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This article borders on ridiculous.
I unfollowed the so-called 'power users' a long time ago. People like Chris Brogan, Scoble, Guy Kawasaki, etc. There was too much noise and not enough signal.
For my own uses, I couldn't possibly follow 1000 people. I would much prefer to follow a smaller number of people and be able to read all their tweets. I currently follow around 300, most of whom tweet a handful of times each day. Following 1000 people who update dozens of times each day doesn't seem like it's scalable. You would either have to ignore 90% of what you saw, or spend the majority of your day watching Twitter.
The fact that Twitter employees use Twitter in the same way that most of their users use Twitter is not worth complaining about. It's exactly what you would expect. The fact that a handful of people (ab)use Twitter and take it to extremes doesn't mean that anyone else needs to.
This sort of article is exactly why tech reporting gets a bad rap.
Couldn't agree more.
The author appears unfamiliar with how Twitter actually works pragmatically.
Anyone following more than 100-200 folks on Twitter is likely in the category of "Filthy Marketer."
Anyone routinely posting more than 3-4 times a day is likely also in the FM category, or is a babbler begging to be unfollowed or banished to Facebook.
The Twitter employees are using the tool in its most elegant fashion.
Article = F.