After having been on Twitter for a while now I’m starting to see a pattern in who I want to follow and whom I don’t.
I want to follow you if:
- You post updates that are relevant to me — something I can use
- You post on a regular basis — so I know you’re serious about this
I don’t want to follow you if:
- You post too much every day because then my Twitter start page only has your messages in it
- You use Twitter for advertising only, i.e. sends me all sorts of irrelevant stuff — just because you can
- Your communication is one way and you don’t respond to my @ replies
So right now I don’t follow a lot of companies because most of them use Twitter as just another advertising channel. If I want advertising I can go to… well.. I don’t. But I do want you to communicate with me, so if you have something you genuinely believe I would be interested in, then please do post it.
I’m hoping that companies in the future will use this medium as a space for communicating with the customers and not just to them. Gotta learn this myself too… It’s about the recipient, not me… It’s about the recipient, not me… It’s about the recipient, not me… It’s about the recipient, not me… It’s about the recipient, not me… Okay, gotta go :-) (and my Twitter profile is @lassebunk)
