Comments on: Don’t Be A MeTweeter

By: TunaPuzzler

TunaPuzzler — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:59:31 +0000

Good points. I have, unfortunately, run into a lot of people who do all of this. It's annoying even if you are not following a lot of people, but even more annoying if you are. By the way, recheck the sentence “Yeah, because that last observation you made was so good, it would be nothing short of a crime to make double-sure that nobody missed it.” because I think you meant “NOT TO make double-sure” there.

By: nrgins

nrgins — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:16:38 +0000

I agree with you though, about RTing FFs (and FFs in general!). I was once following a person (who had quite a large follower base, actually) who would vomit out tons of FFs every Friday. I guess she felt she needed to mention everyone or they'd get offended. I'm talking 10, 20 FFs, each with 5 or 6 names in it.

People started getting annoyed and would RT her FFs just as a joke, just to show how ridiculous this endless stream of FFs is. One time a guy RTed the FF that contained him and 5 others, and then someone else from the list RTed it again, and so on, until all it was was a string of RT @usernames. Was quite funny.

She toned down her FFs shortly after that. But I eventually stopped following her anyway.

By: nrgins

nrgins — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:11:54 +0000

I have occasionally retweeted someone who retweeted me. This was usually when I thought the information or statement should be posted again, and retweeting someone else's retweet of mine seemed a little less egotistical than just retweeting myself (like I'm saying, “Hey, I just like what this guy says (even if he's just retweeting me…)” ). That happens rarely, though.

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By: cathywebsavvypr

cathywebsavvypr — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:35:53 +0000

Good tips. The only time I Retweet tweets that include me in them, is if the host of a blog where I am doing a guest post, or if the host of an online radio show I’m going to be on, tweets about me being on their blog/show. I want to give the blogger/show host credit, an expose their show to my peeps, while letting my followers know whatI’m up to, in case they want to tune in.

Yes there is still a bit of ego involved, but it is just a part of my twitter stream, along with a mix of other useful tweets that I hope provide value to those who follow me.

This is a good article for newbie twitter users.