Comments on: Twitter Marketers and Gaming The System

By: Marius

Marius — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:05:39 +0000

2000 is a huge number! I used to think that they have many followers, but that number far exceeds my prediction. Twitter has proved itself good for internet marketers, really. Having valid and updated information is a must for anybody and everybody in the business.

By: StarPrincessCruises

StarPrincessCruises — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:16:06 +0000

I am not sure how anyone could expect twitter to be any different than any other social media network. The 2000 to follow limit seams like a fair number to me,and I would never expect to hit near that,with or without affiliate marketing.

By: Greg T.

Greg T. — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:12:36 +0000

Hey David, informative post. I was looking for the answer to this question. Am new to twitter, and was wondering why people kept following me. I figured it was because I was following some top internet marketing guys and so they found me that way. I also realized quickly enough (as you said), that the tactic is to get a person to follow back, and then show them a “thank you for following me free product”.

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Stop Twitter Spam » Twitter Damage Control On False Follow Limit Rumor — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:49:18 +0000

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By: Marc Vermut

Marc Vermut — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:36:27 +0000

I remember reading the post and, while understanding your position, disagreeing with your thesis. Twitter and most of the “personal” social media platforms/tools are valuable to me because they provide me with a relatively low touch point of contact and communication with a network of people I am interested in knowing…not just being connected to. In fact, I’ve found that using Twitter and Trillian and GTalk and Facebook (to some degree) have allowed me to deepen relationships with people I otherwise wouldn’t have. Not that I presume you would dispute it, just that this would get overrun or hampered for me if I drank from the firehose.

For connections,I have LinkedIn. So, following a ton of people of Twitter doesn’t allow me to really get a sense of anyone, the way I can by skimming through the scroll in Spaz or Twhirl.

Perhaps, as is implicit in the build your own nature of these social tools, different people use them for different things in different ways.

By: Stop Twitter Spam » Twitter’s Follow Limits Send Mixed Signals

Stop Twitter Spam » Twitter’s Follow Limits Send Mixed Signals — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:26:07 +0000

[...] occasions that the limits are different for everyone, most people seem to agree that new users can’t follow more than 2,000 people. And it’s very unclear now why these limits are in place. Are these limits in place to [...]