Re (b): “…if you wouldn't walk up to somebody out of the blue at a party and start a conversation, then that carries over to Twitter.” But David, there's one big difference – on Twitter you'll usually get back either no answer or if it's someone new you follow – then a useless automated DM. Reason for former is I think due to the noise – recipient will be hard pressed to see your tweet if they're following a big #. Either that or you haven't built a relationship with them first – why should they reply to a stranger?

“Twitter is just a microcosm of social interaction in real life.” You really think so? I think your wife's right on about the stream of 1-way “conversations” there. That's because even if they've put the sales megaphone down they're conversing with someone not in your timeline. How can that ever be interesting, no matter how proactive you are? Unless it's watching @garyvee tweeting his beloved Jets to a win in today's do-or-die game! Now that was classic demon possession!!

Re (b): “…if you wouldn't walk up to somebody out of the blue at a party and start a conversation, then that carries over to Twitter.” But David, there's one big difference – on Twitter you'll usually get back either no answer or if it's someone new you follow – then a useless automated DM. Reason for former is I think due to the noise – recipient will be hard pressed to see your tweet if they're following a big #. Either that or you haven't built a relationship with them first – why should they reply to a stranger?

“Twitter is just a microcosm of social interaction in real life.” You really think so? I think your wife's right on about the stream of 1-way “conversations” there. That's because even if they've put the sales megaphone down they're conversing with someone not in your timeline. How can that ever be interesting, no matter how proactive you are? Unless it's watching @garyvee tweeting his beloved Jets to a win in today's do-or-die game! Now that was classic demon possession!!

(a) If you don't find value from the tweets you see, then you're following the wrong people.
(b) You get what you put into it. If you're not willing to be proactive, it'll look boring. For example, if you wouldn't walk up to somebody out of the blue at a party and start a conversation, then that carries over to Twitter.

Twitter is just a microcosm of social interaction in real life. People who don't find value in it are probably also reactive rather than proactive in their social interaction in real life.

I don't see why. “Blog” is as subset of “website” – you can have a website without it being a blog, although it is getting rarer and rarer.

On FB I have given up getting annoyed on all the weird invitation that friends send me.

I get more tickled when Tweeps send me DMs with “I Just Gave You a xxx' or 'I made $xxx from this system'… and I don't know who these people are…

Also don't Tweeps that mention my username in Tweet '@username you can get 200 followers from whatever system…' and make it look like this is something I support. And when you check their profile they have from 0 – 100 followers…

I don't follow users that call them self makemoneyxx, millionairexxx or something similar…

#8 is why we are here… but I want make claims that I can't stand bye. Have to earn it the way you teach David, one blog step at the time.

I believe we can make money from blogging and Social Media in general. It's all about the presentation on how we got there. I'm pretty you David as a professional blogger have spent some time build relationships and trust to bring your blogs to where they are today.

Cheers.. Are

And also people who just post of top blogger also come under this category as well.