There’s a lot of focus on how to get followed on Twitter but I thought it might be helpful to flip things around by providing some insight into how to get unfollowed.
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Write about your cat, your Starbucks addiction, the weather or how cute your children are.
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Update more than 15 to 20 times/day. Sure, Twitter is a quick and easy tool to share information and thoughts but people who get carried away are more a nuisance than a valuable resource.
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Pound out ReTweets all day rather than doing your own updates. I would suggest the ratio for Tweets to ReTweets is 3:1 or 4:1.
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Write crude or sexually suggestive updates that are intended to be funny but come across as dumb and/or misguided.
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After being interesting enough to be followed, you disappear from Twitter for long periods of time.
Start your day by saying “Good Morning” on Twitter, and then end it by saying “Goodnight”.
Post updates that consist of song lyrics that apparently suggest your mood.
Any thoughts on other things that would prompt you to unfollow someone?
More: If you want to know when someone stops following you, Qwitter will send you an e-mail.
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6. Write for your own blog but make it just another dumb list.
7. Ask for comments cause you know there will be that one jerk that makes fun of the list by adding more stupid points.
6. Write for your own blog but make it just another dumb list.
7. Ask for comments cause you know there will be that one jerk that makes fun of the list by adding more stupid points.
Thanks for the comments and insight.
cheers, Mark
so basically people shouldn't be REAL, and should just use twitter as a marketing tool? well in that case maybe they shouldn't call it a social networking site. some people are simply on Twitter because it's a fun place to hang out.
Oh and if I may add something, I found the text after tip #5 to be very interesting indeed. could I think of another reason to unfollow someone? how about because they create a ton of marketing spam on your page and you are sick of reading that crap? I know that's the biggest reason I block and or unfollow someone, but hey what do I know? I'm just one of those boring REAL people.
Hi Mark. Obviously the reasons someone unfollows another is personal but many of your points rang true with me. Ironically, tweeting about cats (even imaginary ones) seem to draw a lot of attention and followers. Check out this NYT article about Mary Hodder and her cats. Apparently, Sockington the cat now has over 800,000 followers. http://bit.ly/pAy4H