Social Media is growing faster than most people can keep up.  My first twitter account was to follow a celeb (who I still follow today) and to talk with of my friends it’s odd places. I now have four different twitter accounts all following different people, and doing different things.

I have to say that in the three plus years I have been on twitter (wow hard to believe it’s been that long!) never followed some on a #FF or a #WW if it was just a massive list of names. There are those out there (we all know who so I won’t name names) who every Wednesday, Friday, and now Monday list almost all of their followers in a series of #FF or #WW and now #MM tweets.

It can be annoying to read your twitter feed and see nothing but one or two or three people’s for ages as they weekly list EVERYONE to follow.

I’m sorry but that just doesn’t work. Once upon a time #FF was awesome. You found new people to follow, new celeb’s, new interests. Now it’s just another thing to filter out on tweetdeck.

And don’t even get me started on the RT’s. Someone posts a massive list of say 10 twitter names and you’re included. The problem is you don’t know the other 9 people. Then all of a sudden you’re being tweeted at by 9+ people as they RT that original tweet. Since you have no idea who any of these people are and why you should follow them, you just ignore it, or worse block them to stop the same thing from happening NEXT Week.  If no one tells you WHY you should follow anyone on the massive list of names I doubt you will follow any!

Then there is the people who RT every #WW #FF and #MM they get. Meaning after the initial blast of lists of names you get another set. Again trust me, most people don’t care.

I’m not saying this to be mean or bitter, trust me I get plenty of the above. But I seriously question how well they work, if at all.

Even people who say “Cool authors for #FF…” and then list 6 or 7 names are missing the point.

I challenge you for 2 whole weeks to do this. Pick TWO people to mention. Then write something about them like. “#FF for @PersonA because they love snowmen and @PersonB for their new book release” you’ll generate a lot more buzz and feedback than:

“#FF @PersonA, @PersonB @PersonC @PersonD @PersonE @PersonF @PersonG @PersonH @PersonI @PersonJ @PersonK @PersonL @PersonM @PersonN @PersonO”

I just suggested that you follow 15 different “people” and I bet you don’t want to go and follow any of them.

The when it comes to thanking people for #WW , #FF and #MM. Why don’t you just thank them, and say something nice about them rather than a list, or worse just a RT! I guarantee your list will be much happier.

Why #WW #FF and now #MM don’t work.

Social Media is growing faster than most people can keep up.  My first twitter account was to follow a celeb (who I still follow today) and to talk with of my friends it’s odd places. I now have four different twitter accounts all following different people, and doing different things.

I have to say that in the three plus years I have been on twitter (wow hard to believe it’s been that long!) never followed some on a #FF or a #WW if it was just a massive list of names. There are those out there (we all know who so I won’t name names) who every Wednesday, Friday, and now Monday list almost all of their followers in a series of #FF or #WW and now #MM tweets.

It can be annoying to read your twitter feed and see nothing but one or two or three people’s for ages as they weekly list EVERYONE to follow.

I’m sorry but that just doesn’t work. Once upon a time #FF was awesome. You found new people to follow, new celeb’s, new interests. Now it’s just another thing to filter out on tweetdeck.

And don’t even get me started on the RT’s. Someone posts a massive list of say 10 twitter names and you’re included. The problem is you don’t know the other 9 people. Then all of a sudden you’re being tweeted at by 9+ people as they RT that original tweet. Since you have no idea who any of these people are and why you should follow them, you just ignore it, or worse block them to stop the same thing from happening NEXT Week.  If no one tells you WHY you should follow anyone on the massive list of names I doubt you will follow any!

Then there is the people who RT every #WW #FF and #MM they get. Meaning after the initial blast of lists of names you get another set. Again trust me, most people don’t care.

I’m not saying this to be mean or bitter, trust me I get plenty of the above. But I seriously question how well they work, if at all.

Even people who say “Cool authors for #FF…” and then list 6 or 7 names are missing the point.

I challenge you for 2 whole weeks to do this. Pick TWO people to mention. Then write something about them like. “#FF for @PersonA because they love snowmen and @PersonB for their new book release” you’ll generate a lot more buzz and feedback than:

“#FF @PersonA, @PersonB @PersonC @PersonD @PersonE @PersonF @PersonG @PersonH @PersonI @PersonJ @PersonK @PersonL @PersonM @PersonN @PersonO”

I just suggested that you follow 15 different “people” and I bet you don’t want to go and follow any of them.

The when it comes to thanking people for #WW , #FF and #MM. Why don’t you just thank them, and say something nice about them rather than a list, or worse just a RT! I guarantee your list will be much happier.