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Twitter Blocking →
The majority of my Twitter participation takes place via Tweetie for both the desktop and iPhone but very often I visit people’s official page to gain an idea of what their contribution to the service looks like.
In the past month, I’ve gain a significant amount of followers, all of which I’ve welcomed because we each enjoy the casual ego boost but have you ever personally taken the time to see why the interest in you to begin with? For some I’m completely honored that they do follow me but for others I share Mantia’s grading as to whether these are true Twitizens:
If they follow less than 200 people, I generally let it go. If they follow more than 200 people, I look at who else they’re following and what they tweet about. If they seem to be following people like me (artists, designers, Mac/iPhone geeks) and I see that they’re interested in those topics, I let them continue following me. If they don’t follow people like me and don’t tweet similar topics, I begin to wonder why they chose to follow me.
I’ve never used the blocking feature on Twitter before. I can see why for some that wouldn’t be an option judging in how that would lower their follower count but for me that’s not a ranking I care about. I have personal friends who joined the service and follow me but I generally don’t reciprocate the favor because that’s why I have Facebook for.
As huge as the “artists, designers and Mac/iPhone geek” community is, I enjoy feeling part of what seems like a small niche by regulating the people that follow me and vice versa and if blocking a few here and there is what it takes to keep that, then so be it.
