Comments on: I've got too many followers on Twitter

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:04:56 +0000

Exactly. That’s why I only follow around 200 people and never really expect replies to my @replies. And I think that’s manageable because a lot of those people don’t even update anymore. It’s probably closer to 100 active people.

It’s nice if someone has time to @reply my @reply, but for me that’s not the point. It’s just a way of sending a thought someone’s way, especially when I know they don’t follow me.

I’d argue that by following 20,000+ people you’re not *really* following anyone. You catch glimpses of what a lot of people are up to but you have to be missing a lot too — probably more than what you’re actually seeing, unless you’re spending your whole day reading Twitter updates.

By: ian vogler

ian vogler — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:56:48 +0000

how good is the customer service at drop send ?

By: Josh Stodola

Josh Stodola — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:31:36 +0000

It’s just an idiotic framework, plain and simple. The best thing about blogging is the comments section on every post. Where is the comment section for every tweet? If people want to read the replies, they can. If they don’t care about the replies, they can skip them. Is this not expected in a service entitled microblogging? Not only is Twitter designed poorly, it’s reputably incapable of achieving/maintaining a respectable system uptime percentage. That’s why I quit using it, and you should too.

By: dead prophet

dead prophet — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:44:54 +0000

Totally agree. I commented on this same thing before. Services like Twitter (and the upstart Plurk.com) are broadcast mediums, not conversation.

By: liam

liam — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:47:54 +0000

SOLUTION: Direct Messages, all you need is to follow the person send a message, and then if you don’t want to continue following them just remove them after. It would only add a couple of seconds to your reply time. Might be worth looking into.

By: David Hughes

David Hughes — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:08:50 +0000

Intersting point Ryan.

I’ve stopped following some people (Scoble et al) on Twitter because my Twitter stream ended up like reading their IM session!

However, sometimes @replies to unknown or unfollowed users reveals new and interesting people to follow.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:11:04 +0000

Thanks Darragh – awesome idea.

By: Too many friends? « The Analytics Guru

Too many friends? « The Analytics Guru — Fri, 30 May 2008 05:48:16 +0000

[...] It was also pointed out on Twitter, having too many followers can be a problem, what if they want to engage with you all at once? Ryan Carson of app developer CarsonifiedÂ wrote yesterday that 3,000 followers on Twitter was too many for him. The problem, according to Carson, is that with so many followers every tweet he sends out generates about 4 @ replies. Replying in kind to those replies ends up littering his feed with one-sided conversations that most of his followers can’t possibly, well, follow. [...]

By: Darragh Curran

Darragh Curran — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:44:29 +0000

Saw post about a list of cool yahoo pipes on RWW today. One of them creates a feed of all your twitter posts minus any of your replies - RWW suggests using it to feed into your friendfeed account. Here's a feed of ryan's tweets that aren't replies - pretty neat!

By: david

david — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:04:56 +0000

have you tried twitter groups. breaking up your “fan base” may help.??? http://www.jazzychad.net/twgroups/