Comments on: How do you choose your Twitter friends? http://www.contentious.com/2007/12/13/how-do-you-choose-your-twitter-friends/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:38:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: James http://www.contentious.com/2007/12/13/how-do-you-choose-your-twitter-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1228222 James Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:31:58 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2007/12/13/how-do-you-choose-your-twitter-friends/#comment-1228222 Your approach is the opposite of mine. I used to follow a bunch of work colleagues and friends and people who I'd met through other online methodologies. I got so tired of seeing what ppl had for lunch or their grocery adventures or some mundane thought I couldn't care about that I recently just moved to following those who tweet news or useful links. Normally it's social tech, learning tech or interaction design. What I basically do now is follow these types of things, re-tweet what I find of value and share what might interest other ppl. I don't do conversations anymore for the most part as the medium is still one-to-many and doing that is just noise. But hey, that's just me. Your approach is the opposite of mine. I used to follow a bunch of work colleagues and friends and people who I’d met through other online methodologies. I got so tired of seeing what ppl had for lunch or their grocery adventures or some mundane thought I couldn’t care about that

I recently just moved to following those who tweet news or useful links. Normally it’s social tech, learning tech or interaction design.

What I basically do now is follow these types of things, re-tweet what I find of value and share what might interest other ppl. I don’t do conversations anymore for the most part as the medium is still one-to-many and doing that is just noise.

But hey, that’s just me.

]]> By: Sally Green http://www.contentious.com/2007/12/13/how-do-you-choose-your-twitter-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1226797 Sally Green Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:11:20 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2007/12/13/how-do-you-choose-your-twitter-friends/#comment-1226797 A great question Amy! How do I choose my Twitter friends? Firstly as I write I am following 694 and have 1805 followers. My main criteria for following someone is that I get some value from them and so, those who I follow generally fall into a number of categories including personal friends, people/sites from news, technical and social media, but mostly from my interest areas which are fashion and shopping. At the moment my focus is on following people in various fashion industry networks. A great question Amy! How do I choose my Twitter friends? Firstly as I write I am following 694 and have 1805 followers. My main criteria for following someone is that I get some value from them and so, those who I follow generally fall into a number of categories including personal friends, people/sites from news, technical and social media, but mostly from my interest areas which are fashion and shopping. At the moment my focus is on following people in various fashion industry networks.

]]> By: Digidave http://www.contentious.com/2007/12/13/how-do-you-choose-your-twitter-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1207349 Digidave Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:13:21 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2007/12/13/how-do-you-choose-your-twitter-friends/#comment-1207349 Amy Funny -- I just read your Poynter post on twitter and now this one. Actually - I used Twitter last night to help me prepare for an interview - just as your post had described. I do find that it's easy to reach a point of saturation - there are only so many conversations you can really follow. I think I'm there right now. Amy
Funny — I just read your Poynter post on twitter and now this one. Actually – I used Twitter last night to help me prepare for an interview – just as your post had described. I do find that it’s easy to reach a point of saturation – there are only so many conversations you can really follow. I think I’m there right now.

]]> By: greenskeptic http://www.contentious.com/2007/12/13/how-do-you-choose-your-twitter-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1207326 greenskeptic Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:18:24 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2007/12/13/how-do-you-choose-your-twitter-friends/#comment-1207326 I have only 30 twitter "firends" (those I follow). And, actually, you are one of them. Mostly they are either real friends, people whose opinions I trust, or people I'm interested in. BTW, I have 44 followers. Some I know, most I don't. twitter: greenskeptic I have only 30 twitter “firends” (those I follow). And, actually, you are one of them.

Mostly they are either real friends, people whose opinions I trust, or people I’m interested in.

BTW, I have 44 followers. Some I know, most I don’t.

twitter: greenskeptic

]]> By: Mary ann chick white http://www.contentious.com/2007/12/13/how-do-you-choose-your-twitter-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1207325 Mary ann chick white Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:40:59 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2007/12/13/how-do-you-choose-your-twitter-friends/#comment-1207325 I choose a variety of folks to follow depending on what I am doing. Most are people associated with online media. But I am also following people I do not know who live in my city. I am trying to figure out how to incorporate them into a geography blog. My own posts have changed. Right now I am recovering from surgery. I used twitter -which updates my facebook - to let friends and family know how I am doing. Usually I post urls or quotes I like. I also set up twitters for my employer. Those tend to be headlines That helps me find geo-folks to follow Another way I find folks is by visiting the sites of twitters I like and adding some of their friends especially if they are twitteding events I am interested in. (wish more people had better profiles. Sent by iphone I choose a variety of folks to follow depending on what I am doing.

Most are people associated with online media.

But I am also following people I do not know who live in my city. I am trying to figure out how to incorporate them into a geography blog.

My own posts have changed. Right now I am recovering from surgery. I used twitter -which updates my facebook – to let friends and family know how I am doing. Usually I post urls or quotes I like.

I also set up twitters for my employer. Those tend to be headlines

That helps me find geo-folks to follow

Another way I find folks is by visiting the sites of twitters I like and adding some of their friends especially if they are twitteding events I am interested in. (wish more people had better profiles.

Sent by iphone

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