one little cog

Recently with the introduction of Qwitter, a twitter user is notified of any person who un-follows them. Normally I could care less but what I’ve noticed is that more and more people are following me one day and un-following the very next. I don’t really mind that they’re un-following me, but what I find ridiculous is the fact that they clicked “follow” without looking over what sort of information or conversation I provide in the first place. This is really the only legitimate reason that I can think of why anyone would follow and then un-follow within such a short time frame.

Maybe it’s just the way I use twitter, but I don’t follow anyone that I intend on un-following. I look over their blog, their previous tweets, and the conversations they contribute to.

I refer back to my original post on how I use twitter.

Looking up User rbbkkqukeuke

Another rather interesting folly is how the odd twitter user (rbbkkqukeuke to be exact) gets 63 followers. Obviously a bunch of these followers have no idea that they are following a bot or spammer — some users automatically follow anyone who follows them, while others don’t bother checking who it is that they are following.  This just goes back to my original point that people don’t invest the time.  This is time that ironically would serve themselves in the long-term.  Of course … could it be that common mob sense dictates something else?

Do you check who is following you? Do you look up more information on who’s following you before following them back? How would you respond?

Keeping this idea in mind … does this carry any implications for the future? Does this mean that there are a growing number of people who use twitter that demand absolute relevancy from the people they follow? It’s difficult to gauge but I have a feeling this represents a certain kind of people who want to be provided with some form of instant context that reveals to them who’s worth following and who’s not.

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