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By: jamie

jamie — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:24:40 +0000

I cannot resist this thread! Here are 2 of my 7 deadly twitter sins:

People who twitter sporting events. If I were interested, I’d be, um, watching.

People who don’t add bio info to their profiles. Should I follow you? I can’t decide because you left me no clues!

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By: Michelle Vandepas

Michelle Vandepas — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:41:33 +0000

I had to read it twice. You added 700 new follows!!!#$#@% Geez. How do you keep up? I love twitter, and sometimes spend waaaay to much time on it. Thanks Wendy for the post. Michelle Vandepass last blog post..Conscious Business Radio Show!

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Stop Annoying Twitter Usage Trends « Lorelle on WordPress — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:29:06 +0000

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By: communicatrix

communicatrix — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:21:17 +0000

People Who Just Tweet Out but Don’t Respond to Others

Haha! Guilty as charged! Well, mostly.

But hey, as one of the self-promo intolerant, I’ll keep making an exception for you if you do for me

By: Monica

Monica — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:06:14 +0000

may I add one?

I’m seeing a lot of links to follow with very vague titles, like – Look at this! or Wow! Maybe you are excited about it, but I won’t click over unless I know what it’s about. Vague titles in a tweet don’t work, please be more descriptive.

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By: Steven Schwartz

Steven Schwartz — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:00:14 +0000

Tweet! I think in general there is a problem with Twitter, people are private, but there are many people who are way TOO Public! I got a tweet the other day of a co-worker that actually twittered they were going to the bathroom!!! Wow, TMI (too much information). I do like to know what my friends are up to, and maybe it is my fault for following too many people, rather it is MY FAULT for following too many people.

I do agree though, people do not understand twitter, and I resisted for along time, but after joining and some filtering, I’ve rather enjoyed the extended non-personal contact.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:39:42 +0000

People retweet themselves? Really, who’s got the time for multiple fake twitter accounts?

Only sin I might be guilty of is a bit too much blatant self-promotion, but like you said the unfollow button is right there for those who don’t like it.

By: Melissa Ingold

Melissa Ingold — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:56:36 +0000

I have to just Say DITTO!!!!! I could not agree with your more.

Twitter is a great social media but like you said so many people just do not get it.

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Twitter Do's and Don'ts | Work Online From Home — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:42:24 +0000

[...] isn’t and it can then become quite irritating! There is a great post on SparkPlugging called The Five Most Annoying Twitter Usage Trends which I’d highly recommend [...]

By: Carolyn S.

Carolyn S. — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:54:42 +0000

I feel sorry for the person who doesn't follow anyone unless he already knows them. He is missing out on the whole wide world of Twitter. I've become acquainted with some of the most amazing and creative people (like you) through Twitter. Early on I looked to see who the brilliant writer Dan Pink was following and I followed some of them. Now I look forward to tweets from @frankejames and @gretchenrubin whose work is bright and fresh. There are lots of uses for Twitter and expanding one's horizons is my favorite. Carolyn S.s last blog post..September is Disaster Preparedness Month. Are you ready?

By: Ben Moreno

Ben Moreno — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:56:01 +0000

Wow! I just started on twitter and haven’t really noticed all these annoyances just yet. I am sure I will noticed them now.

Funny thing, I just started following you last night on Twitter. I hope I haven’t done anything annoying yet

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Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:12:54 +0000

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By: veronika

veronika — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:59:59 +0000

I didn’t realize people had multiple accounts and retweeted to themselves! Desperate!
I like to have a small group of people I find interesting and informative; I get too many MLMers who want me to sell their stuff. I have a business, actually two, soon to be three, (and a blog on the side) and I don’t see myself selling travel, supplements or makeup… I agree people should appear to be more interested in YOU than in coming on all ME ME ME… but they probably do that face-to-face too!
And I also agree that, even though we’re all busy, one needs to occasionally respond to a fellow tweeter – or we get offended and stop following – just like in “real life” when you don’t answer someone’s emails or phone calls. (not you personally, you are excellent at responding!)
Thanks for teaching me something new,
V-
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Who's visiting your site... and how much money do they make? | Good Words — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:03:13 +0000

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By: Vicki

Vicki — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:41:25 +0000

I understand #4, “People Who Just Tweet Out but Don’t Respond to Others” but agree that it’s a very fine line. In my case, if I get to your page and see that _most_ of what you do is reply, I won’t follow.

My configuration is set so that I only see @ replies to people I also follow, so for me, someone who pretty much only replies a) doesn’t seem to be very creative (in my view) and b) doesn’t show up often enough in my stream to matter to me.

I want to know about _you_ – how you think and what’s interesting.

By: Deb Lee

Deb Lee — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:24:00 +0000

One more thing that’s a little odd (and a bit annoying)…not being able to DM reply to a DM from someone who’s not following you. =\

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By: Rose

Rose — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:57:52 +0000

Great post! Thank you! I’m just taking babysteps into twitter and this is really useful. For example responding to people, at first I wasn’t sure if it would be impolite to just say something in return to someone I don’t know. Kind of like walking up to strangers and joining their conversation at the mall. Nice to know it’s not only ok but encouraged.

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