Twitter Tools, Twitter Tools, and More Twitter Tools

[vangogh]

The ranking tools can be fun. I'm not sure how meaningful they are, but they can be a way to find more influential people, depending on what they measure.

I'm not a fan of the autofollow either. I think they're tending to pollute Twitter. People now send out follows en masse and hope that the people they follow have the auto follower set. There are many using Twitter who think it's all about having more followers than the next person when it really isn't. I'd rather people follow each other because they're interested in what that person has to say or they'd like to get to know that person.

[jazzdrive3]

Lots of twitter spam out there for sure. You really only want to follow people you actually know, and then tweet good content: followers will come with time. It's like anything worth doing: it takes time and effort.

[vangogh]

Agreed, though I would ammend that it's ok to follow people you don't know. I think it's a good idea to follow people you are interested in knowing or who have interesting things to say. I'd also add that Twitter can be a good way to meet new people interested in the same topics you are.

But, yeah, you don't need or even want to follow just anyone.

[KristineS]

Definitely don't follow anyone. I've been quite discriminating about the people I follow. As a result, I don't have thousands of followers, but I do have a good group who says interesting things. To me that's worth far more than being able to say I have thousands of followers.