Last week’s post, 8 Reasons I Won’t Follow You on Twitter, really hit a nerve. It was read over 1,100 times in 48 hours! That is a record for my site. However, after writing it, I came up with some more reasons, which I had forgotten when I first wrote it. So, here’s part 2….
8 More Reasons I Won’t Follow You on Twitter:
1. You use True Twit Validation.
There is nothing than wanting to prevent spammers but I would not in a million years make someone verify before they could follow me. There have been people I wanted to follow, but felt insulted that I would have to verify myself first. That is simply telling a potential client/customer that you don’t believe them.
2. Your auto-dm is nothing but a shameless plug for me to download or buy your latest product.
Let me preface this – having an auto direct message to thank someone for following you is not bad. I have one but that’s about all it says. It is hard for me to sit and thank everyone personally, so I send a DM to say thank you. What I am talking about here are the hundreds of DMs I get a month telling me how bad I need their product or to download their latest white paper. If I want it, I would go to your website, not your Twitter DM.
3. You tweet me telling me you can buy me followers.
Buy Twitter followers? Are you kidding me? That is a strict violation of my business ethics, not to mention cheating the system. Please do me a favor and stop butting in on my conversations to offer.
4. You tweet every.single.minute.
Tweeting a lot is fine, but it can be excessive. Just be careful how much you tweet and what you tweet. What I see a lot of is one account, the same tweet every five minutes all day long.
5. You haven’t tweeted in over a week.
If you aren’t actively using Twitter, then you are not using it to its fullest. If you are a business using Twitter, you need to be active because if you’re not, you are missing out on a huge opportunity. People want to actively engage with other people.
6. Your profile picture is vulgar or inappropriate.
Enough said.
7. Your tweets are all posts from Facebook. And you don’t respond when I do try to interact.
We all pull out Facebook posts into Twitter. But we do more than that. I do it to compliment my Twitter activity. I come across accounts that all their tweets are are Facebook posts. To top that off, when I do try to interact and engage, it goes ignored which tells me one thing: they don’t evey actually check their Twitter account.
8. I take the time to personally tweet you a thank you for following me and you ignore it.
I am sorry, but would you ignore someone telling you thank you in person? I didn’t think so, so don’t do it online.
This pretty much sums it up. I do actually follow quite a few people and add new ones each day. I am just more selective these days. There is notng wrong with that. You want to surround yourself with good, honest, reputable people.
Can you think of anything else? If I missed something, please comment below and let me know!
Another good one, Mandy. Except I don’t agree with you on #8. An auto DM thank you is not a personal thank you, it’s a form letter. You certainly put together two really great lists. I be this one gets great read numbers, too!
Hey Mallie! Mitch 8 I am not talking about DMs. I will go through and tweet people thanking them for following me and they simply ignore it mi guess I need to go back and edit that to clarify ๐
iPad auto correct got me! I meant “with” not “Mitch”. Lol.
This is an excellent list and all of them ring a bell with me in one form or another. I especially dislike tweet follows that simply (and continually) refer me to their Facebook page and never engage in real conversation.
Twitter is so much more than a 24 hour marketing campaign to draw our interests elsewhere.
Thanks for a great read.
Thanks for reading! It’s hard to engage when all they do is link Facebook to Twitter and never look at it!
Totally with you on #8. That’s how I make a lot of my following decisions. If you’re following, and can’t bother to respond, then there’s no point in following you back. That’s a prime indicator of someone who unfollows as soon as you follow back anyway.
I disagree on #2, tho. There’s no excuse for auto DMs.
I go back and forth on auto-dms. It’s a great way to thank someone but 99% of the time, it’s used to spam.
Again, great list Mandy. If people go out of their way to send me a real tweet directed at me I’m definitely going to answer it. I try my best to answer every RT and #FF I can but personal tweets take priority.
I absolutely hate auto DMs. I actually never check my DMs because of them.
Ditto. I often miss important DMs because of the spam.
It’s hard to weed through sometimes!
I have been a fan for awhile now and following your tips and suggestions…results are incredible! Thanks! Great article!
Thanks Denny!
Great points Mandy!
Thanks Olga!
Brilliant, Mandy! Those things burn me up too. I practically ignore DMs anymore because so many abuse them.
Nandy!.. I love these and they are the same reasons I have..;) You are rocking it like a redhead!
Amazing article! Nothing annoys me more than the Facebook post tweeted. Disconnect Facebook from Twitter! Looking forward to your next article.
Great tips and advice for twitter. You have to engage and be there . People want to know you ๐
There are some uncovered reasons to not follow someone Mandy, thank you. I never realized or looked at Twit-Validation that way before, great point.
Great article… You’re a great example of “how to” use Twitter the very best way! Appreciate your info & how you practice what you preach ๐
I agree with all of these. The only auto dm I use is a thank your for following and asking how they are. I personally respond to anyone who takes the time to respond to that but other than that it’s all personally sent. The validation is the quickest way for me to not connect and the auto dm with a link to buy something just gets an unfollow from me. Thanks for the tips.
Yup…those are on my list too! ๐
Great Twitter etiquette tips Mandy. Thanks for sharing. The auto DM selling is the one that gets me most.
Thanks Mandy for
sharing this article.
Awesome Mandy! I flip in an out of my Twitter activity so I shouldn’t be surprised then if people start to unfollow me…I am serious about it, but get sidetracked and don’t do Twitter like I should…
๐ True Twit Validation…Gotta love those.. NEXT!
I forgot to mention something in the comment box regarding your previous list, Mandy. I absolutely, positively, without question or hesitation… cannot tolerate Tweets with as many hashtags crammed in as possible! In my book, that’s blatant overkill … not to mention TACKY.
I’m guilty as charged on #1 here. A very reputable, acclaimed (smart, savvy, & super sweet!) blogger friend of mine recommended I start using it about three years ago. I can honestly say I wasn’t thrilled with the notion but it has done a really good job of eliminating spammers from my Twitter life. Truth be told, I’m still sitting on the fence as to whether it goes or stays.
This is a great list Mandy! I really don’t like Auto DM’s either. I don’t mind if it’s a “Thank you for following…” but there are some that are promotions and you never get a personal message or any engagement from most of those profiles. These are the same ones that never say thank you for a RT as well and post the same information continually.