Comments on: 6 Things About Twitter that Make Me Mad!

By: Rachelle

Rachelle — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:31:00 +0000

I do agree with number 3, I like reading other peoples bio’s and learning more about them. I see it as wasted space when it’s left blank, and I am less likely to follow.

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:19:00 +0000

“There are those who follow you back and never talk to you or retweet you.” Is this a requirement of using Twitter? Some of us are better listeners that communicators, or they would rather observe what others are saying without making a (public) contribution themselves. When you sign up for Twitter, this is the first piece of advice that you get. Isn’t this okay? Do we really want everyone that is on Twitter talking all the time? Somebody has to just listen.

By: Ranjit K Sharma

Ranjit K Sharma — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:42:00 +0000

The one thing I hate about Twitter is that it is more becoming like a one-way road. However much you tweet or retweet non-commercial messages, they are almost always followed by an eerie lull! This is unlike Facebook where at least someone will break the ice with a “like.” Come on, you either agree or disagree to a tweet, but how can you afford to keep mum?

By: Racha

Racha — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:25:00 +0000

What i hate about twitter … is posts like these that presume “guru”-ness

By: Dahne

Dahne — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:49:00 +0000

I agree with being selective on Twitter but this makes you sound kind of petty. I don’t care what someone’s avatar is and I rarely read the bio. I look at what they have been tweeting and how often. I would rather have a small amount of followers who I know and talk to than a large amount that simply clog my timeline. In fact, my biggest pet peeve about Twitter is people who tweet too much so I have more than 100 tweets when I get home from work. I am sometimes guilty of this too and quite honestly, I would unfollow me. I don’t think being unfollowed is a personal thing and I have lists to keep track of people who tweet a lot so I can still keep track of what is going on with them when I have more time.

By: DeadMeatGF

DeadMeatGF — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 10:13:00 +0000

That whole list makes you sound like your whole goal in life is racking up tweets and followers like some needy Facebook friend-whore. Try and remember we’re not all networking-crazy self-branding products and some of us use Twitter for fun.
I, for one, couldn’t care less if I have one follower or a million, and if someone’s inactive maybe you should leave them on … they’re not clogging your feed, and when they do tweet it could well be that “Golden Tweet” that makes your day.

By: W.C. Camp

W.C. Camp — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:23:00 +0000

I agree with most of these however I currently do follow ‘Egg’ avatars as long as they participate once in awhile. I will never understand the idea of just collecting followers but never contributing to the conversation? If Twitter has a point, I would guess basic COMMUNICATION skills are a pre-requisite! W.C.C.

By: Peter Payne

Peter Payne — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:05:00 +0000

I wish Twitter would bite the bullet and remove accounts with no activity for 1+ years. Come on guys.

By: Cendrine Marrouat

Cendrine Marrouat — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:21:00 +0000

I absolutely agree with everything in your article! The self-proclaimed gurus are the ones that really annoy me the most. 99% of the time, it is just pure fluff!