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As much as I would like to say that everyone on Twitter cares about everyone else, you probably already know that isn’t true. Not only don’t they care, many of them are not even real. For those of us who have been using Twitter for years, this is not new news but if you are new to the platform or only dabbled before, you might wonder what to do with the spammers.
The Basic Rules for Following on Twitter:
- First of all, you don’t have to follow everyone who follows you. Some people will tell you that this is the way to build numbers but numbers are not always the best way to grow true relationships. Choose who you want to follow. Every tweet you push out can attract odd followers. Yesterday I was talking about how I shared my photos with Twitpic using both my PC and Windows Phone and this morning in my new followers is Appdealswp who represents apps for Windows Phones. Keywords will bring you followers but not necessarily the ones you planned.
- Does the person have a photo? I know some people are camera shy but really? If you want to be on social media, you need to have a photo. The standard egg on Twitter brands you as a newbie or worse, a bot.
- Look at the stream, if you see the same thing repeated over and over whether or not there is a photo, it probably means it is a bot or at least someone who is clueless about how Twitter works.
When to block someone?
When you see a continuous stream of the same thing, it is time to block and report them. It crowds the stream and frankly it is just annoying. Whether is is walmart gift cards or an IPad giveaway, if it sounds too good to be true, just block and report. People (or bots) can appear in your stream even if you never followed them. If they use your name, you will see them.
Be careful who you block and report because it will eventually lead to their account being suspended. Twitter checks for these types of accounts anyway and they do get blocked by Twitter too.
Using this strategy will decrease the annoying accounts that bother you much better than setting your status to protected tweets which will decrease your opportunity to enjoy Twitter.
If by chance, you were thinking about using bot-like, mass broadcasting strategies on Twitter, don’t! As you can guess, you might be the one blocked if you do.
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I agree on what is stated here. I don’t follow all who follows me.
I agree on what is stated here. I don’t follow all who follows me. For me it’s not appropriate.
[...] social media platform. You see someone reposting the same message over and over. What do I do? I block them. Often they are bots and it creates a problem. Other times though I see someone who seems to have [...]
There are actually a lot of followers that don’t follow theirs maybe because they don’t know them personally…
Totally agree with your points. Sometimes it totally becomes nuisance when you find the same thing repeating constantly that too in just couple of seconds. phew…people to need to learn to be good twitters which help them build their identity and earn more.
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Twitter is sometimes one of the ways people can stalk someone especially the celebrities.. I hope we know the privacy policy for twitter users..
If twitter used properly then it definitely help you to increase traffic and get potential customers but when misused your account will be dismissed.
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One of the most ingenious aspects of Twitter is that if someone is annoying you or being rude, you can simply unfollow them or even block them. I have blocked my fair share of people, and most of the time I’ve done it without giving it a second thought.
Blocking someone on twitter is important especially when you are a celebrity.. There are a lot of stalkers too..
It is important to know the people who you follow, because some of them may be stalkers who may be up to no good. I do not see why you should just follow everyone unless you share something in common.
It is very important to know more about the privacy on twitter.. Anyway, I am sure this can help a lot.. Thanks!
Maybe you’re busy at work, or have your blog address on your GChat bar and don’t want certain people to have access to that..
Yes, sometimes i have faced on some bots on twitter which are very annoying. So, your post is very important to me. I think now, i should block those bots.
Yeah nica, It’s good for the celebrities. Thanks for sharing this beautiful post !