{"id":347,"date":"2011-11-08T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rudebaguette.com\/?p=347"},"modified":"2019-05-03T18:44:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T16:44:31","slug":"7-rules-to-follow-if-you-want-to-be-followed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/2011\/11\/7-rules-to-follow-if-you-want-to-be-followed\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Rules to Follow if you Want to be Followed"},"content":{"rendered":"

I boast a quite curated social network experience. I follow a limited number of people, I organize my facebook friends extensively (and I post to appropriate sections, usually). When I meet people who follow 2,000 people, I ask them how they read their news feed, and they laugh at me, like I\u2019m crazy to not use some 3rd<\/sup> party filtering service to distinguish between real followers and fake followers. I am a firm believer in Dunbar\u2019s Number<\/a>, and try to keep my relationships limited in that capacity. While it may overflow,
\n\"\"\u00a0I am scrupulous about my curating and unfollowing, if I feel that my newsfeed is being polluted (I\u2019m looking at you HackerNewsYC<\/a> \u2013 if your articles weren\u2019t so damn interesting, I\u2019d have unfollowed you LONG ago).
\nI was explaining to someone the other day my rules about following people on twitter, and I thought I\u2019d share:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. I Don\u2019t Follow Eggs \u2013 <\/strong>it\u2019s just not going to happen, unless you\u2019re John Lewis<\/a>, of course. I want to know who I\u2019m looking at \u2013 business or person. I\u2019m all for privacy, but if I don\u2019t know who you are, I\u2019m not going to follow you.<\/li>\n
  2. I don\u2019t want to @Mention @QTGurl72 \u2013 <\/strong>look, we\u2019re all adults. Find a way to put your name into your twitter handle. Unless you\u2019re a business, you can under_score (*cough* @_Mash_Up_<\/a>), misspeel, or do whatever legible twist you need to \u2013 just make it clear who you are. I\u2019m not going to reference you in any capacity if I\u2019m embarrassed to mention @Earthbound or @FairyPrincess \u2013 I don\u2019t really follow people that I have no intention of ever mentioning.<\/li>\n
  3. It\u2019s not what have you done, it\u2019s who you are \u2013<\/strong> I don\u2019t want to read every skillset you have, I just want to know what you do now. A few @Mentions in your description are OK, maybe even a few #hashtags, but no list of every pseudo-marketing skill you have, diminished by your very inability to properly market yourself to me.\"\"<\/li>\n
  4. Are you a Company or a Person? \u2013<\/strong> do not have the same twitter handle for your company as you have for your person. It shows how small you are. If your company\u2019s twitter account how a picture of the CEO, and the CEO isn\u2019t ALSO the brand logo for that company, you have a problem.<\/li>\n
  5. Twitter Ratio: not so easy to perfect:<\/strong> I am always attracted to people who are followed by more people than they follow \u2013 that\u2019s just a simple supply\/demand question; however, that doesn\u2019t mean that I don\u2019t follow people with few followers \u2013 I like finding me some twitter gems. It\u2019s when I receive a notification (that\u2019s right, I look at EVERY new follower I get) saying someone has followed me, and they\u2019re number of following is about 250 above their followed, that I start to get suspicious as to whether they are doing the old \u201cmass follow, see what holds, mass unfollow\u201d tactic to build followers. I double check quality of content, but I would say that if you find yourself in this grey-zone, be wary of who you follow. If they don\u2019t know you, you might look like someone playing a numbers game.<\/li>\n
  6. Keep it to yourself:<\/strong> The Twitter Ratio issue also applies for your tweets to followers ratio. If your over 1,000 tweets and under 100 followers, you might be flooding some newsfeeds a little too much. Dial it down.<\/li>\n
  7. When\u2019s the last time you Tweeted?<\/strong> It\u2019s bad enough if you haven\u2019t tweeted the day that I find you \u2013 it may be bad luck, but that\u2019s how it goes \u2013 but if you haven\u2019t tweeted in the same MONTH that we\u2019re currently in, you\u2019re probably not going to get much attention from me. If you\u2019re not active, you won\u2019t feel bad that I don\u2019t follow you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Some final thoughts: Your views are ALWAYS your own, your location is NEVER everywhere, it\u2019s OK to have upcoming events in your twitter description, as long as it hasn\u2019t already past, and content rules all.
    \nI know that Twitter is not about building a mass of followers for everybody \u2013 that\u2019s good, then you shouldn\u2019t be offended by these rules, because they aren\u2019t inhibiting your aim. But for those who do, it is not too difficult: content is king, identity is crucial, and keep your account classy.
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    Think you pass the test? Take your best shot.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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