Comments on: Having 1000 Twitter Followers Doesn’t Make You A Social Media Guru

By: Si Dawson

Si Dawson — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:55:20 +0000

hey Ryan

Just wanted to drop by & thank you for recommending The Twit Cleaner.

I’m always trying to improve it, so if you do have any thoughts on the subject, I’d love to hear them.

Thanks again

By: Domenick

Domenick — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:53:30 +0000

Good shit!

By: Blogger Den

Blogger Den — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:30:35 +0000

I know Twitter accounts with well into 5-6k followers. This doesn’t mean their social media gurus at all, just use Twitter… I agree with you 100%!

By: biff

biff — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:44:41 +0000

You mentioned ‘penis’ 5 times. In a social media blog about followers. Not sure what point I’m trying to make but it’s certainly something you may want to reconsider in future blog posts.

By: Landon S Lang

Landon S Lang — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:18:00 +0000

Good post, I fully agree with you.

Depending on your goal, you should never aim for the numbers alone but engagement.

Attention is the most valuable commodity we have on the internet. I wrote about how to get attention on my blog here (It involves studying and putting some effort, so it may not be for you)

By: Murlu

Murlu — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:48:19 +0000

I actually just spent the last 2 hours parsing my Twitter account of about 600 people I was following.

I admit, I got caught up in the “re-follow” bit because I wanted to be nice but Twitter is beyond the hype for me now. I’m beginning to build relationships with people that are leading to opportunities for my blog and business.

I don’t need all the noise that comes with following so many people. Additionally, and I’m sure you would admit as well, it’s depressing seeing 700 followers and only 2 or 3 answer back on even generic questions like “how’s it going?’

I much rather have a closer group of refined Twitter friends than a mass amount of people that don’t care. It’s all talking to a false audience.

I’ve stopped accepting friends on Facebook because, besides my close friends, I don’t really know these people and just because they have been suggested to me via other friends doesn’t make them worthwhile.

So my message, I guess, is the classic “quality over quantity”.

Oh yeah, screw anyone that calls themselves a “guru”.

By: Marian Schembari

Marian Schembari — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:50:20 +0000

Thank you SO much for posting this — it’s 100% true and I’m really sick of getting followed by people who have 30,000 followers and are following 30,000 people. I don’t know them. They never actually talk to me, engage me, or know who I am… It’s like they’re storing nuts for the winter and it’s a little obsessive to tell you the truth. You know what? I may have only 500 followers but I know every single one. So. There.

Your E-penis can suck it. Or something.

By: social media marketing

social media marketing — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:43:03 +0000

DAN BARKER’s comment is interesting. he is a genious

By: kmadd

kmadd — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:11:32 +0000

I sir, am an idiot.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:40:47 +0000

If anybody is curious, I use http://www.thetwitcleaner.com to see who I should unfollow. It’s not that bad.