Comments on: Will Twitter’s new follower limit limit its growth? http://onlinemediacultist.com/2008/08/12/will-twitters-new-follower-limit-limit-its-growth/ Web producer, writer, online media cultist. That's how I roll. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:52:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Eric Berlin http://onlinemediacultist.com/2008/08/12/will-twitters-new-follower-limit-limit-its-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-1570 Eric Berlin Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:02:01 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2008/08/12/will-twitters-new-follower-limit-limit-its-growth/#comment-1570 Well, one of the dirty little secrets of these services is that many people add friends in the hope that they'll get a decent percent to follow back. The line between what is legit and what is spam can actually be a murky one. My feeling is that setting a cap can be arbitrary and may chase away some legit members of the service. <br><br>This brings up other issues that I'd like to get into at some point. What is appropriate / normal / expected in keeping up with the profiles you follow on these services? For example, for a while I read every tweet of every person I followed on Twitter, sometimes reading through 10 or more pages to catch up on what I missed over night. Is this normal? All I know is that there's no way I can possibly do that anymore ! Well, one of the dirty little secrets of these services is that many people add friends in the hope that they'll get a decent percent to follow back. The line between what is legit and what is spam can actually be a murky one. My feeling is that setting a cap can be arbitrary and may chase away some legit members of the service.

This brings up other issues that I'd like to get into at some point. What is appropriate / normal / expected in keeping up with the profiles you follow on these services? For example, for a while I read every tweet of every person I followed on Twitter, sometimes reading through 10 or more pages to catch up on what I missed over night. Is this normal? All I know is that there's no way I can possibly do that anymore !

]]> By: JK http://onlinemediacultist.com/2008/08/12/will-twitters-new-follower-limit-limit-its-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-1569 JK Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:41:59 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2008/08/12/will-twitters-new-follower-limit-limit-its-growth/#comment-1569 If each of those 2000 accounts updates several times a day, how could you possibly keep up with the stream of updates? Even if half were largely quiet?<br><br>BTW: If you had some legitimate use for following so many others, you could create several accounts and merge them together with a client. If each of those 2000 accounts updates several times a day, how could you possibly keep up with the stream of updates? Even if half were largely quiet?

BTW: If you had some legitimate use for following so many others, you could create several accounts and merge them together with a client.

]]> By: Eric Berlin http://onlinemediacultist.com/2008/08/12/will-twitters-new-follower-limit-limit-its-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-1568 Eric Berlin Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:19:22 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2008/08/12/will-twitters-new-follower-limit-limit-its-growth/#comment-1568 Spammers will need to be contended with on any platform. I was trying to illustrate that capping followers at 2k won't necessarily prevent spamming on Twitter and could move legitimate services/self-promoters elsewhere Spammers will need to be contended with on any platform. I was trying to illustrate that capping followers at 2k won't necessarily prevent spamming on Twitter and could move legitimate services/self-promoters elsewhere

]]> By: zota http://onlinemediacultist.com/2008/08/12/will-twitters-new-follower-limit-limit-its-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-1567 zota Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:09:38 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2008/08/12/will-twitters-new-follower-limit-limit-its-growth/#comment-1567 So spammers will leave Twitter for FriendFeed and Facebook... and that's bad for Twitter? I'm confused. So spammers will leave Twitter for FriendFeed and Facebook… and that's bad for Twitter? I'm confused.

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