Comments on: The Importance of Following and Not Un-following On Twitter http://www.stlsocialmediareport.COM/the-importance-of-following-and-not-un-following-on-twitter/ The St. Louis Tech Report is a blog about new media, technology, IT & more with a St. Louis twist. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:38:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lisamariedias http://www.stlsocialmediareport.COM/the-importance-of-following-and-not-un-following-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-153 lisamariedias Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:38:58 +0000 http://stlsocialmediareport.COM/?p=1493#comment-153 Interesting, and very timely article! I found it just as I too, was going thru and un-following a large number of people that are not following me back. Ironically, I found you thru Ari's page as I went to visit before deciding which list to place him on before I un-follow. <br><br>I am doing this in an effort to break thru the 'twitter branch ceiling' of 2000 allowed followees. I have been bumping up against that ceiling for months now and in an effort to get my numbers down to a more equal balance (have been at 2000 following vs around 1700 followers for awhile) I am doing this purge. <br><br>To do this, I used Friend or Follow to see who was not following me back and am visiting each one (talk about time consuming!) and moving them into various lists (by interest, value or the 'didn't follow me back but still worth keeping on my radar' catch all) so I don't toally lose track of them all. I actually vet each person before I follow them so if they are there, I don't want to just press un-follow and lose them. <br><br>Will see if this helps!<br><br>Enjoy the day,<br>LMD Interesting, and very timely article! I found it just as I too, was going thru and un-following a large number of people that are not following me back. Ironically, I found you thru Ari's page as I went to visit before deciding which list to place him on before I un-follow.

I am doing this in an effort to break thru the 'twitter branch ceiling' of 2000 allowed followees. I have been bumping up against that ceiling for months now and in an effort to get my numbers down to a more equal balance (have been at 2000 following vs around 1700 followers for awhile) I am doing this purge.

To do this, I used Friend or Follow to see who was not following me back and am visiting each one (talk about time consuming!) and moving them into various lists (by interest, value or the 'didn't follow me back but still worth keeping on my radar' catch all) so I don't toally lose track of them all. I actually vet each person before I follow them so if they are there, I don't want to just press un-follow and lose them.

Will see if this helps!

Enjoy the day,
LMD

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