When I started using twitter for real, I set out to follow a small group, only following back if I deemed other persons interesting enough to read. This worked out rather nicely, I followed a few people, tweeted a bit, got a few followers and it got going.
I’m still not sure if I say anything that is interesting, but at least I don’t say enough stupid stuff making people remove me again.
Anyway. I muddle about, blocking the occasional spammer, following back someone who inadvertently follows me… (there is a fine line between modesty and depression induced paranoia). I’m suddenly above 20 followers and 20 I follow. Then something happens. People I follow reply to someone I cannot see. Or rather, to someone I don’t follow. I take a quick look, and follow them. They follow back…
The snowball has started rolling. It is an epidemic! A Twitterdemic! Even being careful about following and followers, I find myself passing 30, 50 and even 70 followers and foll.. fr… subscriptions! Will it ever end? If everyone else (for smaller values of everyone
) are doing this, we’ll end up with a big ball… a metagroup of twitterers – each of who has a small number of strings out in the twitterverse.
Or perhaps it will all collapse like a house of cards?
I try to keep the group small. I fail as often as we see the failwhale.
Why do people follow me?
Why, sometimes, can I not shut up?
mcwflints last blog post..mcwflint: @philcrissman go home. It is safe. It is desirable
Then I wonder, will increasing stability from @twitter slow the growth of your followee… subscriptions?
tormodhs last blog post..tormodh: @marjoleink lots of driving around. No coffee where I’ve slept. Compensated with Coca Cola.