Comments on: Scoble’s Dead Wrong About Twitter

By: Twitter is About Engagement. Enrichment. Expansion of Horizons. What’s Your Following Policy? « Social Media Dynamics

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:20:29 +0000

[...] is right on about what the secret, or the opportunity, is that Twitter presents us. I stumbled on Dave Fleet’s response to Robert Scoble’s post that “following more people doesn’t guarantee you’ll get more out [...]

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Your Twitter Policy: Who Will You Follow? « Social Media Dynamics — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:14:39 +0000

[...] In short order I can decide if there is something we share of interest and start a conversation. Dave suggests that if you want to reach out to him, learn about him. That’s good advice. He makes great suggestions about carefully choosing people to follow. [...]

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Twittering — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:53:50 +0000

[...] can find me at https://twitter.com/BonDean. For other newbies, Dave Fleet has some great tips for effective Twittering [...]

By: bencrowder (Ben Crowder)

bencrowder (Ben Crowder) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:33:28 +0000

Twitter Comment

Dave Fleet's rebuttal (which I wholeheartedly agree with) of Scoble's views on Twitter: [link to post]

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Twittering « Bons mots — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:14:12 +0000

[...] can find me at https://twitter.com/BonDean. For other newbies, Dave Fleet has some great tips for effective Twittering [...]

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Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:06:58 +0000

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By: Geoff Livingston

Geoff Livingston — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:54:00 +0000

You are dead on with this, Dave. I have many followers and I can’t read everything they say. For me it’s more of a stream where I pick out themes. But as a relationship tool for actually listening to individuals many tweets — which are all important to each person — it has lost its place for me.

By: David Jones

David Jones — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:13:15 +0000

The way I’ve decided to use Twitter is as follows:
- follow people I know or those on the A list I respect
- I’ll turn you off, if you clog up my stream with stuff of no interest to me i.e. “I’m streaming live right now. Come chat.”
- I don’t automatically add people who follow me
- I do tend to follow people who @ me
- I don’t have everyone’s tweets going to my BlackBerry…most, but not all

It works for me.

By: John Piercy

John Piercy — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:07:51 +0000

Well written and informative . I’ll stop and think before I add a twitter follower .
Thanks dave .

By: Colin Fast

Colin Fast — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:21:55 +0000

Mike, that’s the same perspective I use in approaching Twitter. That’s why I think Scoble is off his rocker. It’ impossible to have that kind of dialogue with 16,000 people.

I also think you contradict yourself a bit. If you’re technically following 1,000, but only paying attention to 200, then why not cull your follow list? Don’t you think you’d be building a much more “vibrant, active community” if you got rid of the unnecessary noise?