Comments on: The Danger Of Ego Services on Twitter http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/ Exploring the intersection of communications, marketing and social media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: peace4theworld (Peace) http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-26666 peace4theworld (Peace) Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:51:26 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/#comment-26666 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/peace4theworld" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="peace4theworld (Peace)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://davefleet.com/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="peace4theworld (Peace)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/peace4theworld) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> The Danger Of Ego Services on Twitter: [link to post]<br /><br /> - Posted using Chat Catcher Twitter Comment


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]]> By: Top 5 SM Trends That Should Die Before 2009 : 42 Points on a Double Word Score http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-21567 Top 5 SM Trends That Should Die Before 2009 : 42 Points on a Double Word Score Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:20:15 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/#comment-21567 [...] Ego Services - Dave Fleet wrote a great post on this subject awhile back. He focused on the potential foibles associated with a service like [...] [...] Ego Services – Dave Fleet wrote a great post on this subject awhile back. He focused on the potential foibles associated with a service like [...]

]]> By: Richard Becker http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-19084 Richard Becker Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:33:19 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/#comment-19084 Well said Dave. I still sort of like Qwitter because I like to know who might be unfollowing, but agree it's not nearly as useful as it seemed to be and agree that it is 100 percent misleading. There is no way to tell why people quit based on this service. (There could be any number of reasons unrelated to what was just said.) But to drive the point home, I recently assigned a second e-mail account to Qwitter ... and each account attributes different comments as to why the person unfollowed. Of course, the real reason the person unfollowed was because I didn't follow them back. Ho hum. Amazing. All my best, Rich Well said Dave.

I still sort of like Qwitter because I like to know who might be unfollowing, but agree it’s not nearly as useful as it seemed to be and agree that it is 100 percent misleading.

There is no way to tell why people quit based on this service. (There could be any number of reasons unrelated to what was just said.) But to drive the point home, I recently assigned a second e-mail account to Qwitter … and each account attributes different comments as to why the person unfollowed. Of course, the real reason the person unfollowed was because I didn’t follow them back. Ho hum.

Amazing.

All my best,
Rich

]]> By: Jennifer Barthe http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-18809 Jennifer Barthe Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:41:59 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/#comment-18809 It's impossible to please everyone. I don't mind if people unfollow me because it just means we have connected on the right level. It’s impossible to please everyone. I don’t mind if people unfollow me because it just means we have connected on the right level.

]]> By: Chatterboxer http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-18806 Chatterboxer Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:18:21 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/#comment-18806 wow this is an interesting idea - but not one I like - massive ego issues here! The whole benefit of Twitter vs. Facebook is that it is an open and fluid network. I use twitter for information sharing, so if someone is not providing me with useful information, why would I listen to them? The key for me is finding people who are interesting to listen to in the digital world (and sharing this too!) - life is ultimately too short to listen to everyone! wow this is an interesting idea – but not one I like – massive ego issues here! The whole benefit of Twitter vs. Facebook is that it is an open and fluid network. I use twitter for information sharing, so if someone is not providing me with useful information, why would I listen to them?
The key for me is finding people who are interesting to listen to in the digital world (and sharing this too!) – life is ultimately too short to listen to everyone!

]]> By: Scott http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-18793 Scott Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:47:03 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/#comment-18793 To your point, I thought the whole point about following people was because they are interesting. Twitter, in my opinion, is not about having a thousand people follow you; but having the right people follow you. By the way, that holds true for the people I follow. If you are not interesting, I probably will not follow you very long. Great post! To your point, I thought the whole point about following people was because they are interesting. Twitter, in my opinion, is not about having a thousand people follow you; but having the right people follow you.

By the way, that holds true for the people I follow. If you are not interesting, I probably will not follow you very long.

Great post!

]]> By: Ike http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-18743 Ike Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:22:05 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/#comment-18743 I called Qwitter an Insecurity Blanket. It takes unfollowing from an act of privacy to an act of "It's Complicated." I called Qwitter an Insecurity Blanket.

It takes unfollowing from an act of privacy to an act of “It’s Complicated.”

]]> By: Sameer Vasta http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-18632 Sameer Vasta Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:33:46 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/#comment-18632 I still don't understand how Twitter became a tool for self-validation instead of communication. Since when did the number of followers you have or who unfollows you become an issue? I use Twitter as a way to explore relationships and information, not measure my self-worth. Still not sure how these ego services get so much attention... I still don’t understand how Twitter became a tool for self-validation instead of communication. Since when did the number of followers you have or who unfollows you become an issue? I use Twitter as a way to explore relationships and information, not measure my self-worth. Still not sure how these ego services get so much attention…

]]> By: Matt Vernhout http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-18617 Matt Vernhout Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:45:42 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/#comment-18617 Interesting... I saw you unfollow me to I wonder if this was the cause, but I wasn't going to ask why. Follow/unfollow your choice ;) Quitter for me is a novelty that allows me to know when changes happen on my list - I get an email when people start following me, so why not when they unfollow. I had originally thought that I was offending people when they unfollowed, but I got over that real quick and realized that sometimes people just unfollow you. Cheers, Matt @emailkarma Interesting… I saw you unfollow me to I wonder if this was the cause, but I wasn’t going to ask why. Follow/unfollow your choice ;)

Quitter for me is a novelty that allows me to know when changes happen on my list – I get an email when people start following me, so why not when they unfollow. I had originally thought that I was offending people when they unfollowed, but I got over that real quick and realized that sometimes people just unfollow you.

Cheers,
Matt
@emailkarma

]]> By: Melanie Baker http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-18606 Melanie Baker Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:23:50 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2008/12/the-danger-of-ego-services-on-twitter/#comment-18606 I cleaned up my following list the other evening -- just pruned the people I never talked to (or who never talked to me). For the most part no one said anything, but one woman sent me a message and said she hoped she hadn't offended me. I found that a bit odd. From my perspective, who thinks "I must have offended" as a default? I also suspect there's rather more of an assumed correlation between the last tweet prior to someone unfollowing, and the actual reason the person removed you from their list. I cleaned up my following list the other evening — just pruned the people I never talked to (or who never talked to me). For the most part no one said anything, but one woman sent me a message and said she hoped she hadn’t offended me.

I found that a bit odd. From my perspective, who thinks “I must have offended” as a default?

I also suspect there’s rather more of an assumed correlation between the last tweet prior to someone unfollowing, and the actual reason the person removed you from their list.

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