Comments on: Twitter made me sick

By: Tsudo

Tsudo — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:19:58 +0000

Thanks for Linking to my Article “How to prevent your Twitter Stream from Becoming a Flood” http://www.knowthenetwork.com/blog/2009/02/prev...

It sounds like you and @Loic started a trend. Good article!

By: Stephen Baugh

Stephen Baugh — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:44:29 +0000

It's interesting how things never seem to work how you want, RSS for me is a bit like this, a system woks when there is a little to follow and not when there is a lot.

I got lots of feedback and have decided to take a different approach, I am going to follow again if people seem interesting and see what happens. It seems people really do expect you to follow them as well. It's frustrating however that you must have more following than being followed once you get past 2000.

Oh well, lets see if peoples new techniques with Tweet Deck will help

By: Todd Smith

Todd Smith — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:55:55 +0000

Thanks Stephen. They also say that using TweetDeck is a help. I use it but I haven't taken advantage of the groups feature. You can tag your favorite tweeps and keep up with them more easily.

By: Stephen Baugh

Stephen Baugh — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:43:16 +0000

Thanks Peter, so far follower numbers are down by about 600 but I am sure they will return. :-)

By: Stephen Baugh

Stephen Baugh — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:35:48 +0000

Thanks Todd, I really appreciate your saying that. It's funny but, it's people like yourself that caused me to make this decision. You've been very supportive of me, and my blog, but I don't get to see your posts to reply to as well. I'm hoping these lower follower numbers will make that a little easier. And of course thank you for the support.

By: Todd Smith

Todd Smith — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:25:29 +0000

I have a lot of respect for your decision, Stephen. I have experienced a similar feeling of being overwhelmed by Twitter. My reaction has been to all but ignore Twitter for the last few months.

For me the purpose of Twitter and social media is to build relationships with people I might not otherwise meet. Relationships are one-on-one things. Twitter is like a big cocktail party--a great place to meet people, but you can't hang out there all the time. And you can't build relationships with everyone.

I totally understand your thinking and I think it's wise to make priorities that favor balance in life.

By: PetersOpinion

PetersOpinion — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:46:11 +0000

Hi Stephen, congrats with this great post, sharing the stress risk Twitter can cause so open and honest with us. Good that you chose for yourself. I wouldn't bother too much about what your decision could cause. The right followers will just return, for sure after reading your post!