Comments on: 6 Twitter Types to Avoid

By: karen mcnulty

karen mcnulty — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:33:35 +0000

I do social media marketing as well as work in the front part of a dental practice in the LA area. I found your comments helpful and straight forward! I have facebook down and plaxo and google business and profile and maps but twitter is a little more difficult when i am working for a dentist. He has a running blog on his site, but am not sure how to interact with followers…warm regards, Karen

By: Debra

Debra — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:35:29 +0000

Yes, indeed! And some who were different transform into these types to avoid. Thanks Sara.

By: Sara Kmiecik

Sara Kmiecik — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:05:48 +0000

Very entertaining post. Anyone who has been on Twitter for awhile knows and has seen these types of users!

By: Debra

Debra — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:19:20 +0000

Thanks for your comment – I assume the industry will shake out as others have and the shining stars will emerge. For now, we need to learn how to best utilize these platforms for marketing so we’re prepared for whatever ends up “winning” the social networks battle.

By: implantingideas

implantingideas — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:21:55 +0000

Web 2 has revolutionised the marketing, we have seen many companies jump on the bandwagon of web 2, but too many are creating the same platform, one platform looks identical to other, if teh trend continues we may soon see social media losing its character for which it was created.

By: Debra

Debra — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:14:22 +0000

Hi Karen,

The extreme adult content is starting to show up more and more. I’ve been followed by a couple of interesting examples that, unfortunately for them, are not interesting to me ;-)

As for the Numbers are Everything, you hit it. It really shows that those who auto follow (which is ok to do if you get an extraordinary large number of followers regularly) need to have someone scan their followers using a tool like Tweepular (I wish they would fix their bug that prohibits me from seeing more than the first 200 followers). These types of accounts are very visible in that interface and unfollowing them will eventually eliminate them.

Thanks for the comment.

By: Debra

Debra — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:07:07 +0000

Hi Ray,

Thanks for the kind words and stopping by. Hope all is well.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:18:54 +0000

Excellent overview of Twitter personas. I haven’t seen the Extreme Adult Content type, and only come across a few desperados (Gimme More Followers). You catch on to the Endless Sales Pitch types right away and can ‘remove’. Lots of those out there…They don’t irritate me as much as the Valley Girl type. “My vanilla latte just ran out.” Probably meaningful information for their close circle of friends…I remain perplexed as to why they chose to follow me.

I think there’s a real conversation to be had about the Numbers are Everything type. Are they running an experiment? In a contest? Are they trying to tell us that participants are really not interested in quality? What is the “teaching” moment for the auto-followers from an “image” perspective?
Karen ´s last blog ..Tweet Value

By: Ray Bachand

Ray Bachand — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:22:20 +0000

Some things seem so obvious. U always had a way of expressing the most obvious concisely. good stuff