Comments on: The Rules Have Changed: Follow ALL Your Twitter Followers Today

By: Ryan Rancatore

Ryan Rancatore — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:22:00 +0000

Wow, 53k followers in a few days/weeks, that’s nuts! (Without an automated
service it would be impossible to even follow that many people manually…so don’t worry too much) I’m not
sure about the Twitter rules today, but I can’ t imagine they’d penalize someone
for simply following back existing followers? Could be wrong though.

2 unrelated questions for you…

1. Do you go by Lola as a nickname? That’s awesome, Lola is my 1-yr old daughter’s name.

2. I see you have an IMDB page, but no personal website? (I am guessing I might be just missing it). Seems like a personal site would be hugely beneficial for you. Just a thought.

Best of luck, and thanks for stopping by :-)

By: Lola

Lola — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:00:00 +0000

What about people who receive large numbers of followers every day or so? Since Coachella, I have gained 53k followers, if I return follow all of those followers, wouldn’t I be in violation of aggressive following and potentially get banned?

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By: Ryan Rancatore

Ryan Rancatore — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:36:06 +0000

Yes, we can agree on that for sure…Twitter lists are GREAT! Don't know
where we'd be without them. Thanks for stopping by, nice to meet you
Esther.

By: Esther Goh

Esther Goh — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:27:22 +0000

Hmm. I prefer to keep my following list lean, so I'd tend towards adding new followers to a specific list rather than following them back. That's just how I like to operate though. Aren't lists great?

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By: Ryan Rancatore

Ryan Rancatore — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:55:55 +0000

Crystal,

Wow, you are certainly wise beyond your years! The foundation you have in
place across the web is extremely impressive, for a person of any age.
First, I think the process you have in places for screening followers is
perfectly fine. You might be right...being 17, (with parents, presumable
college applications, etc) auto-following everyone might unintentionally
throw in some unsavory characters that aren't appropriate (to follow, or to
be seen as following). Although, as you know, via @replies any Twitter user
can communicate with any other user - no way to avoid every spammer out
there.

I can tell that you are using social media to listen, learn, and engage -
that's the point that some folks miss, and the reason behind my original
post here. Keep up the good work. Best of luck, Crystal!

Ryan

By: Crystal (@crystalcy)

Crystal (@crystalcy) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:34:14 +0000

Interesting. I wouldn't always follow everyone that follows me though. What I do though is every time someone new follows me, I click through to view their bio, and last few tweets. If it seems we have quite a bit in common (if they tweet about charity, startups, social entrepreneurship, etc), then I follow them back. If not, I don't for now. There was someone I didn't follow back, but when that user sent an @ message to me with an insightful comment on something I tweeted, I sent an @ message back, and followed that person. I check every single one of my @ messages, even if I don't know the user, because if they're RTing my content, I want to listen.

I have a question though. I'm a Twitter user and I'm 17. Should I follow a different set of rules to be safe?