Comments on: Arrington Calls For Fake Follow on Twitter

By: romonoeroetoko

romonoeroetoko — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:44:27 +0000

Your news is a cool stuff man, keep it going.

By: romonoeroetoko

romonoeroetoko — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:13:39 +0000

Hm that sounds good but I would like to know more details.

By: Joy-Mari

Joy-Mari — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:37:04 +0000

I’ll unfollow whoever follows me out of pity. But I guess I won’t ever know when that happens. Oy.

By: Marx

Marx — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:20:09 +0000

I would like to see the inscription “to be continied”:-D

By: raj

raj — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:39:45 +0000

That’s totally absurd. Don’t effing use social media if you can’t/won’t follow the rules. It’s ABOUT making connections. If you can’t figure out how to deal with the situation when you don’t reciprocate, you shouldn’t bother using it.

Robert Scoble has no problem following thousands of people. Why is Arrington so special that he needs a fake follow?

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:11:51 +0000

It is an interesting sounding idea but I don’t agree with it, I think what would make more sense is just for FriendFeed and Twitter to just wait it out until the users start to realize that it isn’t a big deal if someone doesn’t follow you back. And, don’t forget that if you use Twitter on your cell phone most of the time you can follow someone but not receive device updates from them.

By: Thord Daniel Hedengren

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:21:23 +0000

Happy to help, Ryan! ;)

Thanks for your comment, and I do agree with you of sorts.

By: Ryan Imel

Ryan Imel — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:28:44 +0000

While I think I understand the drive behind wanting this feature, I don’t think it’s the answer. I mean, the problem is that people don’t know how to handle the idea that someone may not want to follow them. As bloggers/leaders we can (and, I think, should) offer up an explanation as to why the follow didn’t happen, and be kind about it, for sure. But giving a halfway point isn’t solving the real problem in the situation.

I suppose I’m drawn this direction because I like to see problems fixed instead of worked-around. And, when it comes to using these platforms myself, I don’t like how that clouds the other side of my interaction. When it says that someone has followed me, I want to know what that means. I don’t want to have to do mental jumping jacks to try and figure out whether the person really friended me or not.

Thanks for the heads up. I can’t bear to read much TechCrunch anymore, so it’s nice to have the crazy stuff mentioned elsewhere, so I don’t miss out.