Comments on: FollowFriday and Twitter Memes

By: izle

izle — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:08:22 +0000

have tweeted this link too

By: dizi

dizi — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:07:42 +0000

like Thursday Thirteen. I have been thinking about creating one, but I do not have the time.

By: sohbet

sohbet — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:41:25 +0000

thanks you so much ! great job !

By: Sohbet

Sohbet — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:39:34 +0000

thank youuu adminn

By: Dennison Uy

Dennison Uy — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:07:00 +0000

I always felt that it was just a bunch of people spamming some those keywords to create a “follow train” and eventually became very popular.

By: Lana

Lana — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:30:31 +0000

I post at my own blog. Here is my latest.

http://ohboy-boys.blogspot.com/2009/07/follow-friday-3-three-blogs-i-have.html

I think, if there is not one already, there should be a Follow Friday page, like Thursday Thirteen. I have been thinking about creating one, but I do not have the time.

By: Kamalika

Kamalika — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:19:52 +0000

Interesting post…I have tweeted this link too :). Looking for more from you.

By: Nick T Smith

Nick T Smith — Sat, 09 May 2009 23:10:55 +0000

My feeling is that when something gains too much of a following, like followfriday, its most likely time to look for the next new trend. Generally when tools like this become highly saturated, they lose their desireablity.

I don’t use it that often right now. I am curious though, what do you feel the next trend in twitter will be?

By: F. Andy Seidl

F. Andy Seidl — Sat, 09 May 2009 03:00:41 +0000

New #ff2 hashtag recommendation to help improve FollowFriday:
http://faseidl.com/public/item/231723

By: F. Andy Seidl

F. Andy Seidl — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:17:28 +0000

Twitter's FollowFriday jumped the shark (but we can fix it) http://faseidl.com/public/item/229791

By: AV eddy

AV eddy — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:31:50 +0000

Thanks for the explanation for Follow Friday. I had seen it, but the people who were doing it were just lumping a bunch of names without any explanation, so I didn’t see any value in it.

The idea of listing one or two and explaining why has more value to me. If someone gets “jealous” because I don’t list them, then they have more problems than I want to deal with.

By: Hildy Gottlieb

Hildy Gottlieb — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:46:47 +0000

For me, FollowFriday is a way to show my gratitude to folks I have enjoyed or learned from. Throughout the week, as I think, “Wow how cool!” I do two things. First, I thank that person right then.

But then I also scribble my thoughts into a word-processing file. On Friday, I can then thank that person by telling the world why I think they’re terrific. “I follow @abcdef because he always makes me laugh.” or “I follow @ghijklm because he gave me the best marketing advice EVER this week.” It’s fun to be able to re-thank folks, days after the fact, to show that I really do appreciate them. (Isn’t Social Media supposed to be about relationship-building?)

Now, for my favorite thing to laugh about: supposed marketing experts who just lump a bunch of names into 2 or 3 tweets, w/no explanation. In the “teaching by example” department, you have officially severed yourself from your purported marketing expertise, landing squarely in the Epic Fail pile.

By: David Locke

David Locke — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:14:44 +0000

I think I’ve found a new maneuver. I got some follower email. I go to their profile and click message. But, I find out in a minute that I can’t message them unless I follow them. I understand the DM, but this is just @, so what the heck. Either I don’t thank them, or what. No, these are not people I’m going to follow for whatever reason.

So I send them an @ from the normal command line. If I understand this now, I’m in effect saying that these people are worth following. Ouch!

I’ll be more careful going forward.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:09:41 +0000

I also recommend people use context, I run http://tweeplerank.com and harvest the tags associated with the tweet like so:

#followfriday I recommend @user1 #entrepeneur #webdeveloper @user2 #php @user3 #wordpress.

Now, those users are associated with those tags on my site. This allows users to see the top recommended people tagged with “php”, etc.

By: Viqi French

Viqi French — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:00:49 +0000

I wondered what the HECK #followfriday was all about. Thanks so much for the great explanation!

By: Jacqueline Wales

Jacqueline Wales — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:09:07 +0000

I never gave it any thought. I figured I was giving a shout out to the people I’ve found the most helpful this week,and who have a special spot in my heart (ah!) But I think we make too much of these things because frankly, we’re all too busy. There’s a lot more in the world we can get upset about, n’est pas?

By: Tracy Renee Jones

Tracy Renee Jones — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:00:17 +0000

Honestly, #followfriday never seemed to be such a big deal. If the people that I enjoy ‘talking’ to suggest others during #followfriday I check them out and follow them if they seem interesting. After all, Twitter is about communicating. It’s an easier way to navigate my way to those whom I may share an interest with then clicking through the endless page of users.

By: Shaun Dakin

Shaun Dakin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:55:40 +0000

Great. Thanks for this post. I’ve tried to get people to change the blanket #followfriday with no Context for a few weeks now.

I always use a context:

- Great linkers
- Politicos
- Journalists
- Advocacy
- News feeds

Etc..

How about #UnFollowFriday?

Shaun Dakin
@EndTheRoboCalls
@IsCool

By: sohbet

sohbet — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:14:23 +0000

very quality your website

By: Twittonary

Twittonary — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:50:05 +0000

Honestly, there are some fantastic people out there to follow- however I rarely participate in #followfriday because all of my followers are special in someway and I feel that I’d rather not lose the bond I have with some of them due to just suggesting a few of them. If anything I’d say… follow all my follwers, they rock, and if someone in particular is just awesome, I thank them and let them know it regardless if its friday, tuesday, or which ever day.

By: David

David — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:32:49 +0000

I do not care too much for #followfriday

By: Kathy Mills

Kathy Mills — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:53:12 +0000

I tend to ignore the tweets that just list a bunch of names but give no reason why they’re being recommended. The ones that I pay attention to are the ones that tell me why those people are being recommended. “Follow these guys for great info on marketing …” or “These folks always have great info on small biz …” Tell me why you’re recommending them and then I’ve got more incentive to check them out. The people you’re recommending will benefit from this, too.

By: Joe Schmitt

Joe Schmitt — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:14:59 +0000

I always pimp people on Twitter, because that’s just how I am. Follow Friday serves a need – plenty of people are new to Twitter or looking for more people to follow and it gets people to tell them who to follow – something they may not otherwise do. Every time I recommend someone, other people complain I didn’t include them. Oh, well. Since I had some family just join Twitter last week, I posted a whole list of my favorite funny people to follow –

http://tr.im/joesfollowfriday

Of course, you can always follow me if you like 140 character jokes.

@joeschmitt

By: Andy Merrett

Andy Merrett — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:54:00 +0000

To be honest I just don’t get involved. I find more value in occasionally going through the lists of people I already follow, or following someone who looks interesting as the result of a re-tweet one of the people I already follow does, or simply when someone I discover elsewhere on the web has published their Twitter username,

I find FF a bit contrived, but that’s just me. :)

By: Misty Belardo

Misty Belardo — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:09:23 +0000

Yes, the #followfriday hash tag has become famous and has gotten everybody excited about sharing their recommendation on to the twitter stream. I even made a post on to my blog regarding the hashtag as more and more people were inquiring about it. Well just as what i said on the post. My rules for recommending would be the following:

1. The person has helped me grow in terms of knowledge on my chosen field of interest
2. The person is very engaging
3. If i know that my other followers will definitely benefit from following the recommended tweeple

I do make a conscious effort when making my recommendations to make sure that the experience is worthwhile for others as well. I have had the great opportunity of learning and meeting good twitter citizens because of #followfriday and would like it to continue to be worthwhile.