Comments on: 5 Social Media Gripes That Get Under My Skin

By: Lex G

Lex G — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:57:48 +0000

Simply I agree… but that’s not all that gets under my skin nowadays … I’ve stopped reading RSS feeds for a long time, and I may be the only one in the world who’s feeling this way, but after getting my RSS reader going again -> I can’t believe people are still publishing posts about how to blog better ….

But again, maybe it’s me who’s out of balance …

Lex

By: Lissa Boles

Lissa Boles — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:42:47 +0000

Priceless.

What exactly is it that causes otherwise good-hearted, intelligent, well-meaning people to see a Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/etc connection as just one more name on a list to be leveraged?

Anyone?

By: S.K Sharma

S.K Sharma — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:16:16 +0000

I am agree with your views.Self promotion is bad thing.
But millions people spam daily.What they do or they want to do?
Explain if …..

By: Anita Lobo

Anita Lobo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:15:54 +0000

Hi Chris
Thanks for allowing this gripefest!
Besides porn/bot/get rich scamsters, the most irritating thing after following someone, is to get a DM that has an ‘over-familiar’ message!
Arrgh!
End of rant! :)
Cheers
Anita Lobo

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:58:20 +0000

@Ray – Repeat once or twice for different timezones, I find that ok – but all day, then it is just annoying :)

@Sue – Yes auto follow really bites when people find you through keywords. Thankfully I do not autofollow but do get caught out because I follow anyone who interacts with me and sometimes these spammers bots are realistic ;)

@Alex – Competitions can be fun, I did one myself, but it really gets to me when people write random, offtopic tweets then stick the hashtag on it just to get prize credit

@Jon – Heh, yeah, and the follower count updates too!

@Jonfreeze – I have to admit, I have been chatty in Twitter myself :S

@Jeff – Strange, we didn’t do that as kids and I don’t think my daughter does … Perhaps a cultural difference thing?

By: Make money And blogging tips

Make money And blogging tips — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:43:30 +0000

i love the second tips . twitter really bring me a lot of traffic every day

By: Jeff Hurt

Jeff Hurt — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:34:36 +0000

I’m not as against #2, Retweeting Praise, as you are.

When we were kids, we shared praise and compliments with everyone and other kids shared in our joy. I’m not sure why as adults we’ve lost that sense of innocence. Why can’t we enjoy another person’s excitement about someone giving them good feedback or praise.

I agree that self-promotion can be over the top and thanks should be given. I personally don’t RT praise I receive yet I don’t care if others RT their praise. I ususally will reply back with “Congratulations” or “Kudos To You.” I work hard on sharing their sense of joy with them instead of seeing it as a negative.

By: jonfreeze

jonfreeze — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:25:06 +0000

I hate when people use twitter the same way they would use an IM. I had to delete these two fools cause they went on for hours! LOL

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:23:18 +0000

My personal gripe is “Thanks for the follow/friend/add” notes. I follow because I’m interested, not for the tumescence of someone’s ego.

By: Alex Mohr

Alex Mohr — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:22:37 +0000

One I would add -companies that disguise their spam by giving away prizes to people who drop their name. Moonfruit really set me off on this a few weeks ago. Just because you’re not sending it directly, doesn’t make it not spam.

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:55:58 +0000

Oh Chris,

You have hit the nail on the head with Facebook. It is so childish, those little games. On my personal Facebook page I’m looking at about 30 (or more) of those I haven’t answered, and won’t answer because I refuse to play games like that.

@Amod Munga I agree those automated follow bots are a huge irritation. But since I don’t follow back automatically, it’s kind of fun every now and then to throw out a keyword to see how many will come in on it. Just as an experiment of course. :)

By: Ray Metzen

Ray Metzen — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:48:14 +0000

Very good points, I agree with all of them. If I may add one… Repeating the same tweets again and again every few hours — gets pretty annoying too after a while.

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:44:45 +0000

@Sasha – I prefer gratitude rather than repeating the praise, repeating it seems like praising yourself :)

By: Sasha Kovaliov

Sasha Kovaliov — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:29:57 +0000

Chris, true about all 5 items. I have to confess, I had retweeted praise about myself several times, but never more :) Looks silly indeed.

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:27:17 +0000

Oooh, those keyword follows can be bad, I don’t mind the follow so much it is the automated @reply that often comes with them.

“This productx sucks”
“Hi @customername, I am a representative of productx – thanks for being a customer!!!111one”

By: Amod Munga

Amod Munga — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:24:18 +0000

Good points there, Chris. I’m in total agreement with all of them. If I may add a bugbear or two of my own with reference to your Twitter-based 3rd point above.

On one level, I don’t automatically follow everyone who follows me – for my own sanity and because there has to be a value exchange. That means NO SPAM. PS: And don’t follow me simply because I’ve used a word that your follow-bot has picked up out of context. You won’t get followed back.

On another level, if I’ve taken the time to follow you, don’t send me an automated reply. I take the time to write an individual reply to those people who follow me with the sincere intent of creating conversation. Is it too much to expect the same in return?

Tx for the mini rant-space. :)

Cheers
Amod