Comments on: Reality Check: The Pointlessness of Following Randomly http://blog.booksquareuniversity.com/twitter/reality-check-the-pointlessness-of-following-randomly/ Online marketing for authors Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:14:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jane Eisenhart http://blog.booksquareuniversity.com/twitter/reality-check-the-pointlessness-of-following-randomly/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Jane Eisenhart Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:14:07 +0000 http://blog.booksquareuniversity.com/?p=70#comment-46 I see that this post is from a while ago (I've been browsing Booksquare for the first time after seeing a link from The Written Nerd), but I think the issue (the desperation, that is) you talk about has gotten more extreme if it's changed at all. I work with data phones frequently, and I've noticed a mystifying Twitter trend. Developers keep coming out with mobile-friendly apps for Twitter and other social networking sites, and in the comments section for these new apps (where people are duty-bound to report failures and successes, nada else) they've started writing "My Twitter name is _____. follow me!! ill return the favor." And I'm with you -- WHAT favor? What possible motivation? What possible exchange currency could 2,000 completely disinterested followers have in the real world? Sheesh. I see that this post is from a while ago (I’ve been browsing Booksquare for the first time after seeing a link from The Written Nerd), but I think the issue (the desperation, that is) you talk about has gotten more extreme if it’s changed at all.

I work with data phones frequently, and I’ve noticed a mystifying Twitter trend. Developers keep coming out with mobile-friendly apps for Twitter and other social networking sites, and in the comments section for these new apps (where people are duty-bound to report failures and successes, nada else) they’ve started writing “My Twitter name is _____. follow me!! ill return the favor.”

And I’m with you — WHAT favor? What possible motivation? What possible exchange currency could 2,000 completely disinterested followers have in the real world? Sheesh.

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