BY: Doug Mitchell (4/21/2009 5:05 PM)
COMMENT:
Hi David...great post. I guess the saving grace w/Twitter is the Unfollow. Above say 300-400 followers isn't basically impossible to manage the volume of conversation w/o using the advanced filters anyway? We have about 3k followers on @operationred and I must say that we're hit daily by "lose weight fast" even though we're geared toward tech/politics. My gmail spam filter misses only about 1 of 5k emails at this stage so I feel spam free there. When I get twitspammed, I unfollow and I'm whole again. Hope all is well.
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BY: Kevin Boon (4/23/2009 10:08 AM)
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Hello David,
Thanks for the post and some good comments. Twitter certainly has a spam component but the whole concept itself is unmanageable for any individual. When you think about it even 1000 followers makes real relationships unmanagable.
However what keeps us coming back? It's the opportunity to make those few connections that are real. Twitter, email are simply being overloaded by the amount of information coming at us is the problem we face today.
I recently wrote an article on sales 2.0 where I talked about how selling has changed and I noticed from 2000-2005 a significant rise in email spam (reducing the ability for sales people to connect). Since 2005 the amount of options customers have has increased 100 fold and marketers and sellers are all scrambling to figure how to keep their brand and message at the forefront.
As broken as Twitter is you might also say the way we access technology is broken. What is required is new ways of thinking how we can effectively use Twitter and other technologies.
Enjoy your day.
Kevin
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