Comments on: What I Look for in a Follow http://silencematters.com/2010/04/20/what-i-look-for-in-a-follow/ An atlas of thoughts and ideas. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:50:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-beta2 By: Jeremy Clarke http://silencematters.com/2010/04/20/what-i-look-for-in-a-follow/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Jeremy Clarke Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:52:33 +0000 http://silencematters.com/?p=263#comment-89 +1 When the new email style came out I was so excited that I briefly missed the fact that they hadn't integrated the two most important bits of information and was dismayed to realize that all that flashiness didn't actually add anything but avatars. I don't read each profile as carefully as you but URL and bio are the most important info for any investigation. In my case I usually just want to know if they are spam, and the URL is often a giveaway (without it you only have the followers count which is biased against real people who are just new). It's so strange that Twitter acts this way. It's like they want visits to the site for ad impressions similar to facebook and it's notifications. Maybe it was a long term strategy for their new ad system... +1
When the new email style came out I was so excited that I briefly missed the fact that they hadn’t integrated the two most important bits of information and was dismayed to realize that all that flashiness didn’t actually add anything but avatars.

I don’t read each profile as carefully as you but URL and bio are the most important info for any investigation. In my case I usually just want to know if they are spam, and the URL is often a giveaway (without it you only have the followers count which is biased against real people who are just new).

It’s so strange that Twitter acts this way. It’s like they want visits to the site for ad impressions similar to facebook and it’s notifications. Maybe it was a long term strategy for their new ad system…

]]> By: Lydia Mann http://silencematters.com/2010/04/20/what-i-look-for-in-a-follow/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Lydia Mann Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:43:43 +0000 http://silencematters.com/?p=263#comment-88 I, too, research each follow though not being heavily followed makes that easier. I would love if this information were provided in the email notification. It would make it much easier to spot the SPAMmer porn follows as well! I, too, research each follow though not being heavily followed makes that easier. I would love if this information were provided in the email notification. It would make it much easier to spot the SPAMmer porn follows as well!

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