Forgive my typo (to --> too)...I do know the difference. :-/
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Craig Froehle <[email protected]> wrote: > When considering following someone, if his tweets are protected and > there's not much in the bio to pique my interest, I'll usually abandon > ship...time's to precious to worry about one person who may or may not > be very interesting/useful/relevant. After all, if he follows me and > then @replies me or retweets me, that's more of a signal that there > may be reason to request access. Otherwise, I feel like it's > cold-calling someone, which isn't something I like to do (Craig : > sales :: snails : salt). > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Eugenio Perea <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Personally, I don't protect my tweets and can't think of a single time >> I've regretted it. Also, I've only come across three people who have >> protected theirs. In each case, they followed me and I wanted to check >> them out to see if I should follow them. Being presented with the little >> padlock was unpleasant, but I chalked it down to inexperience/paranoia, >> requested permission to follow them and carried on. >>sb >> What do others think? >> >> >> >> On 28/02/10 18:02, Joel S wrote: >>> Honestly, this is the first time I've heard that setting the privacy >>> setting on means it's a very bad idea and sends a negative message. >>> >>> Protected tweeting only means that you control who reads your tweets. I'd >>> rather have a massive unfollowing. That way, I get to keep those who really >>> want read my tweets. :) >>> >>> --- In [email protected], Eugenio Perea<euge...@...> wrote: >>> >>>> In my neck of the woods, that is a very bad idea. It sends out a very >>>> negative message and usually results in massive unfollowing. Spammers >>>> don't even register if you don't follow them back, which leads us to >>>> another topic: not everyone who follows you must be followed back, nor >>>> should you expect the reverse. As the old hands say: Twitter is not >>>> Facebook. >>>> I'm @eperea, by the way. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Eugenio >>>> >>>> On 28/02/10 15:57, Joel S wrote: >>>> >>>>> Also, it might be best to initially protect your tweets to ward off >>>>> spammers. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >
