On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Stut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9 Dec 2008, at 18:04, Amir Michail wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:32 AM, jstrellner >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> To me, this sounds like MLM, based off of twitter, just slightly >>> modified. If you want to go this route, why not just say, "if you >>> follow me, I'll follow you and we'll both get higher numbers. Maybe >>> you'll like what I have to say too." >> >> How do you do this without spamming a huge number of people? Why do >> you think many people would look at your twitter page to read such a >> message? > > In my experience the best way to get new followers is not to ask for > them, either directly or through using any service with the sole > purpose of allowing you to pimp yourself as worth following. If you're > worth following people will follow. It's then up to you whether you > reciprocate or not. Personally I look their last few pages and base my > decision on that. If I'm not interested in that then there's no value > in my following them.
How many people has this worked for? From what I understand, people with a huge number of followers on twitter were already famous before using twitter. Amir > > But that's just the way I see it. > > -Stut > > -- > http://stut.net/ > http://twitter.com/stut > >>> >>> Honestly though, this completely misses the whole point of Twitter. >>> >>> On Dec 8, 7:51 pm, "Amir Michail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Waitman Gobble >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well, if you're like me you don't really need any cheerleaders to >>>>> fluff you up and get you going. I mean they're nice and all, but >>>>> stubborn persistence regardless. >>>> >>>>> And besides, we'd not have much of this stuff if it weren't for >>>>> some >>>>> renegades with stubborn idears. You know, the Internet Cowboys. >>>>> Guys >>>>> who would crowbar their ways onto the rooftops of bank hi-rises >>>>> just >>>>> to set up satellite dishes and offer wireless internet when most >>>>> people never even heard of broadband. Or rent a back hoe and chaw >>>>> through public streets without permit to run copper. Back in the >>>>> 1990's. Those types. Where would we be now? >>>> >>>>> The thing I'm missing in your proposal - I can't see the nookie. I >>>>> mean, are users getting a higher quality of selection of tweets >>>>> because you do the Turing exam? Or are they going to get more >>>>> followers because you have a pool of twitters at the other end >>>>> waiting >>>>> for them? (because of the quality of feed). >>>> >>>> Suppose you have two twitter users who are each working on a web 2.0 >>>> startup and would like to increase the number of their twitter >>>> followers to better their chances of startup success. >>>> >>>> They could go to this service to increase their followers. >>>> >>>> So in using this service, they find each other. Even though they >>>> don't necessarily want to increase the number of people they follow, >>>> they might discover cool tweets that they would like to see anyway. >>>> >>>> And so they end up following each other, even though it was not >>>> their >>>> intent to follow more people. >>>> >>>> Amir >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Not cutting, just trying to understand. >>>> >>>>> Waitman >>>> >>>>> On Dec 8, 7:11 pm, "Amir Michail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Waitman Gobble >>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>> ... >>>> >>>>>>> Anyways, back to the original topic. >>>> >>>>>>> I don't understand WHERE these "Them" are going to submit. (re: >>>>>>> original post). I guess that's what I'm missing. >>>> >>>>>>> Waitman >>>> >>>>>> At the service using the twitter API that I'm thinking of >>>>>> building. I >>>>>> didn't realize this idea was so difficult to understand though. >>>>>> Maybe >>>>>> I shouldn't even try... >>>> >>>>>> Amir >>>> >>>>>>> On Dec 8, 5:54 pm, Cameron Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>>> It's because people who are new, or considered new due to few >>>>>>>> posts, are >>>>>>>> automatically put in the moderation queue. >>>>>>>> spam, which I'm sure >>>> >>>>>> --http://b4utweet.comhttp://chatbotgame.comhttp://numbrosia.comhttp >>>>>> ://t... >>>> >>>> --http://b4utweet.comhttp://chatbotgame.comhttp:// >>>> numbrosia.comhttp://twitter.com/amichail >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://b4utweet.com >> http://chatbotgame.com >> http://numbrosia.com >> http://twitter.com/amichail > > > > > -- http://b4utweet.com http://chatbotgame.com http://numbrosia.com http://twitter.com/amichail
